⋆ CAST OF CHARACTERS ⋆

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

The 16th President of the United States.

MARY TODD LINCOLN

Abraham Lincoln’s wife, born in Lexington, Kentucky.

JOHN T. STUART

Abraham Lincoln’s first law partner; the man credited with getting Lincoln interested in the law.

MENTOR GRAHAM

An influential teacher of Abraham Lincoln’s during Lincoln’s young adult years in New Salem, Illinois.

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE MEADE

Leader of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg.

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT

Commanding General of the United States Army from 1860 to 1864 and later 18th President of the United States.

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

U.S. representative and senator from Illinois and candidate for the presidency in 1860.

JOSHUA SPEED

A close friend of Lincoln’s and his partner in ownership of a general store in New Salem, Illinois.

WILLIAM HERNDON

A fellow employee at Joshua Stuart’s law firm, Lincoln and Herndon formed their own law firm in Springfield, Illinois, in 1844.

WILLIAM SEWARD

Although a political rival to Lincoln for the party presidential nomination in 1860, Seward was named Secretary of State by Lincoln.

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE

Commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia and the most important military leader of the Confederacy.

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

American stage actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Lincoln.