The Civil War (1990) | Full Cast

Ken Burns

DIRECTOR

David McCullough

Self - Narrator

Sam Waterston

President Abraham Lincoln

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Paul Roebling

Joshua L. Chamberlain

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

George Black

Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney

Pvt. Elijah Hunt Rhodes

Charles McDowell

Pvt. Sam Watkins

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis

George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong

Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley

Terry Courier

George McClellan

Jody Powell

Stonewall Jackson

Studs Terkel

Benjamin F. Butler

Jeremy Irons

Various

Derek Jacobi

Various

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Various

Gene Jones

Various

Jerome Dempsey

Various

Laurence Fishburne

Various

Betsy Apple

Various

Carol Craven

Various

Marissa Copeland

Various

Halo Wines

Various

David Marks

Various

Pamela Reed

Various

Ronnie Gilbert

Various

M. Emmet Walsh

Various

Hoyt Axton

Various

John Hartford

Various

Walt MacPherson

Various

Colleen Dewhurst

Various

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Various

Bradford Washburn

Various

Jesse Carr

Various

Wendy Tilghman

Various

Joe Mattys

Various

Shelby Foote

Self - Writer

Ed Bearss

Self - Historian

Barbara Fields

Self - Historian

James Symington

Self - Former Congressman

Stephen B. Oates

Self - Historian

Daisy Turner

Self - Daugher of Alexander Turner

William Safire

Self - Journalist