Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Flora Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron
Margaret Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Tod
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Abraham Lincoln
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Wade Cameron
Duke Cameron
Mammy
Gen. U.S. Grant
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Nelse (uncredited)
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Black Woman (uncredited)
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
General (uncredited)
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Volunteer (uncredited)
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Writer
Editor
Editor
Editor
Costume Design
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Editor
Producer
Editor
Executive Producer
Special Effects
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Painter
Assistant Director
Camera Operator
Security
Carpenter
Stunts
Special Effects Supervisor
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Stunts
Music
Presenter
Music
Assistant Director
Conductor
Adaptation
Assistant Director
Special Effects
Novel
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Set Designer
Assistant Property Master
Stunts
Assistant Director
Property Master
Negative Cutter
Director