The Civil War(1990)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 1990-09-23
Average Runtime: 1h 16m
Rating: 7.9
Votes: 129
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Keywords
civil warslaveryminiseriesamerican civil war19th centuryamerican historical foundationamerican historywar documentaryhistorical documentaryhistorical events
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Episodes: 9E01
The Cause: 1861
Air Date: 1990-09-23
Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from th...
E02
A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
Air Date: 1990-09-24
1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to eman...
E03
Forever Free: 1862
Air Date: 1990-09-24
This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July 1862...
E04
Simply Murder: 1863
Air Date: 1990-09-25
The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where...
E05
The Universe of Battle: 1863
Air Date: 1990-09-25
This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever f...
E06
Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864
Air Date: 1990-09-26
Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extra...
E07
Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
Air Date: 1990-09-26
The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding genera...
E08
War Is All Hell: 1865
Air Date: 1990-09-27
The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of G...
E09
The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
Air Date: 1990-09-27
This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goe...
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