 | Stephen Lang als Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson |
 | Jeff Daniels als Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain |
 | Robert Duvall als Gen. Robert E. Lee |
 | Kevin Conway als Sgt. Buster Kilrain |
 | C. Thomas Howell als Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain |
 | Jeremy London als Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton |
 | Matt Letscher als Col. Adelbert Ames |
 | Brian Mallon als Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock |
| Bo Brinkman als Maj. Walter Taylor |
 | Bruce Boxleitner als Lt. Gen. James Longstreet |
 | William Sanderson als Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill |
 | Billy Campbell als Maj. Gen. George Pickett |
 | Ryan Cutrona als Brig. Gen. Marsena Patrick |
 | Mia Dillon als Jane Beale |
 | Justin Dray als George Jenkins |
 | Robert Easton als John Janney |
 | Frankie Faison als Jim Lewis |
 | Miles Fisher als John Beale |
 | John Castle als Old Penn |
| Conn Horgan als Pvt. Dooley |
 | Barry McEvoy als Marion Sibert |
 | Robert Byrd als Confederate General |
 | Karen Goberman als Lucy Beale |
| Joseph Fuqua als Col. J. E. B. Stuart |
 | Patrick Gorman als Gen. John Bell Hood |
 | Lydia Jordan als Jane Corbin |
 | Ed Markey als Irish Brigade Officer |
 | Ted Turner als Col. Tazewell Patton |
| Thomas B. Mason als Old Man in Fredericksburg (as Tom Boyd Mason) |
| Gary Gustin als Confederate Soldier |
 | William Morgan Sheppard als Gen. Isaac Trimble |
 | Buck Taylor als Gen. Maxcy Gregg |
 | Herb Mitchell als Union Officer (uncredited) |
 | Andrew Prine als Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett (uncredited) |
| Ronald F. Maxwell | Director |
| Ronald F. Maxwell | Screenplay |
| Jeff Shaara | Novel |
| Ronald F. Maxwell | Producer |
| Moctesuma Esparza | Executive Producer |
| Robert Katz | Executive Producer |
| Mace Neufeld | Executive Producer |
| Robert Rehme | Executive Producer |
| Ted Turner | Executive Producer |
| Randy Edelman | Original Music Composer |
| Kees Van Oostrum | Director of Photography |
| Corky Ehlers | Editor |
| Michael Z. Hanan | Production Design |
| John Frizzell | Original Music Composer |
| Joy Todd | Casting |
| Richard La Motte | Costume Design |
| Maurice Whitlock | Costume Design |
| Gregory Bolton | Art Direction |
| Casey Hallenbeck | Set Decoration |
| Bill Iiams | Construction Coordinator |
| Geoff Hubbard | Set Designer |
| Daniel R. Jennings | Assistant Art Director |
| Patricia Klawonn | Set Designer |
| Hugo Santiago | Assistant Art Director |
| Jonathan Short | Set Designer |
| Stan Tropp | Set Designer |
| Cheree Welsh | Art Department Coordinator |
| Silvija L. Moess | Scenic Artist |
| Gary Coppola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Pete Elia | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| J. Stanley Johnston | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Melissa Sherwood Hofmann | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bob Newlan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| David Hankins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Catherine Harper | Foley |
| Javier M. Hernández | Boom Operator |
| Stacey A. Washer | Boom Operator |
| Matt Vogel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Adam Howard | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Justin Paul Ritter | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jon Townley | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Matt Hullum | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lorraine Rozon | Visual Effects Producer |
| Thomas G. Smith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Chris Howell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Stephen Crowley | Best Boy Electric |
| Van Redin | Still Photographer |
| Tom Weston | Camera Operator |
| Catharine Fletcher Incaprera | Costume Supervisor |
| Lisa Jaime | Music Editor |
| Taylor Knight | Hairstylist |
| Vanessa Davis | Hairstylist |
| Manlio Rocchetti | Hairstylist |
| Manlio Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Janeen Schreyer | Makeup Artist |
| Patricia Androff | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph P. Hurt | Makeup Effects |
| Chris Ryan | CGI Supervisor |
| Brian Gunter | Gaffer |
| Jay Kemp | Rigging Gaffer |
| Toby Bronson | Set Costumer |
| Carl Curnutte III | Set Costumer |
| Robert DeGrazia | Set Costumer |
| K. Drew Fuller | Set Costumer |
| Deborah Latham | Set Costumer |
| Dan Romero | Transportation Coordinator |
| John Crowder | Location Manager |
| Tom Trigo | Location Manager |
| Vic Heutschy | Unit Publicist |
| Steve George | Property Master |
| Kelly Farrah | Property Master |
| William Wages | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Casey O'Neill | Stunts |
