| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Freeman | Frederick Douglass | 9 |
| Jeremy Irons | Various | 9 |
| Laurence Fishburne | Various | 9 |
| M. Emmet Walsh | Various | 9 |
| Derek Jacobi | Various | 9 |
| Kurt Vonnegut | Various | 9 |
| Julie Harris | Mary Chestnut | 9 |
| Pamela Reed | Various | 9 |
| George Plimpton | George Templeton Strong | 9 |
| Colleen Dewhurst | Various | 9 |
| Arthur Miller | William Tecumseh Sherman | 9 |
| Sam Waterston | Abraham Lincoln | 9 |
| Philip Bosco | Horace Greeley | 9 |
| Jason Robards | Ulysses S. Grant | 9 |
| Gene Jones | Various | 9 |
| Paul Roebling | Joshua Chamberlain | 9 |
| Horton Foote | Jefferson Davis | 9 |
| Christopher Murney | Elisha Hunt Rhodes | 9 |
| John Hartford | Various | 9 |
| Garrison Keillor | Walt Whitman | 9 |
| Studs Terkel | Benjamin Butler / Various | 9 |
| Hoyt Axton | Various | 9 |