The Civil War
Overview
A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.
Cast
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Colleen Dewhurst
Various (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong (voice)
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Hoyt Axton
Various (voice)
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Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
John Hartford
Various (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley (voice)
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan (voice)
Shelby Foote
Various (voice)
Ronnie Gilbert
Various (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Various (voice)
Gene Jones
Various (voice)
Derek Jacobi
William Russell / Various (voice)
Kurt Vonnegut
Various (voice)
Laurence Fishburne
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
Pamela Reed
Various (voice)
M. Emmet Walsh
Various (voice)
Barbara Fields
Various (voice)
Abraham Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Robert E. Lee
Self (archive footage)
Frederick Douglass
Self (archive footage)
- Creator / Director
- Ken Burns
- Country
- United States
- Rating source
- IMDb
