Friday, June 11, 2010
Killer Angels - July 3rd, 1863
Lee's plan to go right up the center was not received well by Longstreet. How do you carry out orders that will be a mistake? I know that is how the military works. But as their leader, how was Longstreet able to get his men inspired to do something that he knew was going to result in a such a great loss of life? I can't imagine the personal struggle and anguish that Longstreet experienced to lead his men into a fight knowing they had taken the wrong course of action.
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I was so mad at Longstreet and Lee which is funny because I needed them to lose the war but Shaara did such a good job of giving their point of view that I didn't want them to lose. I reread Killer Angels again and focused on the end where Longstreet was crying and holding himself. I wish there could have been another way than such a loss of men at Longstreet's expense.
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