The Civil War

Name: The Civil War
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 1990-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.911

About The Civil War

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

The Civil War is a documentary, war, and politics series that ran on PBS. Its themes are historical documentary, slavery, american history, and civil war.

It reached one season of 9 episodes from September 1990.

David McCullough leads the cast as Narrator (voice), Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln (voice), Julie Harris as Mary Chestnut (voice), and Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant (voice). It was produced by Florentine Films and WETA.

American members can watch it on HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel, HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel, and Hoopla. Hatfields & McCoys, Alex Haley's Queen, and The U.S. and the Holocaust make useful companions to The Civil War, all filed under 19th century and american civil war. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 135 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.