Day 1 Killer Angels

I have just been reading about he first day in the battle of Gettysburg and I have been very impressed with how well Shaara describes the characters and makes them come to life. I am particularly impressed with his description of Lee and Longstreet. It is abundantly obvious how dependent they were on J.E.B. Stuart for information and how helpless they felt without it. It is interesting to think about how different the entire battle might have been had Stuart been attending to his job from the outset.