Gone with the Glory

Brian Steel Wills is director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University. He is the author of The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest, The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia, and No Ordinary College: A History of the University of Virginia at Wise.

• Introduction: Hollywood's Civil WarChapter 1: The Birth of Civil War CinemaChapter 2: Victory on the RailsChapter 3: The Romantic Era of Civil War CinemaChapter 4: The House DividedChapter 5: The Personal WarChapter 6: War without BoundariesChapter 7: The West's Civil WarChapter 8: Shiloh's Bloody HarvestChapter 9: Confederates Raid VermontChapter 10: The Music Teacher Raids MississippiChapter 11: A Stomach for WarChapter 12: Enough Glory for AllChapter 13: The Angels of GettysburgChapter 14: The Plight of the Prisoners of WarChapter 15: The War and the WavesConclusion: Screening the "Real War"Appendix A: FilmographyAppendix B: Actors Who Wore the BlueAppendix C: Actors Who Wore the GrayAppendix D: The Best and Worse of Civil War CinemaBibliography

This book is a must-read for those with a penchant for Civil War movies and will be invaluable to instructors wishing to screen films in class. But beware, after reading this book you will likely find yourself in search of some of these titles—and you will no doubt watch with Wills's commentary running through your head.