The Civil War

Simply Murder: 1863

E4    Sep 25, 1990    63m    TV-14
The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson; and at Vicksburg, where Grant's attempts to take the city by siege are stopped. During the episode we learn of fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries of regimental life and the increasing desperation of the Confederate homefront. As the episode ends, Lee decides to invade the North again to draw Grant's forces away from Vicksburg.
Cast of Simply Murder: 1863
  • David McCulloughNarrator
  • Sam WaterstonAbraham Lincoln
  • Julie HarrisMary Chestnut
  • Jason RobardsUlysses S. Grant
  • Morgan FreemanFrederick Douglass
  • Paul RoeblingJoshua Chamberlain
  • Garrison KeillorWalt Whitman
  • George BlackRobert E. Lee
  • Arthur MillerWilliam Tecumseh Sherman
  • Christopher MurneyElisha Hunt Rhodes
  • Charles McDowellSamuel R. Watkins
  • Horton FooteJefferson Davis
  • George PlimptonGeorge Templeton Strong
  • Philip BoscoHorace Greeley
  • Terry CourierGeorge B. McClellan
  • Jody PowellStonewall Jackson / Various
  • Studs TerkelBenjamin Butler / Various
  • Hoyt AxtonVarious
  • John HartfordVarious
  • Colleen DewhurstVarious
  • Shelby FooteVarious
  • Ronnie GilbertVarious
  • Jeremy IronsVarious
  • Gene JonesVarious
  • Derek JacobiVarious
  • Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Various
  • Laurence FishburneVarious
  • Pamela ReedVarious
  • M. Emmet WalshVarious

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