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A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Seasons
Season 0 (----)15
Season 1 (1990)9
Keywords
civil war
slavery
miniseries
american civil war
19th century
american historical foundation
historical documentary
historical events
Casts

David McCullough
Narrator

Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln

Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut

Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant

Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass

Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain

Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins

Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis

George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong

Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various

Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton
Various

John Hartford
Various

Colleen Dewhurst
Various
Shelby Foote
Various
Ronnie Gilbert
Various

Jeremy Irons
Various

Gene Jones
Various

Derek Jacobi
Various

Kurt Vonnegut
Various

Laurence Fishburne
Various

Pamela Reed
Various

M. Emmet Walsh
Various
Crews
Paul Barnes
Editor

Jay Ungar
Original Music Composer

Ken Burns
Director of Photography

Ric Burns
Producer
Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer
Mike Hill
Producer

Stephen Ives
Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Producer

Ken Burns
Executive Producer
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