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To: koan who wrote (224002)10/14/2007 10:57:43 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) of 793600
 
Minor point, but the title of the book is "The Killer Angels."

I recently read that book, as well as "Gettysburg," by Newt Gingrich and William Fortschen (part of a trilogy - the other two books are "Grant Comes East" and "Never Call Retreat-Lee and Grant-The Final Victory")

I highly recommend the Gingrich books, which are alternate history.

In "Gettysburg" Gingrich has Lee pushing for a second-day assault on Seminary Ridge, while Longstreet pushes for a stealthy retreat at night to go around to the South, cutting the Union forces off from Washington, D.C., thereby threatening D.C. and inviting an attack by the Union on ground chosen by the Confederate forces.

In Gingrich's alternate history, the Gettysburg campaign is a victory for the Confederate forces that nearly turned into a victory for the South in the War.

From your posts, I see you enjoy reading. Suggest you read all three books. They're quite well written and really capture the time and the Civil War.
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