Book Reports On The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels was written by Michael Shaara and tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. background knowledge from both class and the book lets you know that this is during the Civil War and is exactly in the year 1863. this was the largest battle of the American Civil War and when it finally ended 51000 men either died were wounded, or went missing. from reading this Shaara jumped from key characters like generals from the Confederacy and Union armies like Lee and Chamberlain and the way the book reads is almost as if he is giving you a manuscript of how the war played out. the writer wants to give a clear tale the events that unfolded as the battles and sued and the things that triggered each event the ultimate Lee led to the bloodiest

We learn of his heart troubles and then it goes on to discussions of military strategy, Wow still waiting for general Stuart's report on the Union Army. learning of George Meade becoming the new commander of the Union Army and the Calvary occupying Gettysburg, Longstreet suggests cutting them off from the capital by positioning themselves and between Washington and the Union Army by swinging around from behind. this however aggravates Lee because it is a defensive tactic which he deems is coward and honorable, but the next thing we hear is artillery fire in the distance. Switching to the union troops again, Buford is now under attack from the confederate forces. He sends word to Reynolds for aid while trying to hold off for infantry for support. Outnumbered they hold until Reynolds arrives to aid them, but just as Reynolds moved in she was shot and killed, so the battle continued without a commander while Buford scouted to make sure no more forces are marching on them. Lee arrives in Gettysburg where a battle is in full swing and general Heth's troops are fighting off general Reynolds men who come to the aid of Buford. annoyed from still not hearing from Stuart, the man is fine to report on Union movements, he's got himself and sees Heth's forces having been forced back by the union troops. With Heth safe back he tells Lee of the battle at Gettysburg and how he thought

He watches the generals and thinks to himself that these are definitely Englishman against the rabble. Fremantle goes on to ask Longstreet why they have not entrenched worrying of attacking, but he replies that Meade would never attack as they are too heavily fortified. He still states that it would be best to swing around behind the union army to force them to attack to draw them out. At the Union camp just outside Gettysburg, Chamberlain waits for his orders, and then he is informed of an escaped slave. He has the surgeon bind his wounds and feed him and put him on his way, but it hurts him that he is bothered by his feelings that this man has stirred within him. They march towards little Round Top, and on the march he says blacks and whites have the same divine spark. This makes him or call an argument he had with a southern professor where the professor said the Negro was not a man and at one point he said " what if it is you who are wrong?" which made him want to kill the professor. Kilrain calls Chamberlain and idealist for these beliefs. Meanwhile Lee and Longstreet discuss the plan of attack for the day, they believe that if Longstreet's men attack the left Union line they might draw enough forces to allow any Ewell and Early to take Cemetery Hill. Leave once Longstreet approval and he does