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