EnglishMatthew Broderick as Col Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington as Pvt Trip
Cary Elwes as Maj Cabot Forbes
Morgan Freeman as Sgt Maj John Rawlins
Jihmi Kennedy as Pvt Jupiter Sharts
Andre Braugher as Cpl Thomas Searles
John Finn as Sgt Maj Mulcahy
Donovan Leitch as Capt Charles Fessenden Morse
JD Cullum as Henry Sturgis Russell
Alan North as Gov John Albion Andrew
Bob Gunton as Gen Harker
Cliff De Young as Col James M Montgomery
Christian Baskous as Edward L Pierce
RonReaco Lee as Mute drummer boy
Jay O Sanders as Gen George Crockett Strong
Richard Riehle as Kendric
Daniel Jenkins as 'A' Co officer
Michael Smith Guess as 'A' Co soldier
Abdul Salaam El Razzac as 'A' Co soldier
Peter Michael Goetz as Francis George Shaw
Pete Munro as Steward
Benji Wilhoite as Young soldier at Antietam
Ethan Phillips as Hospital steward
Mark A Levy as Bigoted soldier
Randell Haynes as Haggis
Afemo Omilami as Tall contraband
Keith Noble as Short contraband
Dan Biggers as Minister
Marc Gowan as Dr William B Rogers
Raymond Godshall Jr as Dr Charles G Thorpe
Bob Minor as Contraband soldier in Darien
Joan Riordan as White woman
Saundra Franks as Black woman
Mark A Jones as 54th Massachusetts soldier
Peter Grandfield as 10th Connecticut soldier
Mark Margolis as 10th Connecticut soldier
Paul Desmond as 10th Connecticut soldier
Tom Barrington as 10th Connecticut soldier
Michael Fowler as 10th Connecticut soldier
Richard Wright as 10th Connecticut soldier
Jane Alexander as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw
Carla Brothers as Charlotte Forten
Rachel Lea Grundfast as Ellen Shaw
Kevin Hershberger as Confederate soldier
Kevin Jarre as 10th Connecticut soldier
Jay Lance as Union Soldier
William Mathis as Union Soldier
Larry Peterson as Union Officer
Roger Ragland as Cavalry Officer
Raymond St Jacques as Frederick Douglass