The Civil War, the landmark 1990 documentary miniseries that put Ken Burns and company on the map (on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line), is being repeated in April, PBS announced today. It's timed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the actual Civil War... give or take a few days...

The rebroadcast of The Civil War will occur over five consecutive nights, Apr. 3-7, 2011. It was 150 years earlier -- well, 150 years and a few days' change -- when South Carolina's Fort Sumter was fired upon on April 12, 1861, signaling the start of the Civil War.

I love that the documentary is back on TV. Then again, I loved it the first time.

You can hear my original review of the Ken Burns epic -- back when Burns was a largely unknown name -- from NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, back on Sept. 21, 1990. It's one of my "Fresh Air Faves," and, as such, is presented elsewhere on this website, ready to hear. Just click HERE, and scroll down to the Civil War entry (second from the top), to hear it.