James Longstreet

A Review of Michael Shaara, The Killer Angles. New York: David McKay 1974. By Ankit Khanal. HTS 3009. 07/18/2017. The Killer Angels is a historical examination written by Michael Shaara that depicts the four days of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place during the American Civil War. The book presents both, factual retelling of events that took place, and the emotional experience of living it, using key points from both Confederate and Union sides. The book is written from the point of view

the battle began to happen. The book starts with Harrison, Longstreet's spy gathering information on the movement and positioning of the Federal soldiers. Each day of in the book is told from the viewpoint of the generals from the two sides; James Longstreet and Robert E. Lee on the Confederacy's side and John Buford and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

constructing correct decisions for the appropriate causes. Consequently, we must build the right choice in order to glorify God, rather than ourselves. General James Longstreet was unequivocally unsuccessful in manufacturing the right moral option. He did, however, follow his commander’s orders, in turn, abandoning his men in the meantime. Longstreet dreamed of capturing the altitude advantage and end the war swiftly. “I wish we could take the hill. Could flood right on over it and end the war, wipe them

Author Background Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Shaara, the author of The Killer Angels, was born on June 23, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was an author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. Although writing was his passion, Shaara was very athletically successful in high school, winning more awards than any other student in the history of the school for sports such as basketball, track and baseball. He acquired a skill in boxing, and of the 18 matches Shaara

held certain ideals. In The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, the eyes of James Longstreet and Joshua Chamberlain expresses the battle between the North and the South as an opportunity to show their major contributions, their loyalties to their troops, and their opinions of the war that shaped them. Lieutenant General James Longstreet contributed to the Civil War despite the lack of appreciation from his fellow men. Longstreet opposed offensive warfare in Gettysburg and argued that the “enemy outnumbered

Jacob Ruiz 213186 Coach Shock U.S. History August 3, 2016 Emotions of the Angelic Killers The novel Killer Angels by Micheal Shaara is a novel about the Civil War, more specifically about the 1863 battle in Gettysburg. The novel goes into a lot of detail about war and describes the range of emotions of many of the characters who fought in the war and how war affected them. The war was between the Confederate (South) and the Union (North) armies. The emotions, reactions and sentiment of the

and weary Robert E. Lee has pinned his hopes to end the war on the idea of attacking and destroying the Union army on it’s own ground. Shaara depicted Lee's top general, James Longstreet, as being against the invasion because he believed the South’s military success had come from a defensive style of warfare. This idea that Longstreet was apprehensive about the attack is an interesting perspective that deepens the struggle of Lee in the battle. As they advance into Pennsylvania, Shaara ties his new

John Buford; General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate army; and General James Longstreet,

better way to tell a story about one of the most significant battles of American history, then getting the information straight from the warriors who were fighting in the tranches? The book is written from the viewpoints of Robert Edward Lee, James Longstreet, and a couple of other men who were in the war. Robert E. Lee was fifty-seven at the time of the war. He was a highly respected general of the Confederate Army. He was an honest, God following man who had great morals which made a great leader

Angels starts out with Harrison, a Confederate spy who was sent by General James Longstreet, looking for the position of the Union army; he spots them in a nearby valley moving quickly. He returns to Southern headquarters of the Confederate army and is sent to Longstreet to report his findings. Harrison points out where he saw the Union army and warns that there are thousands of them moving towards their location; Longstreet takes him to Robert E. Lee, commander of the Southern army. After speaking