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