ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRST UVWXYZ AUTUMN SEASON UPON US -- Shorter days means try to get outside for a bit of fresh air with each passing day... __________________ The Killer Angels Novel Summary: Foreword: June 1863 Novel Summary: Chapter 1 - 4 Novel Summary: Chapter 5 - 7 Novel Summary: Thursday, July 2, 1863 Novel Summary: Chapter 1 - 6 Friday July 3, 1863 Character Profiles Metaphor Analysis Theme Analysis Top Ten Quotes Biography: Michael Shaara Essay Q&A ____________________ Average Overall Rating: 2 Total Votes: 2432 1. Was Lee really to blame for the defeat at Gettysburg? In the novel, Lee and Longstreet disagree over tactics. Longstreet wants to practice a defensive strategy, involving a move around the left flank of the Union army. This would have placed the Confederate army between the Union army and Washington DC, forcing the Union forces to attack well-defended Confederate positions. In contrast, Lee insists on attacking, but his tactics, both on day two and day three of the battle, do not achieve their objectives. On day three, Longstreet says it would need a miracle for Lee’s tactic of attacking the center of the Union line to succeed. After the battle, Lee admits to Longstreet that he was wrong and that Longstreet was correct. However, this is not the way that all historians have viewed the battle. Much of The Killer Angels is based on Longstreet’s memoirs, so the novel is slanted to show Longstreet as being right and Lee wrong. For example, Longstreet stated in his memoir (as quoted by Jeffry D. Wert in his book General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier: A Biography): “General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one,The Killer Angels: Essay Q&A Home› The Killer Angels: Essay Q&A Powered By VidMatic 0:350:35 RegisterLoginForgot Password What are You Studying? Search here Ask QuestionNovelguide Rooms Novelguide: Search by AuthorNovelguide: Search by Title Home|Novelguides|Connections|Reports & Essays|Ask Question|Tutor's Market Place| How It Works The Killer Angels Study Guide (Choose to Continue) IntroductionSummaryCharactersMetaphorThemeTop Ten QuotesBiography Novelguide Homework HelpStudyhall
what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand men ever arranged for battle can take that position.” This is very close to the words given to Longstreet in The Killer Angels. However, in the years following the Civil War, Longstreet himself was subject to considerable criticism. There were accusations that he had dragged his feet in executing Lee’s orders and had attacked too late in the day, thus contributing to the defeat. Modern historians do not accept this version of events, but Longstreet’s reputation suffered for many decades because of this and other allegations, including his blaming of Lee for the defeat. Lee was a revered figure, and criticism of him was unwelcome in the South. Biographies of Lee and a number
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