A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
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9 episodes • 1990Avg: 6.4Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cause: 1861 | Sep 23, 1990 | 6.2 |
| 2 | A Very Bloody Affair: 1862 | Sep 24, 1990 | 5.9 |
| 3 | Forever Free: 1862 | Sep 24, 1990 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Simply Murder: 1863 | Sep 25, 1990 | 6.5 |
| 5 | The Universe of Battle: 1863 | Sep 25, 1990 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864 | Sep 26, 1990 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Most Hallowed Ground: 1864 | Sep 26, 1990 | 6.5 |
| 8 | War Is All Hell: 1865 | Sep 27, 1990 | 6.7 |
| 9 | The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865 | Sep 27, 1990 | 6.5 |
