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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.
Where to watch The Civil War
The Civil War is streaming in the US on Hoopla, HISTORY Vault, PBS Documentaries, Thirteen, WETA+ and KQED.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Google Play Movies.
Seasons
- Miniseries — 9 episodes (September 23, 1990)
Cast
- David McCullough as Narrator (voice)
- Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- Julie Harris as Mary Chestnut (voice)
- Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
- Morgan Freeman as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
- Paul Roebling as Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
- Garrison Keillor as Walt Whitman (voice)
- George Black as Robert E. Lee (voice)
- Arthur Miller as William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
- Christopher Murney as Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
- Charles McDowell as Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
- Horton Foote as Jefferson Davis (voice)
Details
- First aired
- September 23, 1990
- Episodes
- 9
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.9 / 10 from 135 votes
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