1. Profiles and Perspectives
The Killer Angels
Profiles and Perspectives

2. Robert E. Lee Commanding General
Virginia
Honor
Faith
Father figure
Commander-
Army of Northern Virginia

3. James Longstreet Lieutenant General
Defensive
warfare
Cause =
VICTORY
Brilliant,
clear-
sighted &
stubborn
Lee = his father figure
Confederate Commander-
First Corps

4. George Pickett Major General
Dashing
Chivalrous
Excitable
Last in
line
Confederate division commander

5. Richard Ewell Lieutenant General
Hesitant
Unsure
Honest
Wounded
Confederate
corps commander

6. A. P. Hill Major General Sick??? Hubris issues Red shirt in battle
Mistaken
Confederate
corps commander

7. Lewis Armistead Brigadier General
Steady, shy
Faces off against his best friend
Haunted by song: “Kathleen Mavourneen”
Confederate brigade commander under Pickett

8. 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

9. J. E. B. Stuart Lieutenant General
Chivalrous
100% reliable???
Best ever
Where is he?
Commander- Confederate cavalry

10. Jubal Early Major General
Cold
Calculating
Influences Ewell
Hates Longstreet
Confederate division commander under Ewell

11. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Colonel
Professor,
turned officer
Represents
“… an army going out to set other men free.”
Union Colonel
20th Maine Regiment

12. John Buford Major General
An eye for GOOD GROUND!
First into Gettysburg
Union cavalry
commander

13. John Reynolds Major General
Best soldier in Union Army; refused command
“Black Hats” from Iron Brigade
Union Commander–
First Corps

14. George Gordon Meade Major General
Brand new to command of Army
Protective of reputation
Ineffective
Commander – Army of the Potomac

15. Winfield Scott Hancock Major General
Authoritative
Trustworthy
Highly effective
Faces off against his best friend
Major General Second Corps