Overview

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.

Cast

Jeff Daniels

Col. Joshua Chamberlain

Tom Berenger

Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

Martin Sheen

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam Elliott

Brig. Gen. John Buford

Stephen Lang

Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett

C. Thomas Howell

Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Richard Anderson

Maj. Gen. George G. Meade