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Status
Ended
Release
1985 - 1994
Seasons / Eps
3 / 15
Streaming availability by country
"…And now it begins"
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
127 Cast Members
James Read
George Hazard
15 Episodes
Lesley-Anne Down
Madeline Fabray LaMotte
15 Episodes
Patrick Swayze
Orry Main
15 Episodes
Jonathan Frakes
Stanley Hazard
13 Episodes
Terri Garber
Ashton Main Huntoon
9 Episodes
Philip Casnoff
Elkanah Bent
11 Episodes
Jean Simmons
Clarissa Main
11 Episodes
Inga Swenson
Maude Hazard
11 Episodes
Lewis Smith
Charles Main
10 Episodes
Wendy Kilbourne
Constance Flynn Hazard
9 Episodes
Kirstie Alley
Virgilia Hazard Grady
7 Episodes
Genie Francis
Brett Main Hazard
7 Episodes
Erica Gimpel
Semiramis
9 Episodes
David Carradine
Justin LaMotte
8 Episodes
Jim Metzler
James Huntoon
8 Episodes
Forest Whitaker
Cuffey
8 Episodes
Hal Holbrook
Abraham Lincoln
7 Episodes
David Ogden Stiers
Rep. Sam Greene
7 Episodes
Parker Stevenson
Billy Hazard
6 Episodes
Lou Felder
Thaddeus Stevens
6 Episodes
