Gone with the Glory The Civil War in Cinema

From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain hundreds of directors, actors, and screenwriters have used the Civil War to create compelling cinema. However, each generation of moviemakers has resolved the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Historian Brian Steel Wills takes readers on a journey through the portrayal of the war in film, exploring what Hollywood got right and wrong, how the films influenced each other, and, ultimately, how the movies reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.

Brian Steel Wills is director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University.

Photographs	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Hollywood's Civil War	p. 1
The Birth of Civil War Cinema	p. 7
Victory Rode the Rails	p. 17
The Romantic Era of Civil War Cinema	p. 28
The House Divided	p. 38
The Personal War	p. 51
A War without Boundaries	p. 67
The West's Civil War	p. 82
Shiloh's Bloody Harvest	p. 98
Confederates Raid Vermont	p. 110
The Music Teacher Raids Mississippi	p. 120
A Stomach for War	p. 130
Enough Glory for All	p. 139
The Angels of Gettysburg	p. 154
The Plight of the Prisoners of War	p. 165
The War and the Waves	p. 175
Epilogue: Screening the "Real War"	p. 185
Filmography	p. 187
Actors Who Wore the Blue	p. 193
Actors Who Wore the Gray	p. 195
The Best and Worst of Civil War Cinema	p. 197
Notes	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 227
About the Author	p. 239
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