Gods and Generals (novel)

Gods and Generals
First edition
AuthorJeff Shaara
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAmerican Civil War
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date
1996
Publication placeUnited States
Pages512
ISBN0-345-40492-0
Followed byThe Killer Angels 

Gods and Generals is a novel which serves as a prequel to Michael Shaara's 1974 Pulitzer Prize–winning work about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels. Written by Jeffrey Shaara after his father Michael's death in 1988, the novel relates events from 1858 through 1863, during the American Civil War, ending just as the two armies march toward Gettysburg. Shaara also wrote The Last Full Measure, published in 2000, which follows the events presented in The Killer Angels.

In 2003, Gods and Generals was made into a film directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and starring Robert Duvall and Jeff Daniels. The film shares most of its cast with Gettysburg, the film adaptation of The Killer Angels.