John Wayne

as Col John Marlowe

William Holden

as Major 'Hank' Kendall

Constance Towers

as Miss Hannah Hunter

Judson Pratt

as Sgt Major Kirby

Hoot Gibson

as Sgt. Brown

Ken Curtis

as Cpl. Wilkie

Willis Bouchey

as Col. Phil Secord

Bing Russell

as Dunker, Yankee Soldier Amputee

O.Z. Whitehead

as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Hank Worden

as Deacon Clump

Chuck Hayward

as Union Captain

Denver Pyle

as Jackie Jo

Strother Martin

as Virgil

Basil Ruysdael

as The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)

Carleton Young

as Col. Jonathan Miles, CSA

William Leslie

as Gray

William Henry

as Captain

Walter Reed

as Union Officer

Anna Lee

as Mrs. Buford

William Forrest

as Gen. Steve Hurlburt

Ron Hagerthy

as Bugler

Russell Simpson

as Henry Goodbody

Althea Gibson

as Lukey

Gertrude Astor

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Bill Borzage

as Townsman (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

as Old Soldier in Line (uncredited)

John Ford

as Ned (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Mitch (uncredited)

Jan Stine

as Hoskins - Dying Soldier (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Major (uncredited)

David Ahdar

as Soldier (uncredited)

Sarge Allen

as Union Officer (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jack R. Clinton

as Trooper (uncredited)

Otis Courville

as Soldier (uncredited)

Jane Crowley

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

as Gen. William T. Sherman (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)

Donald Foster

as Dr. Marvin (uncredited)

John George

as Townsman (uncredited)

Helen Gereghty

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Helen Gibson

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Fred Graham

as Union Soldier (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Passenger to Newton Station (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

as Prisoner at Newton (uncredited)

Stan Jones

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)

Fred Kennedy

as Soldier (uncredited)

Roy Kennedy

as Wrangler (uncredited)

Philip Kieffer

as Officer (uncredited)

Robert Lewis

as Townsman (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

as Union Sergeant (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

as Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Sgt. Maj. 'Mitch' Mitchell (uncredited)

Robert Perry

as Drummer Boy (uncredited)

Charles Seel

as Newton Station Bartender (uncredited)

George Sowards

as Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Mike Steen

as Unknown (uncredited)

William Wellman Jr.

as Bugler (uncredited)