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TV series

The Civil War

1990 · TV-14 · 1 season · 9 episodes

8.0

TMDB audience score
140 votes, out of 10

Where to watch

Synopsis

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

About 11h 24m to watch every episode. An estimate: 9 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 76 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Subscription

  • Hoopla
  • HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel
  • HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
  • PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
  • Thirteen
  • WETA+

Free

  • WETA+

Free with ads

  • KQED

Buy

  • Amazon Video
  • Apple TV Store
  • Google Play Movies

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Main cast

  • David McCullough
    Narrator (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Sam Waterston
    Abraham Lincoln (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Julie Harris
    Mary Chestnut (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Jason Robards
    Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Morgan Freeman
    Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Paul Roebling
    Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Garrison Keillor
    Walt Whitman (voice)
    9 episodes

  • George Black
    Robert E. Lee (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Arthur Miller
    William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Christopher Murney
    Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Charles McDowell
    Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Horton Foote
    Jefferson Davis (voice)
    9 episodes

  • George Plimpton
    George Templeton Strong (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Philip Bosco
    Horace Greeley (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Terry Courier
    George B. McClellan (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Jody Powell
    Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Studs Terkel
    Benjamin Butler / Various
    9 episodes

  • Hoyt Axton
    Various (voice)
    9 episodes

Seasons