The Civil War 1990
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Episodes
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S1·E1 The Cause: 1861Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern…
S1·E2 A Very Bloody Affair: 18621862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the…
S1·E3 Forever Free: 1862This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July 1862 that emancipation was now morally and militarily…
S1·E4 Simply Murder: 1863The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses…
S1·E5 The Universe of Battle: 1863This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. For three days…
S1·E6 Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two…
S1·E7 Most Hallowed Ground: 1864The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes are nothing less…
S1·E8 War Is All Hell: 1865The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the…
S1·E9 The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865This 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…Cast
G
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
C
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
T
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan (voice)
J
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
S
Shelby Foote
Various (voice)
R
Ronnie Gilbert
Various (voice)
B
Barbara Fields
Various (voice)
R
Robert E. Lee
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Producers
- Ric Burns, Catherine Yang Eisele, Mike Hill, Stephen Ives, Julie A. Dunfey
- Executive Producers
- Ken Burns
- Cinematography
- Ken Burns
- Editing
- Paul Barnes
- Composer
- Jay Ungar
Details
- First air date
- Sep 23, 1990
- Last air date
- Sep 27, 1990
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 9
- Episode runtime
- 76 min
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- German, English
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