The Gettysburg Address

The long road to freedom and equality

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.

Documentary History

Cary Elwes

(John P. Jones (voice))

Sam Elliott

(Ward Hill Lamon (voice))

Neal McDonough

(Charles Sumner (voice))

Dermot Mulroney

(Andrew Curtin (voice))

Matthew Broderick

(Reader)

William Fichtner

(John G. Nicolay (voice))

Michael C. Hall

(Leonard Swett (voice))

Keith David

(Frederick Douglass (voice))

David Morse

(Abraham Lincoln (voice))

Aidan Quinn

(Theodore Parker (voice))

Gary Busey

(John C. Calhoun (voice))

David Strathairn

(Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice))

Jason Alexander

(Noah Brooks (voice))

Ed Asner

(Edward Everett (voice))

Lili Taylor

(Emily Souder (voice))

Victor Garber

(William Saunders (voice))

Bob Gunton

(William Herndon (voice))

Zachary Gordon

(Daniel Skelly (voice))

Kelly Ayotte

(Senator (NH))

George Takei

(Self)

Lois Smith

(Elizabeth Crawford (voice))

Kevin Conway

(Daniel Webster (voice))

Maxwell Perry Cotton

(Albertus McCreery (voice))

George W. Bush

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Brokaw

(Self)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

(Self)

Laura Bush

(Self)