cast
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James Arness
Zeb Macahan
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Eva Marie Saint
Kate Macahan
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Bruce Boxleitner
Seth Macahan
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Kathryn Holcomb
Laura Macahan
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William Kirby Cullen
Jed Macahan
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Vicki Schreck
Jessie Macahan
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Richard Kiley
Timothy Macahan
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Gene Evans
Dutton
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John Crawford
Hale Crowley
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Victor Mohica
Billy Joe
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Frank Ferguson
Grandpa
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Ann Doran
Grandma
- Vincent St. Cyr Ponca Chief
- Rudy Diaz Sioux Chief
- F. Allen Livers The Runner
- Jim Ward The Mountain Man
- Ben Wilson Henry Jethro
- Skip Lowell Dying Rebel
- Tom Stovall Rebel #1
- Jack Wallwork C.O. of Fort Randall
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Ben Zeller
Cavalry Major
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Wright King
Infantry Captain
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William Bryant
Major at Shiloh
- Mayf Nutter Jenkins
- Henry Olek Grayson
- Charles Kuenstle Sgt. Hodges
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Claude Johnson
Wounded Soldier
- Clark Dunbar Aide
- Lloyd Nelson Sentry
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Jonathan Banks
Woodward
- Herb Robins Polk
- Joe Kurtzo Stenner
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Cliff Emmich
Bartender
- Mel Stevens Dr. Dodd
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Bill Zuckert
Caldwell
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Hal Baylor
Lawman
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I. Stanford Jolley
Farmer
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William Conrad
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)