Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Sep. 23, 1990
- S1E1The Cause: 1861Sep. 23, 1990
- S1E2A Very Bloody Affair: 1862Sep. 24, 1990
- S1E3Forever Free: 1862Sep. 24, 1990
- S1E4Simply Murder: 1863Sep. 25, 1990
- S1E5The Universe of Battle: 1863Sep. 25, 1990
- S1E6Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864Sep. 26, 1990
- S1E7Most Hallowed Ground: 1864Sep. 26, 1990
- S1E8War is All Hell: 1865Sep. 27, 1990
- S1E9The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865Sep. 27, 1990
Creator
Cast
Narrator
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Chestnut
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Joshua Chamberlain
Walt Whitman
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Video trailer
Synopsis
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Original title The Civil War
First air date Sep. 23, 1990
Last air date Sep. 27, 1990
Seasons 1
Episodes 9
Duration 76m