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The Civil War

★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 135 votes

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

Seasons
1
Episodes
9
Episode length
~1h 16m
First aired
Sep 23, 1990
Networks
PBS
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Civil War

  • Portrait of David McCullough

    David McCullough

    Narrator (voice)

  • Portrait of Sam Waterston

    Sam Waterston

    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  • Portrait of Julie Harris

    Julie Harris

    Mary Chestnut (voice)

  • Portrait of Jason Robards

    Jason Robards

    Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

  • Portrait of Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman

    Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

  • Portrait of Paul Roebling

    Paul Roebling

    Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

  • Portrait of Garrison Keillor

    Garrison Keillor

    Walt Whitman (voice)

  • George Black

    Robert E. Lee (voice)

  • Portrait of Arthur Miller

    Arthur Miller

    William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

  • Portrait of Christopher Murney

    Christopher Murney

    Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

  • Charles McDowell

    Samuel R. Watkins (voice)

  • Portrait of Horton Foote

    Horton Foote

    Jefferson Davis (voice)

Where to Stream The Civil War by Country

United States
Streaming on Hoopla, Thirteen, WETA+Rent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom
Streaming on Sky Go, TubiRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India
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Canada
Streaming on TubiRent or buy on Apple TV Store
Australia
Streaming on DocPlay, TubiRent or buy on Apple TV Store

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Seasons

  • Specials

    Air date unknown

    15 episodes

  • Poster for Miniseries of The Civil War

    Miniseries

    Sep 23, 1990

    9 episodes

    Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

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