Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863 (1992)
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President Abraham Lincoln leads the Union in the fight to end the awful bloodshed of the Civil War. The year is 1863. The president had a continuous struggle with the commanders of his army, and the bloodshed from the fighting at Antietam and Fredericksburg distressed him greatly. 1863 was the year of his Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address. Listen to the story of the events that led to the amazing address at Gettysburg. Actor Jason Robards brings to life the voice of President Lincoln. PBS originally aired this program, the second of a four-volume set narrated by actor James Earl Jones. ~ Linda J. Shriver, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Peter W. Kunhardt
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Synopsis of Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln leads the Union in the fight to end the awful bloodshed of the Civil War. The year is 1863. The president had a continuous struggle with the commanders of his army, and the bloodshed from the fighting at Antietam and Fredericksburg distressed him greatly. 1863 was the year of his Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address. Listen to the story of the events that led to the amazing address at Gettysburg. Actor Jason Robards brings to life the voice of President Lincoln. PBS originally aired this program, the second of a four-volume set narrated by actor James Earl Jones. ~ Linda J. Shriver, Rovi
Complete Cast of Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863
- James Smith
- Ned Beatty - Dennis Hanks
- Stockard Channing - Clara Harris
- Glenn Close - Mary Todd Lincoln
- Jim Dale - Baltimore Correspondent
- Rex Everhart
- Barnard Hughes - Horace Greeley
- Robert Katims
- Frank Langella - John Wilkes Booth
- Laurence Luckinbill - Joshua Speed
- Gordon Rigsby
- Maureen Stapleton - Sarah Bush Lincoln
- Robert Vaughn - Isaac Arnold
- Richard Widmark - Ward Hill Lamon
- Robby Benson - William Stoddard
- Dabney Coleman - Stephen A. Douglas
- Richard Dreyfuss - William T. Sherman
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - John G. Nicolay
- James Earl Jones - Narrator
- Philip Bosco - Frederick Seward
- Jill Clayburgh - Emilie Todd Helm
- Gordon Connell
- Blythe Danner - Elizabeth Todd Edwards
- Fred Gwynne - Edwin Stanton
- Jason Robards, Jr. - Abraham Lincoln
- Stacy Keach - George McClellan
- Adam Le Fevre
- E.G. Marshall - Gideon Welles
- John Shea - John Barnes
- Rod Steiger - U.S. Grant
- Eli Wallach - William Crook
- Oprah Winfrey - Elizabeth Keckley
- Keith Carradine - William Herndon
- Ossie Davis - Frederick Douglas
- Burgess Meredith - Winfield Scott
- Richard Thomas - John Hay
- Director(s):
- Peter W. Kunhardt
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