Gods and Generals

“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

It is not often I recommend a movie. In fact, I’ve only seen two movies in the theaters, “Gods and Generals” being one of them! But once I had, I urged my friends to go see it. When I read Doug Phillip’s review and heard that “Gods and Generals” was better than “Chariots of Fire” (one of our all-time favorite movies), I knew I had to go see it. And when I did, I discovered that true to what I’d heard, “Gods and Generals” is one of the most God-honoring movies ever. And amazingly, it was produced by Hollywood and Ted Turner. “Gods and Generals” came out on DVD and VHS on July 15, 2003. I encourage you to buy or rent it, and experience this spectacular movie! No matter your beliefs on the Civil War, it will be an eye-opening history lesson, a thought-provoking tale, and an inspiring example of true Christian manhood.

For God and Country,
Gretchen Louise Glaser

Gods and Generals – DVD

Gods and Generals – VHS

Gods & Generals Soundtrack CD

America Will Always Stand
Ron Maxwell Presents New Songs of the Civil War

Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife
by Bill Potter and Stephen Lang

Gods and Generals…

“My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me.”
-Stonewall Jackson (in the movie and real life)

The Official Gods and Generals Website
Director Ron Maxwell’s Website

“Among Gods and Generals” – excellent article on WorldNetDaily

Reviews of “Gods and Generals”:
by Doug Phillips of Vision Forum
Follow-up by Doug Phillips
from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
from Focus on the Family’s Plugged In
by Charity Bishop of CharitysPlace.com
from Hollywood Jesus
from Michael Elliott of Movie Parable

A poem on Honor

“Gods and Generals” presents orthodox, no-holds-barred Christianity. Not because the film was designed as a tool of evangelism, but because the film is faithful and true to the life of a soldier who was first and foremost an obedient evangelist for Jesus Christ.
This is not a “nice” film, but Christianity is not always “nice.” It’s not nice when a general is called to execute his own soldiers for desertion. It is not nice, but it is biblical, as Jackson explains with tremendous clarity and precision. It is not nice to pick up the sword and go to battle, but when one is defending one’s homeland, it is mandatory.
…Ron Maxwell has defied the political correctness police of both the Right and the Left by giving the American people a truthful vision of their past. He has shown a time when men defended women, when faith in God defined a man’s vision of duty, when the greatest leaders were also the most committed Christians. For the first time in the history of modern major motion pictures, a director with guts has given us the opportunity to understand the complexities, the beauty, the horror, the glory, the tragedy, and the Gospel witness found in one of the greatest fratricides in the history of any people.

-Doug Phillips

“For the future glory of this Replublic, it is absolutely immaterial whether on this battlefield or that the blue or the gray won a great victory, for, thanks be to God, every victory won in that war by either side was a monument to American valor.”
-John Brown Gordon, February 7, 1901