The Civil War (1990)

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The Civil War

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KQED

Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Reconstruction: the making of the civil war

  • 0x2

    Ken burns - making history

  • 0x3

    A conversation with ken burns

  • 0x4

    An interview with ken burns

  • 0x5

    An interview with shelby foote

  • 0x6

    An interview with george will

  • 0x7

    An interview with stanley crouch

  • 0x8

    An interview with jay ungar and molly mason

  • 0x9

    Making 'the civil war' 25 years later

  • 0x10

    Remembering 'the civil war'

  • 0x11

    'the civil war' in the classroom

  • 0x12

    Restoring 'the civil war'

  • 0x13

    Shelby foote full interview #1 april 17, 1986

  • 0x14

    Shelby foote full interview #2 march 28, 1987

  • 0x15

    Shelby foote full interview #3 may 2, 1987

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The cause: 1861

  • 1x2

    A very bloody affair: 1862

  • 1x3

    Forever free: 1862

  • 1x4

    Simply murder: 1863

  • 1x5

    The universe of battle: 1863

  • 1x6

    Valley of the shadow of death: 1864

  • 1x7

    Most hallowed ground: 1864

  • 1x8

    War is all hell: 1865

  • 1x9

    The better angels of our nature: 1865

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