Remembrance Wall

Title: The Battle of Gettysburg

Date: 1913

Distributor: New York Motion Picture Company

Director: Thomas H. Ince

Cast: No reliable cast list survives for the film. AFI Catalog draws from two sources to list the following actors who may have appeared in the film: Burton King, Joe King, Gertrude Clair, Shorty Hamilton, Mr. Hadley, Mr. Edlar, Willard Mack, Charles K. French, Enid Bennett, George Fisher, J. Frank Burke, and Enid Markey.

Summary: A young woman’s beau fights for the North while her brother fights for the South. All three of their lives are changed by the Battle of Gettysburg, where the Confederate troops led by General George Pickett are defeated. President Lincoln delivers his famous speech.

Notes: The first feature-length film by the pioneering producer/director.