Jeff Daniels

as Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Tom Berenger

as Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

Martin Sheen

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam Elliott

as Brig. Gen. John Buford

Stephen Lang

as Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett

C. Thomas Howell

as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Richard Anderson

as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Richard Jordan

as Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead

Kevin Conway

as Sergeant Buster Kilrain

Andrew Prine

as Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett

Cooper Huckabee

as Henry T. Harrison

Patrick Gorman

as Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood

Bo Brinkman

as Maj. Walter H. Taylor

James Lancaster

as Lieut. Col. Arthur Fremantle

Kieran Mulroney

as Maj. G. Moxley Sorrel

James Patrick Stuart

as Col. E. Porter Alexander

Tim Ruddy

as Maj. Charles Marshall

Royce D. Applegate

as Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper

Ivan Kane

as Cap. Thomas J. Goree

Warren Burton

as Maj. Gen. Henry Heth

William Morgan Sheppard

as Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble / Narrator

MacIntyre Dixon

as Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early

Timothy Scott

as Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell

Joseph Fuqua

as Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

George Lazenby

as Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew

Conn Horgan

as Officer #1

Barry McEvoy

as 2nd Maine Soldier

John Rothman

as Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds

Ted Turner

as Col. Walter T. Patton

Maxwell Caulfield

as Col. Strong Vincent

Olivia Maxwell

as Taneytown Girl

Alex Harvey

as Maj. Hawkins

Buck Taylor

as Col. William Gamble

John Diehl

as Pvt. Bucklin

Billy Campbell

as Lieut. Pitzer

David Carpenter

as Col. Thomas C. Dean

Donal Logue

as Capt. Ellis Spear

Dwier Brown

as Capt. Brewer

Herb Mitchell

as Sgt. Andrew J. Tozier

John Heffron

as Sgt. Charles H. Veil

Mark Moses

as Sgt. Owen

Leonard Termo

as Cpl. George F. Estabrook

Dave Thompson

as Mr. Mahoney