In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
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
