The Civil War
1990 • 1 SeasonA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Top Series Cast
David McCullough
as Narrator
Sam Waterston
as Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
as Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
as Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
as Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
as Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
as Walt Whitman
George Black
as Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
as William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
as Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
as Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
as Jefferson Davis
George Plimpton
as George Templeton Strong
Philip Bosco
as Horace Greeley
Terry Courier
as George B. McClellan
Jody Powell
as Stonewall Jackson / Various
Studs Terkel
as Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
as Various
John Hartford
as Various
Colleen Dewhurst
as Various
Shelby Foote
as Various
Ronnie Gilbert
as Various
Jeremy Irons
as Various
Gene Jones
as Various
Derek Jacobi
as Various
Kurt Vonnegut
as Various
Laurence Fishburne
as Various
Pamela Reed
as Various
M. Emmet Walsh
as Various
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