Kirstie Alley Virgilia Hazard Actor Philip Casnoff Elkanah Bent Actor Mary Crosby Isabel Hazard Actor Genie Francis Bret Main Hazard Actor James Read George Hazard Actor Parker Stevenson Billy Hazard Actor Patrick Swayze Orry Main Actor Lloyd Bridges Jefferson Davis Actor Linda Evans Rose Sinclair Actor Morgan Fairchild Burdetta Halloran Actor Hal Holbrook Abraham Lincoln Actor Lee Horsley Rafe Beaudeen Actor Nancy Marchand Dorothea Dix Actor James Stewart Miles Colbert Actor David Ogden Stiers Congressman Sam Greene Actor Inga Swenson Maude Hazard Actor Burton Gilliam Cpl. Strock Guest Star Erica Gimpel Semiramis Guest Star Clu Gulager Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan Guest Star Forest Whitaker Cuffey Guest Star Kevin Connor Director Robert Papazian Producer John Jakes Writer David L. Wolper Executive Producer Richard Fielder Screenwriter, Writer Bill Conti Music Jacques R. Marquette Cinematographer