The Civil War (1990)

David McCullough

Narrator

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

George Black

Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis

George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong

Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley

Terry Courier

George B. McClellan

Jody Powell

Stonewall Jackson / Various

Studs Terkel

Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton

Various

John Hartford

Various

Colleen Dewhurst

Various

Shelby Foote

Various

Ronnie Gilbert

Various

Jeremy Irons

Various

Gene Jones

Various

Derek Jacobi

Various

Kurt Vonnegut

Various

Laurence Fishburne

Various

Pamela Reed

Various

M. Emmet Walsh

Various