Gettysburg

Story

Synopsis

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Director

Ronald F. Maxwell

Writers

Michael Shaara, Ronald F. Maxwell

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

8 October 1993

Budget

$20,000,000

Box office

$10,769,960

Ensemble

Cast

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  Jeff Daniels

  Col. Joshua Chamberlain

• 

  Tom Berenger

  Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet

• 

  Martin Sheen

  Gen. Robert E. Lee

• 

  Sam Elliott

  Brig. Gen. John Buford

• 

  Stephen Lang

  Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett

• 

  C. Thomas Howell

  Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

• 

  Richard Anderson

  Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

• 

  Richard Jordan

  Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead

• 

  Kevin Conway

  Sergeant Buster Kilrain

• 

  Andrew Prine

  Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett

• 

  Cooper Huckabee

  Henry T. Harrison

• 

  Patrick Gorman

  Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood