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

Jeremy Irons
Various

Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass

Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln

Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant

Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman

George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong

Pamela Reed
Various

Derek Jacobi
Various

Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman

Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut

Ken Burns

Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley

Gene Jones
Various

M. Emmet Walsh
Various

Colleen Dewhurst
Various

Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain

Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Hoyt Axton
Various

David McCullough
Narrator

Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various

Kurt Vonnegut
Various

George Black
Robert E. Lee

Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins

Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis

Terry Courier
George B. McClellan

Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various

John Hartford
Various

Shelby Foote
Various

Ronnie Gilbert
Various
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