Gettysburg

Based on Michael Shaara’s best-selling novel, this war drama features Martin Sheen as General Robert E. Lee, who believes that he can end the civil war with a decisive victory over Federal troops by taking Gettysburg, then marching on Washington with an offer to President Lincoln of terms for peace. The three day battle that forever changed the course of the American Civil War is compassionately recounted through the eyes of soldiers both Confederate and Union in this history film.