GDG- Characters in Killer Angels

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I bet it's in part for the same reason most Civil War artwork is not based 
on the Union.   It doesn't sell.


Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. David Petruzzi" <jaydee at pennswoods.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: GDG- Characters in Killer Angels


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> 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
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>
>
>> 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>>
>>
>
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