Stephen Lang

as Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Jeff Daniels

as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Robert Duvall

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Kevin Conway

as Sgt. Buster Kilrain

C. Thomas Howell

as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain

Jeremy London

as Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton

Matt Letscher

as Col. Adelbert Ames

Brian Mallon

as Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock

Bo Brinkman

as Maj. Walter Taylor

Bruce Boxleitner

as Lt. Gen. James Longstreet

William Sanderson

as Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill

Billy Campbell

as Maj. Gen. George Pickett

Ryan Cutrona

as Brig. Gen. Marsena Patrick

Mia Dillon

as Jane Beale

Justin Dray

as George Jenkins

Robert Easton

as John Janney

Frankie Faison

as Jim Lewis

Miles Fisher

as John Beale

John Castle

as Old Penn

Conn Horgan

as Pvt. Dooley

Barry McEvoy

as Marion Sibert

Robert Byrd

as Confederate General

Karen Goberman

as Lucy Beale

Joseph Fuqua

as Col. J. E. B. Stuart

Patrick Gorman

as Gen. John Bell Hood

Lydia Jordan

as Jane Corbin

Ed Markey

as Irish Brigade Officer

Ted Turner

as Col. Tazewell Patton

Thomas B. Mason

as Old Man in Fredericksburg (as Tom Boyd Mason)

Gary Gustin

as Confederate Soldier

William Morgan Sheppard

as Gen. Isaac Trimble

Buck Taylor

as Gen. Maxcy Gregg

Herb Mitchell

as Union Officer (uncredited)

Andrew Prine

as Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (uncredited)

Michael Sorvino

as Federal Soldier

Mira Sorvino

as Fanny Chamberlain

Antonio Zarro

as Soldier

Royce D. Applegate

as Gen. James Kemper