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The Civil War on IMDB
First Aired: September 23rd, 1990
Status: Ended
Network: PBS
Summary: 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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# of Episodes: 9
# of Episodes I watched: 0
# of Episodes I haven't watched: 9
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Last Aired Episode
Season 1 - Episode 9: The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
Air Date: September 27th, 1990
Summary: This 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 later when, on April 14, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the fates of the Civil War's major protagonists. The episode then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today.
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David McCullough
as Narrator
Sam Waterston
as Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
as Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
as Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
as Frederick Douglass
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