S1E6
The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)
The American Revolution · 2025-11-21 · 131 min
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what happens
British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states; supported by the French, a victory at Yorktown secures independence for the Americans.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E6 →who made it
- directed
- Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, David P. Schmidt
- written
- Geoffrey C. Ward
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Adam Arkin as James Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Josh Brolin as George Washington (voice)
Josh Charles as Joseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Hugh Dancy as Hugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire Danes as Abigail Adams (voice)
Alden Ehrenreich as Joseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Tom Hanks as (voice)
Ethan Hawke as Anthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)