The battle that saved Washington DC, 1864
While General Lee's men are stuck in petersburg in siege with General Grant. One night General Lee gives General Early a independant command to take Washington DC. While it takes a while for Grant and the union army to relised that Lee had moved one of his divisons up north. Instead of attacking washington head on Early is met in combat which he not intended to do untill he reached washington he meets General Wallace, at Monocacy Maryland. Now that Early is in combat whith Wallace and finaly the union fall's back to bailtimore, maryland. Early looses hours of delay b/c he needs to rest his troops but then the next day Washington has prepared it's garisons and troops for battle. When Early moves his troops to Washinton, he is meet with distaster on the battlefield at fort stevens. On the Monocacy battlefield casualties where high General Early, lost 1,000 men dead, wounded, and missing General Wallace, lost 1,200 dead, wounded, and missing. But this is a verry good DVD and movie/doc. I was going to do some of the filming for a weekend on a set but instead I was in gettysburg doing a civil war living history I'm sad that I missed this movied and couldn't make it. But I still think the movie is good and the sound track is great! But there are some bad parts where the post re-recording of the voices are kind of off like in the Lincoln scenes but the blood, muskets, uniforms, actors, reenactors, horses, cannons, civileans, and battles are all good this movie is just as good as Gods and Generals, Gettysburg and Glory. It goes in thoses top movie list for civil war films. But rent it at blockbuster or order it online it's a...A+ movie.

ANOTHER GREAT CIVIL WAR DOCU-DRAMA!
"No Retreat from Destiny: The Battle that Rescued Washington" tells the heroic true story of the battle of Monocacy, a little-known event of the American Civil War. While not as famous as Gettysburg, Antietam, or Chancellorsville, the battle's importance is unquestionable. If the 18,000 man Confederate Army of Jubal Early had not been delayed by the 5000 troops commanded by General Lew Wallace (future writer of "Ben Hur"), then Early would have no doubt succeeded in taking Washington D.C., and altering the course of the war in favor of the Confederacy.
For a film shot on a budget of $400,000, the film is very well-done. While the film does have weaknesses in terms of editing and CG effects, the battle scenes are very effective, and the acting is quite good. The standout actor is Fritz Klein, who gives a powerful performance as Abraham Lincoln.
The DVD features some fine picture quality, but the sound is lacking in some areas. The extras are quite good, including a fantastic 40-minute feature filmed at the 140th Monocacy Reenactment.
Overall, "No Retreat from Destiny" is a fine film that will surely be enjoyed mostly by Historians and reenactors. I recommend it to those categories, since most film-viewers might not get much out of it. But it is a great film that shall surely entertain those interested in the history of the American Civil War.
Movie Grade: A-
DVD Grade: A