GDG- Characters in Killer Angels

[J. David Petruzzi]

Tom,

Interesting question.  I think, perhaps, that in his research of the
individuals Shaara was captivated by several.  Most of them were
Confederate... Lee, Longstreet, Hood, Pickett, Garnett, Armistead, etc.  On
the Federal side, only a few.  In Meade's case, maybe Shaara found nothing
special about him.  Perhaps, as a writer, he feared what introducing a
sour-demeanored, snappy commander (whether true or not) now and then would
do to his inspirational story.  Meade gets only a mention in the book, and
about 10 seconds of screen time in the movie.

I think that Shaara was only concentrating on those personalities that he
could develop as he saw them, based on the written record, and show their
inspirational, higher-than-self ideal.  As many do, he found the majority of
those on the southern side where Gettysburg was concerned.  If he were to
try some sort of "balance," he would have gone beyond his historical base.

J.D.

J. David Petruzzi
My blog: http://petruzzi.wordpress.com
My book: http://www.stuartsride.com


> Not to start a second Civil War, but what does that say about the writer
and
> about George Meade?  What other Union personalties deserve more
prominence,
> besides Buster Kilrain?
>
> Tom Ryan>>
>