Is the book Gods and Generals historically accurate?

In fact, both sides had about an equal representation of Christianity. Once again, Gods and Generals presents a skewed depiction of history through judicious omission. While the film—for the most part accurately—presents Stonewall Jackson as a saint in every sense of the word, viewers never learn that Oliver O.

How long is Gods and Generals book?

512 pages
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara, Ballantine Books, New York, New York, 512 pages, $25.

Is Gettysburg a sequel to Gods and Generals?

Gods and Generals is a 2003 American epic war drama written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. It is an adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Shaara and prequel to Maxwell’s 1993 film Gettysburg.

Why didnt Martin Sheen play in Gods and Generals?

Because Warner Brothers passed, Sheen was not on Flight 77 the morning of September 11, 2001. Some scenes were filmed on Robert Duvall’s estate in Virginia, which was the site of some Civil War skirmishes. The majority of the Civil War re-enactors in the movie volunteered to appear without pay.

Who was the little girl in Gods and Generals?

The film comes to a mawkish standstill for one overlong interlude in which Jackson strikes up a friendship with the 5-year-old daughter (Lydia Jordan) of a wealthy Southern family, and then weeps at her bedside when the little girl succumbs to scarlet fever.

Is gods and generals a good book?

I just know that the story he created here in Gods and Generals is very good. Gods and Generals is a “personalized historical novel”. Like The Killer Angels, it is a character driven story, wholly based on the detailed facts of our country’s Civil War. What’s so good about these books is the getting to know the soldiers.

Who are the generals in the book Gettysburg?

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara’s 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara explores the lives of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain as the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg approaches.

Is gods and generals too sympathetic to the rebels?

Dear god. I get why the book is called Gods and Generals and the idea that Jackson and Lee were revered as gods on the battlefield. But this book is overly sympathetic to the rebels. We do not venerate Hitler or his squad’s death like this bullshit.