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The Civil War

The Civil War (1990)★ 9.0/10

TV-14 · US · 90 min · September 23, 1990 · 1 seasons

  • Documentary
  • History
  • War

Directed by: Ken Burns

Written by: Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.

Directed by

Ken Burns

Written by

Ken BurnsRic BurnsGeoffrey C. Ward

Cast & crew

David McCulloughSelf - NarratorSam WaterstonPresident Abraham LincolnJulie HarrisMary ChestnutJason RobardsUlysses S. GrantMorgan FreemanFrederick DouglassPaul RoeblingJoshua L. ChamberlainGarrison KeillorWalt WhitmanGeorge BlackRobert E. LeeArthur MillerWilliam Tecumseh ShermanChristopher MurneyPvt. Elijah Hunt RhodesCharles McDowellPvt. Sam WatkinsHorton FooteJefferson DavisGeorge PlimptonGeorge Templeton StrongPhilip BoscoHorace GreeleyTerry CourierGeorge McClellanJody PowellStonewall JacksonStuds TerkelBenjamin F. ButlerJeremy IronsVariousDerek JacobiVariousKurt Vonnegut Jr.VariousGene JonesVariousJerome DempseyVariousLaurence FishburneVariousBetsy AppleVariousCarol CravenVariousMarissa CopelandVariousHalo WinesVariousDavid MarksVariousPamela ReedVariousRonnie GilbertVariousM. Emmet WalshVariousHoyt AxtonVariousJohn HartfordVariousWalt MacPhersonVariousColleen DewhurstVariousLaTanya Richardson JacksonVariousBrad WashburnVariousJesse CarrVariousWendy TilghmanVariousJoe MattysVariousShelby FooteSelf - WriterEd BearssSelf - HistorianBarbara FieldsSelf - HistorianJames SymingtonSelf - Former CongressmanStephen B. OatesSelf - HistorianWilliam SafireSelf - JournalistDaisy TurnerSelf - Daugher of Alexander Turner