Gettysburg is a 1993 American war film. It is based on the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, a historical fiction writer, about the decisive Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The film adaptation was written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and produced by Moctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz. Randy Edelman composed the score. The film stars Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen, and tells the story of the Union and Confederate armies during this pivotal battle of the war. Though it did poorly at the box office, Gettysburg has been highly praised by critics. The... film starts with spoken exposition over the image of a map that establishes the location of the battle and how the two armies converged at Gettysburg. Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are making an offensive through Pennsylvania to lure the Union Army of the Potomac into a decisive battle that will end the war. The narration states that Confederate President Jefferson Davis has prepared a letter of peace to be delivered to the desk of Abraham Lincoln once the Army of the Potomac has been destroyed somewhere outside of Washington.
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