Discover
Original Release
09/23/1990
US Release
09/23/1990
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David McCullough | Self - Narrator / Narrator |
| Shelby Foote | Self - Writer / Various |
| Barbara Fields | Self - Historian |
| Ed Bearss | Self - Historian |
| Sam Waterston | Abraham Lincoln / President Abraham Lincoln |
| Julie Harris | Mary Chestnut |
| Jason Robards | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Morgan Freeman | Frederick Douglass |
| Paul Roebling | Joshua L. Chamberlain / Sullivan Ballou / Joshua Chamberlain |
| Garrison Keillor | Walt Whitman |
Directors
Writers
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David McCullough | Self - Narrator / Narrator |
| Shelby Foote | Self - Writer / Various |
| Barbara Fields | Self - Historian |
| Ed Bearss | Self - Historian |
| Sam Waterston | Abraham Lincoln / President Abraham Lincoln |
| Julie Harris | Mary Chestnut |
| Jason Robards | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Morgan Freeman | Frederick Douglass |
| Paul Roebling | Joshua L. Chamberlain / Sullivan Ballou / Joshua Chamberlain |
| Garrison Keillor | Walt Whitman |
| George Black | Robert E. Lee |
| Arthur Miller | John Brown / William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Christopher Murney | Pvt. Elijah Hunt Rhodes / Elisha Hunt Rhodes |
| Charles McDowell | Pvt. Sam Watkins / Samuel R. Watkins |
| Horton Foote | Jefferson Davis |
| George Plimpton | George Templeton Strong |
| Philip Bosco | Horace Greeley |
| Terry Courier | George McClellan / George B. McClellan |
| Jeremy Irons | Various |
| Jody Powell | Stonewall Jackson / Various |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Ric Burns | Producer |
| Jim Corbley | Producer |
| Christopher Darling | Producer |
| Julie Dunfey | Producer |
| Catherine Eisele-Yang | Producer |
| Mike Hill | Producer |
| Stephen Ives | Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Sara O'Brien | Producer |
| Camilla Rockwell | Producer |
| Susanna Steisel | Producer |
| Daniel J. White | Producer |
| Justin Rhodes | Producer |
