The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Stephen Lang
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Jeff Daniels
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Robert Duvall
Sgt. Buster Kilrain
Kevin Conway
Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
C. Thomas Howell
Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton
Jeremy London
Col. Adelbert Ames
Matt Letscher
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Brian Mallon
Maj. Walter Taylor
Bo Brinkman
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
Bruce Boxleitner
Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill
William Sanderson
Maj. Gen. George Pickett
Billy Campbell
Brig. Gen. Marsena Patrick
Ryan Cutrona
Jane Beale
Mia Dillon
George Jenkins
Justin Dray
John Janney
Robert Easton
Jim Lewis
Frankie Faison
John Beale
Miles Fisher
Old Penn
John Castle
Pvt. Dooley
Conn Horgan
Marion Sibert
Barry McEvoy
Confederate General
Robert Byrd
Lucy Beale
Karen Goberman
Col. J. E. B. Stuart
Joseph Fuqua
Gen. John Bell Hood
Patrick Gorman
Jane Corbin
Lydia Jordan
Irish Brigade Officer
Ed Markey
Col. Tazewell Patton
Ted Turner
Old Man in Fredericksburg (as Tom Boyd Mason)
Thomas B. Mason
Confederate Soldier
Gary Gustin
Gen. Isaac Trimble
William Morgan Sheppard
Gen. Maxcy Gregg
Buck Taylor
Union Officer (uncredited)
Herb Mitchell
Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (uncredited)
Andrew Prine
Federal Soldier
Michael Sorvino
Fanny Chamberlain
Mira Sorvino