The Killer Angels
Profiles and Perspectives
Commander-
Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee Commanding General
•Virginia
•Honor
•Faith
•Father figure
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
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
Lewis ArmisteadBrigadier General
Confederate brigade commander under
Pickett
• Steady, shy
• Faces off against his best friend
• Haunted by song: “Kathleen Mavourneen”
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
J. E. B. Stuart Lieutenant General
Commander- Confederate cavalry
•Chivalrous
•100% reliable???
•Best ever
•Where is he?
Jubal EarlyMajor General
•Cold
•Calculating
• Influences Ewell
•Hates Longstreet
Confederate division commander under Ewell
Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainColonel
Union Colonel 20th Maine Regiment
• Professor,turned officer• Represents “… an army going out to set other men free.”
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
George Gordon MeadeMajor General
Commander – Army of the Potomac
• Brand new to command of Army
• Protective of reputation
• Ineffective
Winfield Scott HancockMajor General
• Authoritative
• Trustworthy
• Highly effective
• Faces off against his best friend
Major General Second Corps