Audie Murphy as The Youth

Bill Mauldin as The Loud Soldier

Douglas Dick as The Lieutenant

Royal Dano as The Tattered Man

John Dierkes as Jim Conklin - the Tall Soldier

Arthur Hunnicutt as Bill Porter

Tim Durant as The General

Andy Devine as The Cheery Soldier

Robert Easton as Thompson

William Phipps as Officer (uncredited)

William Schallert as Union Soldier (uncredited)

John Huston as Grizzled Union Veteran (uncredited)

Don Anderson as Soldier (uncredited)

Smith Ballew as Union Captain (uncredited)

Albert Band as Union Soldier Fording River (uncredited)

Gregg Barton as Soldier (uncredited)

Whit Bissell as Wounded Officer (uncredited)

Robert Board as Soldier (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Edwin Breen as Confederate Flag Bearer (uncredited)

Joe Brown Jr. as Soldier (uncredited)

Benny Burt as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Cavendish as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Mack Chandler as Veteran (uncredited)

Robert Cherry as Singing Soldier (uncredited)

Jimmy Clark as Stevens (uncredited)

Lyle Clark as Union Soldier (uncredited)

David Clarke as Corporal by Campfire (uncredited)

John Cliff as Soldier (uncredited)

John Crawford as Soldier (uncredited)

Dick Curtis as Veteran (uncredited)

Bert Davidson as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Bob Davis as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Dennis Dengate as Lieutenant (uncredited)

James Dime as Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)

Billy Dix as Soldier (uncredited)

James Dobson as Soldier (uncredited)

Gloria Eaton as Southern Woman at Farm (uncredited)

Lynn Farr as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Fischer as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Gene Garrick as Soldier (uncredited)

William Grueneberg as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Bill Hale as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

James Harrison as General's Aide (uncredited)

Joe Haworth as Soldier (uncredited)

Dick Haynes as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Jim Hayward as Soldier (uncredited)

Ed Hinton as Corporal (uncredited)

Shep Houghton as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Tennessee Jim as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley as Veteran (uncredited)

Todd Karns as Soldier (uncredited)

Norman Kent as Veteran (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr. as Veteran (uncredited)

Herb Latimer as Corporal (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn as Jake - Veteran (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons as Soldier (uncredited)

Casey MacGregor as Veteran (uncredited)

Joel Marston as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Strother Martin as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

Frank McGrath as Captain (uncredited)

Frank Melton as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Nichols as Fat Union Soldier (uncredited)

Lou Nova as Veteran (uncredited)

Allen O'Locklin as Union Soldier (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr. as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Ivan Parry as Soldier (uncredited)

House Peters Jr. as Passing Soldier - Veteran (uncredited)

William Phillips as Veteran Officer (uncredited)

Obed 'Bubb' Pickard Jr. as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

John Piffle as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Dixon Porter as Union Army Lieutenant (uncredited)

Lee Roberts as Union Soldier (uncredited)

William Roberts as Soldier (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt as Veteran (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson as Veteran (uncredited)

Glenn Strange as Colonel (uncredited)

Frank Sully as Veteran (uncredited)

Hugh Thomas Jr as Soldier (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey as Soldier (uncredited)

Dan White as Sergeant (uncredited)

James Whitmore as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson as Veteran (uncredited)

Wilson Wood as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Duke York as Veteran (uncredited)