The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sgt. Buster Kilrain
Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton
Col. Adelbert Ames
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Maj. Walter Taylor