D.W. Griffith Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing, Original Music Lillian Gish Elsie Stoneman Actor Mae Marsh Flora Cameron Actor Henry B. Walthall Col. Ben Cameron Actor Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron Actor Mary Alden Lydia Brown Actor Ralph Lewis Austin Stoneman Actor George Siegmann Silas Lynch Actor Walter Long Gus Actor Robert Harron Tod Stoneman Actor Wallace Reid Jeff (blacksmith) Actor Joseph Henabery Abraham Lincoln, 13 other bits Actor, Film Editing, Assistant Director Elmer Clifton Phil Stoneman Actor Josephine Crowell Mrs. Cameron Actor Spottiswoode Aitken Dr. Cameron Actor George Beranger Wade Cameron Actor Maxfield Stanley Duke Cameron Actor Jennie Lee Mammy Actor Donald Crisp Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Actor Howard Gaye Gen. Robert E. Lee Actor Sam De Grasse Sen. Sumner (uncredited) Actor Raoul Walsh John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) Actor, Film Editing, Assistant Director Eugene Pallette Union soldier (uncredited) Actor Elmo Lincoln Blacksmith (uncredited) Actor Olga Grey Laura Keene (uncredited) Actor William De Vaull Nelse (uncredited) Actor Tom Wilson Stoneman's servant (uncredited) Actor Violet Wilkey Flora as a child (uncredited) Actor Alberta Lee Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited) Actor Thomas F. Dixon Jr. Writer, Writer, Writer Frank E. Woods Writer G.W. Bitzer Cinematographer James Smith Film Editing Rose Smith Film Editing Joseph Carl Breil Original Music Edvard Grieg Non-Original Music Richard Wagner Non-Original Music