萨姆·沃特森

Sam Waterston

饰：President Abraham Lincoln

摩根·弗里曼

Morgan Freeman

饰：Frederick Douglass

阿瑟·米勒

Arthur Miller

饰：William Tecumseh Sherman

菲利普·博斯科

Philip Bosco

饰：Horace Greeley

杰瑞米·艾恩斯

Jeremy Irons

饰：Various

德里克·雅各比

Derek Jacobi

饰：Various

劳伦斯·菲什伯恩

Laurence Fishburne

饰：Various

Halo Wines

饰：Various

帕梅拉·里德

Pamela Reed

饰：Various

拉塔尼娅·理查德森

LaTanya Richardson

饰：Various

Barbara Fields

饰：Herself - Historian

Betsy Apple

Betsy Apple

饰：Various

霍伊特·阿克斯顿

Hoyt Axton

饰：Various

Ed Bearss

Ed Bearss

饰：Himself

科琳·杜赫斯特

Colleen Dewhurst

饰：Dorothea Dix

Dorothy Dix

Dorothy Dix

饰：Herself

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

饰：Himself

拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生

Ralph Waldo Emerson

饰：Himself

Barbara J. Fields

Barbara J. Fields

饰：Herself

霍顿·福特

Horton Foote

饰：Jefferson Davis

Shelby Foote

饰：Himself

James Garfield

James Garfield

饰：Himself

朱丽·哈里斯

Julie Harris

饰：Mary Chesnut

David Herold

David Herold

饰：Himself - as David E. Herold

Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe

饰：Herself

Jesse James

Jesse James

饰：Himself

加里森·凯勒尔

Garrison Keillor

饰：Walt Whitman

Joe Mattys

饰：Various

大卫·麦卡洛

David McCullough

饰：Narrator

Charley McDowell

Charley McDowell

饰：Sam Watkins, etc

威廉·麦金莱

William McKinley

饰：Himself

克里斯托弗·莫尼

Christopher Murney

饰：Elijah Hunt Rhodes

Lewis Paine

Lewis Paine

饰：Himself

乔治·普林普顿

George Plimpton

饰：George Templeton Strong

Jody Powell

Jody Powell

饰：Stonewall Jackson

杰森·罗巴兹

Jason Robards

饰：Union General Ulysses Simpson Grant

Paul Roebling

饰：Major Sullivan Ballou, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

William H. Seward

William H. Seward

饰：Himself

斯托

Harriet Beecher Stowe

饰：Herself

John H. Surratt

John H. Surratt

饰：Himself - as John Surratt Jr.

Mary Surratt

Mary Surratt

饰：Herself

Studs Terkel

饰：General Benjamin F. Butler

艾米特·沃尔什

M. Emmet Walsh

饰：Various

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

饰：Himself

Terry Courier

饰：George McClellan

吉因·琼斯

Gene Jones

饰：Various

Carol Craven

饰：Various

John Hartford

饰：Various

Bradford Washburn

饰：Various

Wendy Tilghman

Wendy Tilghman

饰：Various

Stephen B. Oates

饰：Self - Historian

William Safire

饰：Self - Journalist

库尔特·冯内古特

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

饰：Various

杰罗姆·邓普西

Jerome Dempsey

饰：Various

Marissa Copeland

Marissa Copeland

饰：Various

Ronnie Gilbert

饰：Various

Walt MacPherson

Walt MacPherson

饰：Various

Jesse Carr

Jesse Carr

饰：Various