The Battle of Fredericksburg was depicted in the 2003 film Gods and Generals, based on the novel of the same name, a prequel of The Killer Angels from which the earlier film Gettysburg was adapted.
base of the heart, the portion of the heart opposite the apex. It is superior and medially located. It forms the upper border of the heart, lies just below the second rib, and primarily involves the left atrium, part of the right atrium, and the proximal portions of the great vessels. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
The heart is cone-shaped, with a broad base at the top from which the large blood vessels enter and exit. The tip, known as the apex, points downwards and lies close to the sternum. In the horse, the apex is blunted during diastole. The longitudinal axis of the heart is tilted , resulting in the base facing craniodorsally and the apex caudoventrally. The heart has a right and left lateral surface, which meet cranially at the right ventricular border and caudally at the left ventricular border.