Meet the Cast
Joshua Chamberlain
Professor of War Ladies and gentlemen, here he is: if there's a hero in this book, it's gotta be Joshua Chamberlain.The Killer Angels is all about the battle between North and South, and Chamberlai...
James Longstreet
Man of Misery In The Killer Angels, we see the Union perspective mainly through Colonel Chamberlain's eyes. But what about the Confederate perspective? Look no further than General James Longstreet...
Robert E. Lee
Man Behind the MythFor a long time, Lee was almost a mythical figure in the South: Superman, Southern style. He was considered the height of Southern nobility and gentility—the kind of aristocrat...
John Buford
Buford's cavalry troops are the first soldiers to intercept the Confederate Army. Although the South technically wins the first day of fighting—at least they kill more people—Buford makes sure...
Lewis Armistead
Armistead is yet another tragic Southern general. The big Pickett's Charge chapter focuses on his perspective, since he's the one Confederate officer whose troops make it the farthest. They actuall...
Arthur Fremantle
Fremantle may be English, but he's a total Southern fanboy. He even wrote a book, after Gettysburg, arguing that the South could still win the war. He's at Gettysburg on behalf of the British gover...
Buster Kilrain
Kilrain is the only fictional character in the whole book. He helps give a kind of streetwise Irish-American perspective on the war. He's not an abolitionist like Chamberlain—he's a scrappy, kind...
Harrison the Spy
No, not Harriet the spy—Harrison the spy. This raggedy, Shakespeare-quoting ex-actor shows up at the very beginning of the book. Posing as a farmer searching for a runaway wife, he spots the Unio...
Tom Chamberlain
Tom Chamberlain is Joshua Chamberlain's brother. He refers to Joshua Chamberlain by his middle name, Lawrence, which annoys his brother, since it sounds too familiar. Chamberlain wants Tom to speak...
George Pickett
General Pickett is a classic Southern cavalier—all perfume and curls and chivalry. Buster Kilrain probably wouldn't be down with this dude at all, since Southern aristocracy is the very thing he...
Minor Characters
Major Moxley SorrelSorrel is Longstreet's chief aide-de-camp, or assistant. He mainly serves as an information tool, stopping off to alert Longstreet to some new development or sitting around a cam...