Killer Angel: Harrison (the Spy)
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2020
- This is the first of 13 mashups of clips from "Gettysburg" (1993) that attempt to capture the motives of major characters from the film and its source, Michael Shaara's novel, The Killer Angels. To go to the next and those that follow, go to • Killer Angel: Pickett .
The first character we meet is Harrison, an actor now spying for the Confederacy. (He preferred to be called a scout). He pretended to be a half-witted farmer looking for his runaway wife as he rode across Northern territory, picking up vital information about the size and disposition of the Union army. He reported what he had learned to Longstreet, who trusted Harrison's skills despite Lee's misgivings about such a source. In the absence of Lee's usually trustworthy cavalry commander J. E. B. Stuart, they had no choice but to act on Harrison's warning that the whole Union army was closing in on them.
Harrison's theatrical mannerisms suggest he missed the stage and the applause from a live audience, and he resented the fact that those along his path took him for whom he was pretending to be. So for whom was Harrison actually performing? It seems clear that he would like to convince himself at least that he could act. To put it in a word, Harrison had come to Gettysburg for the drama of it all.
One of the most meta lines in movies. Martin Sheen saying, "an actor? We move on the word of an actor?"
Wonderful character, so nicely played by Cooper. Great movie too!
I read about Harrison's role in relaying information to the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee had no solid information of where the Army of the Potomac was and without Jeb Stuart's calvary, the army was blind.
The thing is though Lee had several cavalry brigades available to him not directly under Stuart. Why he didn't use them is still not clear.
@@joshlight6892 yep, he put too much of his faith on a handful of officers and trusted too much in what the Union army had shown, not in what they were capable of. he rarely forgave mistakes and definitely held grudges even after the end of the war. i still wonder how things would have occurred if he had Imboden's Cavalry guarding his eastern and southern flank while Stuart was making his ride. course it may not have mattered. if he knew the Union was there and turned earlier he probably would have made the same attack on the Unions defenses further south.
I agree with Gen. Lee, and anybody else that supports what happened. If it hadn't been for Mr. Harrison, the whole Confederate Army could easily been annihilated! Where was Gen. Stuart? Well...the latest Intel on Gen. Stuart, was that he had to do so much in avoiding the Union Army, as well as getting supplies for the Confederate Army, that those were the two things that caused his delay. Another thing that tied into this whole scenario, was that he truly was trying to find Gen. Lee, but kept getting fed a bunch of false reports, as to Gen. Lee's whereabouts. He truly had tried to do what he was ordered to do.
Gen. Lee should have listened to Gen. Stuart. He would've found out what the whole truth of the matter really was! Gen. Lee, though, seemed to think that he, and the whole Confederate Army, was invincible. He wasn't listening...and that fact really showed on the third day of the Gettysburg Campaign, at Pickett's Charge. At least half of the Brave Men of the Confederate Army, from my home State (Actually, Commonwealth) of Virginia, never came back. So many lives were lost, that it truly boggles the mind, thinking about it! Of the nearly 15,000 Brave Confederate Soldiers that went out into that particular part of the Battle, at least 7,500 Men were killed, wounded, missing, or captured. What a horrific loss!
Gen. George Pickett never forgave Gen. Lee for sacrificing his Virginians like that. He brooded on that loss until his dying day. His words on the subject, were these:
"That old man had my division slaughtered"!!!
@@joshlight6892 Stuart had taken all of Lee's best cavalry, leaving the main army with two third-rate, ill-equipped, poorly led brigades that could not handle the reconnaissance challenge in hostile country. Stuarts mission was to gather intelligence on where the enemy position was, but Stuart failed and instead raided some supply trains.
@@joshlight6892 Not to mention he left behind good brigades.
The Army of Northern Virginia was lucky that Harrison discovered the Federal Army in front of Lee while Stuart was missing in action and not reporting any movement from the Army of The Potomac.
One of those important characters in the whole Battle of Gettysburg right there
A certain wariness about using a spy, especially on Lee's part. The more pragmatic Longstreet has fewer qualms. "Harrison's" complaint that if you do espionage right, nobody notices, often remains true to this day. Whereas disasters or getting caught does make the headlines.
No wish to offend anyone but the German general staff study of the war was of the opinion it constituted "Two armed mobs pursuing each other around the countryside".
yeah, the Prussians were pretty snooty about their land army.
So what was their opinion of WW1 then?
Two armed lines of men playing dodgeball across an open field?
@@nicholasmuro1742 If only it was that simple most of the time the Germans were in deep concrete bunkers and sitting tight while the British and French threw themselves at them. It was a pretty dumb war but the Germans were arguably less dumb than the rest losing because they could not defeat 3 and then 4 major powers .
@freebeerfordworkers
I've read that most modern small unit tactics were developed by Germany. Once Russia folded, it was game over for the allies because now Germany could bring all their forces onto the western front. Then the US anted up, so that changed things.
Doesn't matter. War is a racket and staged by tptb. When Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in his car, the license plate had the date the war ended. No coincidence imo.
Wow! This Harrison man awesome fellow!
Harrison once took a bet that he would step out onto a stage during a play, and did. He wasn't an actor.
Although he fought for the South the actor had enough courage to fight along side the soldiers like a man. I ca not see todays actors in Hollywood doing that (well most of them there are a few exceptions)
You looked all out all the good parts you left out all the good parts of Harris when he says you have another good Southern tobacco and when Long Street ordered his captain to give Harris a cigar and a tent and Harris was also a major in the South Carolina Militia under the command of Colonel Justin Lamont of the 53TH South Carolina Militia
Lol, nice little video, a somewhat of a forgotten character.
This guy is pretty much the 1860s version of Han Solo lol
Cool.
Editing destroyed the video.
Did he know John Wilkes Booth?
very unlikely despite their similar professions. Booth was a Marylander with Confederate sympathies while Harrison was an actual Southerner who operated almost alone.
@@SantomPh Yeah not much chance of actors from Mississippi and Maryland to have a lot of interaction with one another back then.
Why does everyone think they were there. So many wannabes. Know it all's. Jesus !
“We move on the word of an actor?” The same could have been said about Reagan and Trump.
Reagan won all of his elections in California and on the national level by landslides. Must have smart and a very good actor wouldn't you say........cared 49 out of 50 states in 1984. In 1980 President Carter concidead be for the polls on the west coast were closed. What a great night that was for America, remember it well.
All politicians are actors
Whyd you cut it?