I was in Gettysburg this afternoon. Walked around the battlefield & Little Round Top for a bit. Great place to spend the afternoon with all of its history.

Such a great movie. Never gets old

Those battle drums get me so pumped up!!!

147 years to the day, this still resonates with millions. The bravery of the men who fought in the American Civil War is amazing.

@Kharkovkid I'm a Brit and I bloody loved The Beverley Hillbillies. Brilliant programme. You brought back a lot of happy memories with your post. I remember now that Granny did used to talk about the Civil War all the time lol! I remember all the words to the theme song as well, just as you've posted! Thanks again for the reminder, I'll have to go see if I can find a DVD of the BH's to buy or even just check out some clips on youtube. Thanks again.

This scene gets me every time. The first time I saw it, I cried my eyes out. It is a brilliant piece of filming and editing. One especially well-done aspect is how the drums slowly fade into and become the background music. Randy Edelman is a genius.

This is the best scene of this movie. Music, (mini)helicopter view... Great scene.

That movie ranks among the very best war movies ever filmed. This particular scene is my favourite, especially because of the powerful music. This combination gives me goosebumps!

Being born in Mississippi and raised in Texas, even though I don't really agree with the ideology of the south it's amazing how emotional you get about your ancestors when watching this movie.

There are so many what ifs in this battle. What if Ewell had succeeded in placing rebel artillery on big round top. What if Chamberlain got over run on little round top. What if Jeb Stuart had been within earshot of Lee's army and was able to give info on enemy movements. Amazing how history could have gone either way.

MY favourite film!!! Gods and genrals is also a fantastic film Although im Britsih and im interrested in all sorts of wars from the american revolution to the napoleonic wars to WW1, The american civil war is my favourite. God i wish i could go to visit gettysburg. Infact its one of my life ambitions. Love the music

He really was. Between the battle of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg the ammunition plant in Richmond, which produced their regular ammo, burned down. So during the battle of Gettysburg they were using ammunition from a Charleston plan, and that ammunition had a different fuse setup so it shot differently. The problem was that nobody told Alexander of the change. His biggest mistake was not letting the smoke clear enough so he could see where they were shooting.

If I remember correctly from back when this movie made its first TV appearance on TNT those aerial shots of the men marching were done with a little remoter helicopter. At the time it was the first time it had been done like that. Quite an impressive feat that they had that many reenactors in this movie, no computer duplicating needed.

Best part of the film. The reenacting groups made a wonderful job.

One of the BEST scenes in the movie -- I even picked up a Muskat!

I love this movie. I never knew the horrors, the heroism or the sacrifice of the Civil War until I saw this movie. And the music was so great, the casting was perfect (Sam Elliot and Jeff Daniels were great in this) and the epic battles were worthy of love from war movie fans like me.

@Kharkovkid thanks , i was young and remember the theme tune. i'm sure i remember an old lorry or cart overloaded with furniture, and did she smoke a pipe?

I plan on taking my family there the second week of April for spring break. For the last 18 yrers we have went to Florida on vacaton because that's where the Mother n law lives and this will probably be the last vacation we take as a Family before the son goes off to college. I atteneded the National Fire Accademy in 1995 which is in Emittsburge Maryland and just had to make the short drive on over to Gettysburg. This truley was something I will never forget especially after watching the movie,

What's the name of the march the drums play at the beginning of the march. I've looked all over and haven't found it.

lue armistead is possibly the most under apreciated commander that i know of that played a big part. along with garnett who was turned into paint when he chraged the angle.