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1、MichaelShaara-TheKillerAngelsMapsbyDonPitcherToLila(oldGeorge)...inwhomIamwellpleasedTOTHEREADERThisisthestoryoftheBattleofGettysburg,toldfromtheviewpointsofRobertE.LeeandJamesLongstreetandsomeoftheothermenwhofoughtthere.StephenCraneoncesaidthathewroteTheRedBadgeofCo
2、uragebecausereadingthecoldhistorywasnotenough;hewantedtoknowwhatitwasliketobethere,whattheweatherwaslike,whatmen'sfaceslookedlike.Inordertoliveithehadtowriteit.Thisbookwaswrittenformuchthesamereason.Youmayfinditadifferentstoryfromtheoneyoulearnedinschool.Therehavebee
3、nmanyversionsofthatbattleandthatwar.Ihavethereforeavoidedhistoricalopinionsandgonebackprimarilytothewordsofthementhemselves,theirlettersandotherdocuments.Ihavenotconsciouslychangedanyfact.Ihavecondensedsomeoftheaction,forthesakeofclarity,andeliminatedsomeminorcharact
4、ers,forbrevity;butthoughIhaveoftenhadtochoosebetweenconflictingviewpoints,Ihavenotknowinglyviolatedtheaction.Ihavechangedsomeofthelanguage.Itwasanaiveandsentimentaltime,andmenspokeinwindyphrases.IthoughtitnecessarytoupdatesomeofthewordssothatthereligiosityandnaivetZo
5、fthetime,whichweregenuine,wouldnotseemtooquainttothemodernear.IhopeIwillbeforgiventhat.Theinterpretationofcharacterismyown.MICHAELSHAARA.FOREWORDJUNE1863I.TheArmiesOnJune15thefirsttroopsoftheArmyofNorthernVirginia,RobertE.Leecommanding,slipacrossthePotomacatWilliamsp
6、ortandbegintheinvasionoftheNorth.Itisanarmyofseventythousandmen.Theyarerebelsandvolunteers.Theyaremostlyunpaidandusuallyself-equipped.Itisanarmyofremarkableunity,fightingfordisunion.ItisAnglo-SaxonandProtestant.Thoughtherearemanymenwhocannotreadorwrite,theyallspeakEn
7、glish.Theysharecommoncustomsandacommonfaithandtheyhavebeenconsistentlyvictoriousagainstsuperiormembers.Theyhaveassolidafaithintheirleaderasanyveteranarmythatevermarched.TheymoveslowlynorthbehindtheBlueRidge,usingthemountainstoscreentheirmovements.Theirmainobjectiveis
8、todrawtheUnionArmyoutintotheopenwhereitcanbedestroyed.BytheendofthemonththeyareclosingonHarrisburg,havingspreadpanicandrageanddespa