The Gettysburg Address

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.

Cast

Cary Elwes

as John P. Jones (voice)

Sam Elliott

as Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

Neal McDonough

as Charles Sumner (voice)

Dermot Mulroney

as Andrew Curtin (voice)

Matthew Broderick

as Reader

William Fichtner

as John G. Nicolay (voice)

Michael C. Hall

as Leonard Swett (voice)

Keith David

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

David Morse

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Aidan Quinn

as Theodore Parker (voice)

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