Narrator

David McCullough

Abraham Lincoln

Sam Waterston

Mary Chestnut

Julie Harris

Ulysses S. Grant

Jason Robards

Horace Greeley

Philip Bosco

Frederick Douglass

Morgan Freeman

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Christopher Murney

Benjamin Butler / Various

Studs Terkel

Joshua L. Chamberlain

Paul Roebling

Walt Whitman

Garrison Keillor

Robert E. Lee

George Black

William Tecumseh Sherman

Arthur Miller

Jefferson Davis

Horton Foote

George Templeton Strong

George Plimpton

Samuel R. Watkins

Charles McDowell

Pvt. Sam Watkins

Charley McDowell

George B. McClellan

Terry Courier

Stonewall Jackson / Various

Jody Powell*

Various

Hoyt Axton

Various

Derek Jacobi

Various

John Hartford

Various

Colleen Dewhurst

Various

Jeremy Irons

Various

Kurt Vonnegut

Various

Shelby Foote

Various

Ronnie Gilbert

Various

Pamela Reed

Various

Gene Jones

LaTanya Richardson

Various

M. Emmet Walsh

Bonnie Gilbert

Various

Laurence Fishburne

Bradford Washburn

Jerome Dempsey

Betsy Apple

Carol Craven

Marissa Copeland

Halo Wines

David Marks

Walt MacPherson

Jesse Carr

Wendy Tilghman

Joe Mattys

Director

Ken Burns