 Jason RobardsPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice) | President Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
 James Earl JonesNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Glenn CloseMary Todd Lincoln (voice) | Mary Todd Lincoln (voice) |
 Richard WidmarkWard Hill Lamon (voice) | Ward Hill Lamon (voice) |
 Arnold SchwarzeneggerJohn G. Nicolay (voice) | John G. Nicolay (voice) |
 Burgess MeredithWinfield Scott (voice) | Winfield Scott (voice) |
 Richard ThomasJohn Hay (voice) | John Hay (voice) |
 Ned BeattyDennis Hanks (voice) | Dennis Hanks (voice) |
 Barnard HughesHorace Greeley (voice) | Horace Greeley (voice) |
 Maureen StapletonSarah Bush Lincoln (voice) | Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice) |
 Keith CarradineWilliam Herndon (voice) | William Herndon (voice) |
 Blythe DannerElizabeth Todd Edwards (voice) | Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice) |
 Fred GwynneEdwin Stanton (voice) | Edwin Stanton (voice) |
 Stacy KeachGeorge McClellan (voice) | George McClellan (voice) |
 Oprah WinfreyElizabeth Keckley (voice) | Elizabeth Keckley (voice) |
 Ossie DavisFrederick Douglas (voice) | Frederick Douglas (voice) |
 E.G. MarshallGideon Welles (voice) | Gideon Welles (voice) |
 Robert VaughnIsaac Arnold (voice) | Isaac Arnold (voice) |
 Dabney ColemanStephen A. Douglas (voice) | Stephen A. Douglas (voice) |
 Philip BoscoFrederick Seward (voice) | Frederick Seward (voice) |
 Jim DaleBaltimore Correspondent (voice) | Baltimore Correspondent (voice) |
| CCliff RobertsNoah Brooks (voice) | Noah Brooks (voice) |
 Jill ClayburghEmilie Todd Helm (voice) | Emilie Todd Helm (voice) |
 Rod SteigerGen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice) | Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice) |
 Gordon ParksHenry H. Garnet (voice) | Henry H. Garnet (voice) |
 Frank LangellaJohn Wilkes Booth (voice) | John Wilkes Booth (voice) |
 Richard DreyfussWilliam Tecumsah Sherman (voice) | William Tecumsah Sherman (voice) |
 Eli WallachWilliam Crook (voice) | William Crook (voice) |
 John SheaJohn Barnes (voice) | John Barnes (voice) |
 Laurence LuckinbillJoshua Speed (voice) | Joshua Speed (voice) |