The Civil War
This nine-part series is the work that made documentarian Ken Burns a household name. Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to thousands of archival photographs, paintings and newspaper images set to music to teach people about the Civil War. A number of well-known actors and actresses lend their voices to the production as they read contemporary quotes from historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln and Stonewall Jackson. … MORE
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Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Philip Bosco
American actor
Sam Waterston
American actor
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
Julie Harris
American actress
Arthur Miller
American cinematographer
Walt Whitman
American poet
Hoyt Axton
American singer-songwriter
Colleen Dewhurst
Canadian-American actress
Pamela Reed
American actress
George Plimpton
American writer
BRNS
Musical group
Shelby Foote
American historian
Horton Foote
American playwright
Studs Terkel
American author
Garrison Keillor
American author
Christopher Murney
American actor
Pam Reed
American author
Barbara J. Fields
American historian
Ed Bearss
Military historian
Paul Roebling
American actor
James W. Symington
David McCullough
American historian
