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.
Genres
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

Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis

George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong

Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley

Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton
Various

John Hartford
Various

Colleen Dewhurst
Various

Jeremy Irons
Various

Gene Jones
Various

Derek Jacobi
Various

Kurt Vonnegut
Various

Laurence Fishburne
Various

Pamela Reed
Various

M. Emmet Walsh
Various