I think it would be good to have students make a comparison of the leaders of the North and South for the battle of Gettysburg. Start by having students brain storm what characteristics makes a good leader. Then using excerpts from the book compare leaders from the North and South at Gettysburg.
It seems to me that the North is having a hard time finding a good leader that can do the job that is needed to be done. General Mead wanted to run from the fight asking his Generals to vote as to whether to stay or retreat. He only stayed because this Generals wanted to. The South on the other hand seemed to have some good leaders that were well trained and had the respect of their soldiers. General Lee had soldiers and Generals that would fight for him no matter what.
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Not to mention that one of the North's best men in this battle was a professor not even an army man til then.
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