The Killer Angels Profiles and Perspectives. Commander- Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee...

The Killer Angels

Profiles and Perspectives

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Commander-

Army of Northern Virginia

Robert E. Lee Commanding General

•Virginia

•Honor

•Faith

•Father figure

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James Longstreet Lieutenant General

• Defensive warfare

• Cause = VICTORY

• Brilliant, clear- sighted & stubborn• Lee = his father figureConfederate Commander-

First Corps


George PickettMajor General

Confederate division commander

• Dashing

• Chivalrous

• Excitable

• Last in

line

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Richard EwellLieutenant General

Confederate corps commander

•Hesitant

•Unsure

•Honest

•Wounded


A. P. HillMajor General

•Sick???

•Hubris issues

•Red shirt in battle

•Mistaken

Confederate

corps commander

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Lewis ArmisteadBrigadier General

Confederate brigade commander under

Pickett

• Steady, shy

• Faces off against his best friend

• Haunted by song: “Kathleen Mavourneen”

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Richard Brooke Garnett Brigadier General

• Dying with honor is better than living without it.

• Jackson had attempted an unjust court-martial.

Brigade commander in

Pickett’s division

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J. E. B. Stuart Lieutenant General

Commander- Confederate cavalry

•Chivalrous

•100% reliable???

•Best ever

•Where is he?

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Jubal EarlyMajor General

•Cold

•Calculating

• Influences Ewell

•Hates Longstreet

Confederate division commander under Ewell

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Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainColonel

Union Colonel 20th Maine Regiment

• Professor,turned officer• Represents “… an army going out to set other men free.”

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John Buford Major General

Union cavalrycommander

• An eye for GOOD GROUND!

• First into Gettysburg


John ReynoldsMajor General

• Best soldier in Union Army; refused command

• “Black Hats” from Iron Brigade

Union Commander–

First Corps

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George Gordon MeadeMajor General

Commander – Army of the Potomac

• Brand new to command of Army

• Protective of reputation

• Ineffective

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Winfield Scott HancockMajor General

• Authoritative

• Trustworthy

• Highly effective

• Faces off against his best friend

Major General Second Corps

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