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- Killer Angels Introduction
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- Killer Angels Overview Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, was
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1975. It is a
fictionalized account but of the Battle of Gettysburg, but is based
entirely on primary documents--maps, memoirs, diaries, etc.-- and
therefore is an accurate portrayal of this battle that occurred
July 1-3, 1863. Both Union and Confederate military forces were
organized similarly. Each side of this conflagration was organized
into armies with nicknames, commanded by a generalArmy of the
Potomac, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Ohio, Army of the
Tennessee.
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- The Armies At the Battle of Gettysburg, the Army of the Potomac
(Union) under General George Meade and the Army of Northern
Virginia (Confederate) under General Robert E. Lee faced each
other. The following chart summarizes how the two armies were
organized:
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- Civil War Army Organization
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- Technical Vocabulary Artillery--Cannon or other large caliber
firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.
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- Technical Vocabulary Artillery battery: 4-6 cannon with six men
to a cannon Quartermaster units: These were units in charge of
supplies. Engineer units: These were in charge of construction of
bridges, trenches, etc.
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- Signal Corps: These units were in charge of communications and
intelligence. Video removed
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- Technical Vocabulary Bayonet--knife fitted into the muzzle end
of the rifle
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- Technical Vocabulary Cavalry--troops trained to fight on
horseback
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- Technical Vocabulary Caisson--A two-wheeled cart that carried
two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery
pieces. The caisson could be attached to a limber, which would
allow both to be pulled by a team of horses.
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- Technical Vocabulary Echelon--troops formed in parallel units
arranged to the left or right of the rear unit like stair
steps
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- Technical Vocabulary Flank(noun) a "flank" is the end (or side)
of a military position, also called a "wing". (verb) "to flank" is
to move around and gain the side of an enemy position, avoiding a
frontal assault.
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- Technical Vocabulary Infantry--units of army trained to fight
on foot
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- Technical Vocabulary Napoleon--type of cannon named for the
French emperor
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- Technical Vocabulary Taps--bugle call to signal "lights out" or
played at military funerals Video removed
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- Technical Vocabulary Volley--a discharge of several missiles
all at once
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- Army of the Potomac : Commanding general of the Army of the
Potomac. He is barely mentioned in the novel, but it is important
to know that he commanded the Union at Gettysburg. President
Lincoln had just appointed General Meade to his post after firing
General Joseph Hooker just three days before. : Head of the Union
cavalry. His cavalry are the first Union forces in Gettysburg and
to encounter Confederate forces there. : A major general in command
of the II Corps. He was in command of the Union forces that faced
Picketts division on third day of the battle. He was a close friend
of General Lewis Armistead, one of Picketts brigade commanders.
George Meade John Buford Winfield Hancock
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- : Former commander at West Point, now a Major General in the
Union Army, and maybe its best soldier. He has refused the command
of the Union army. He is respected by the Confederates and, along
with Buford, one of the first Union generals on the field at
Gettysburg. : A former college professor who took a leave of
absence to enlist in the army, he was the colonel in command of the
20th Maine regiment which includes his brother Tom; Something that
concerns him as the commander of the regiment. He was the last unit
on the left flank of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge on the second
day of the battle. He was shot six times during the war. Army of
the Potomac John Reynolds Joshua Chamberlain
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- Army of Northern Virginia : Commanding general of the Army of
Northern Virginia. (Contrary to popular myth, he was not the
commanding general of the Confederate military.) Opposed to
slavery, he could not find it in himself to accept President
Lincolns appointment to lead the Union forces and thus fight
against his home state of Virginia. By the time of the Battle of
Gettysburg, General Lee had become a legend as a brilliant
strategist and repeatedly defeating armies much larger than his own
Army of Northern Virginia. : Known as Old Pete, Longstreet was the
commanding general of Lees I Corps. He had replaced General Thomas
Stonewall Jackson (who was killed by friendly fire at the Battle of
Chancellorsville just a few months earlier) as Lees most trusted
aide. : Commanding general of Lees cavalry. He was Lees eyes and
ears during the invasion into Pennsylvania, but leading into the
battle, his cavalry is no in communication with Lee and this has an
important impact on the Battle of Gettysburg. Robert E. Lee James
Longstreet Jeb Stuart
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- Army of Northern Virginia : Commanding general of one of
Picketts brigades. He was also a close friend of General Winfield
Hancock, commander of the Unions II Corps, before the war and looks
forward to reunion with his old friend. : Last in his class at West
Point, he a young, free-wheeling and dashing commanding general of
one of Longstreets divisions. Held in reserve during the first two
days of battle, his division was the most rested on the third day
which gives them the order to assault the Union lines at Cemetery
Ridge. : A visiting British officer, whose assignment was to
observe the Confederate forces in action and report back to his
superiors in London. Lewis Armistead George Pickett Arthur
Freemantle
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- Order of Battle The following diagrams present the Order of
Battle or a visual representation of the military organization of
both armies at the Battle of Gettysburg as it relates to the novel.
Lees Army of Northern Virginia
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- Order of Battle The following diagrams present the Order of
Battle or a visual representation of the military organization of
both armies at the Battle of Gettysburg as it relates to the novel.
Meades Army of the Potomac
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- Maps Culps Hill Emmitsburg Road Peach Orchard Devils Den Big
Round Top Little Round Top Wheat Field Cemetery Ridge Seminary
Ridge Cemetery Hill The book contains maps; as you read examine the
maps so that you know the terrain and its important features such
as: