I recall that ‘God and Generals’ was a prequel, and not a sequel. More importantly, the film did not suggest that Jackson was an “active abilitionist”. It would take some leap of fantasy to reach that conclusion! Rather, an element of the film reflected on a possible moral conflict between his deep religious beliefs and his faith in the social systems prevalent in the Commonwealth of Virginia at that time.

Whilst rightly attacking the distortion of history, highlighted in this case by the likes Eric, Professor Stowe and Kevin Levin, we must be careful not to allow ourselves to fall into the same trap. Distortion is distortion, whichever side of the fence we sit!