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The Civil War S1E7 — Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
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The Civil War•Season 1•Episode 7

Most Hallowed Ground: 1864

8.4/10 · 434 votesSep 26, 199073 min

Ranked #7 of 9 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

Discussion

The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes are nothing less than the survival of the Union itself: with Grant and Sherman stalled at Petersburg and Atlanta, opinion in the North

Directed byKen Burns

Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes9

Cast18

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

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George Black

Robert E. Lee (voice)

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

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Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins (voice)

Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis (voice)

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Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Writer

Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Director

Geoffrey C. Ward

Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Most Hallowed Ground: 1864" is episode 7 of The Civil War season 1. It scored 8.4/10 from 434 votes, ranking #7 of 9 episodes this season (season average 8.5). Directed by Ken Burns and written by Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward, it aired on September 26, 1990.