The Civil War backdrop
The Civil War poster

The Civil War

7.9
1 season
9 episodes
Ended
Documentary
War & Politics
Drama

Plot Summary

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

First Aired:September 23, 1990
Last Aired:September 27, 1990
Episode Runtime:1h 16m
Networks:
PBS

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (2)

Miniseries
6.4

Miniseries

9 episodes

Aired: 1990

Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

Production

Florentine Films

American Documentary Films Inc.

Kenneth Lauren Burns

WETA

Time-Life Video