 
Gods and Generals is the prequel to The Killer Angels,
the novel upon which the film Gettysburg
was based. Written by Jeff Shaara (son of Michael Shaara, author of The
Killer Angels), Gods and Generals is now a major motion picture written and
directed by Ron Maxwell. The movie was produced by Ted Turner Pictures and filmed in and around Sharpsburg,
Maryland, the site of the Antietam Battlefield, and on
actual historic locations in Virginia and West Virginia. Many of the actors from
the movie Gettysburg
have reprised their roles in the new film, which also features the new characters
Stonewall Jackson, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, and Fanny Chamberlain.
BEYOND THE MYTHS, Ron Maxwell's essay on making Civil War films.
See also the essay on "Poetic license" in historical films.
"The greatest Civil War movie I have ever seen, and I have seen them
all."
James I. Robertson
More praise for the film:
"Gods and Generals is not only the finest movie ever made about the
Civil War, it is also the best American historical film. Period."
Bill Kauffman, American Enterprise Magazine More Reviews.
Public Reaction to the film
Interview with Ron Maxwell
 Gods and Generals Photo Gallery
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