Basic Info
First Air: September 23, 1990
Rating: ⭐ 7.9/10 (121 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
Last Episode
Name: The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
Season: 1, Episode: 9
Air Date: 1990-09-27
Runtime: 70 min
This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the horrendous events of five days later when, on April 14, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the fates of the Civil War's major protagonists. The episode then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today.
The Civil War
1990
1 seasons
9 episodes
⭐ 7.9/10
121 votes
Overview
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Genres
Documentary
War & Politics
Drama
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- English en
- German de
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Cast
David McCullough
Narrator
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis
Crew
Stephen Ives
Producer
Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer
Mike Hill
Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Producer
Ric Burns
Producer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
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