Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Flora Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron / Assistant Director
Margaret Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Tod / Assistant Director
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Abraham Lincoln / Assistant Director / Editor
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil / Assistant Director
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Wade Cameron
Duke Cameron
Mammy
Gen. U.S. Grant / Assistant Director
Gen. Robert E. Lee / Assistant Director
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Director
