The General is the name of a book, a magazine, at least two films and an
American Civil War locomotive.
- The General (novel): by CS Forester tells the tale of a English army officer and the Great War
- The General (magazine)[?]: a wargaming magazine published by Avalon Hill.
- The General (1927 movie): Buster Keaton's American Civil War comedy about a train taken hostage. The film is based on the historic chase between trains pulled by locomotives named The General and The Texas.
- The General (1998 movie)[?]: John Boorman[?]'s drama about Dublin criminal mastermind Martin Cahill[?].