The Civil War: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers - if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible. What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America.

Series details

• Title: The Civil War
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: War, History
• Premiere date: 1990-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-09-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 140 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8246
• IMDb ID: tt0098769
• TVDB ID: 78973

Cast and credited roles

• David McCullough — Narrator
• Morgan Freeman — Frederick Douglass
• Jason Robards — Ulysses S. Grant
• Garrison Keillor — Walt Whitman
• Sam Waterston — Abraham Lincoln

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1990-09-23; final listed air date 1990-09-27; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Civil War on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.