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The Civil War
Documentary · 1990

The Civil War

7.9 33 cast 1990

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Cast 33

David McCullough
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
9 episodes
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
9 episodes
Julie Harris
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
9 episodes
Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
9 episodes
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
9 episodes
Paul Roebling
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
9 episodes
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
9 episodes

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