Watch The Civil War

Episodes

1. The Cause: 1861

2. A Very Bloody Affair: 1862

3. Forever Free: 1862

4. Simply Murder: 1863

5. The Universe of Battle: 1863

6. Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864

7. Most Hallowed Ground: 1864

8. War is All Hell: 1865

9. The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

The Civil War

Documentary

War & Politics

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

Date: 09/23/1990

Rating: 8.2

Cast: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, George Black, Arthur Miller, Christopher Murney, Charles McDowell, Horton Foote, George Plimpton, Philip Bosco, Terry Courier, Jody Powell, Studs Terkel, Hoyt Axton, John Hartford, Colleen Dewhurst, Shelby Foote, Ronnie Gilbert, Jeremy Irons, Gene Jones, Derek Jacobi, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurence Fishburne, Pamela Reed, M. Emmet Walsh

David McCullough