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A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
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