
The Civil War
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Last Episode Date: 1990-09-27
Documentary
War & Politics
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (111 votes)
Official website: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/
Casts

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

Arthur Miller
as William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney
as Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Horton Foote
as Jefferson Davis