James Longstreet

In Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels toward the beginning of the book, the reader learns of the Union's reception of one hundred twenty Old Maine deserters. The men are sent to be dealt with by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a highly intelligent Union Colonel. General Meade's orders are clear; either force the men to fight or shoot them, as stated on page 18. Chamberlain speaks to the men, saying that he refuses to kill them, but would greatly appreciate their help. His speech is rather moving, as

them to charge at the army and the Confederate army flees and he begins to plan the next days attack. July 2, 1863 and now Chamberlain moves his troops to the middle of the Union line. Meanwhile Lee wants to charges at the Union army despite what Longstreet says. The Confederate army began to try and weaken the Union, but the Union begins blowing cannons at the Confederate line. Eventually they began start to shoot with their guns and killing many Confederate lives leading to The confederate army retreats

In Michael Shaara’s historical fiction novel “Killer Angles,” he uses Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain as one of the several characters to show different perspectives of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 through July 3, 1863. Chamberlain, a thirty-four year old colonel of the Union army, taught rhetoric as Bowdoin College before entering the war in 1862. He gains command of his the 20th Regiment of Infantry of Maine one week before the battle at Gettysburg. His younger brother Tom serves under

Dear Journal,                                             August 2, 1863      With Dixie in my heart, today is the day that South Carolina recruited me for this war. I must soon be ready to go to the regiment I was assigned to. I am in the 3rd Infantry

From April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865 the United States of America was at a war unlike any other in its history; a war against itself. This civil war was fought between the North, known as the Union and the South, known as the Confederacy. Its most memorable battle was the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest and most costly of our nation 's history. The attitudes of the Northern leaders and the Southern leaders during the Civil War were both distinct and comparable. Michael Shaara captures the disparate

Throughout the course of the Civil War around 620,000 lives were lost, of these thousands upon thousands killed, about 51,000 died in the Battle of Gettysburg. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara documents the events during the Battle of Gettysburg from the perspectives of 7 different men, on both sides, who fought through the bloodiest battle in the Civil War. The central theme of The Killer Angels centers around the concept that some decisions are difficult to make because they are neither wrong

presents in the Union government which is the lack of management. On the other side of battle, Longstreet gets the information from the Goree, the aide of Longstreet, that Union is closed in their right side, and Longstreet suggests Lee is better to move south than to attack the center, because if the back army is divided, their battle line is destroyed, but, Lee does it anyway. Then, he and Longstreet go in frontline of the battle, and the soldiers also tells him that situation changes, Union have

The book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a compelling story about Richard Perry, a young african american man from Harlem, who wasn't able to go to college after high school and decides to become a soldier and fight in the harsh, humid jungles of Vietnam. The story features a first person narrative from Perry and shows the daily life for him and his squad throughout this gruesome war. The book itself is a great read and I definitely recommend it. It can be a little disturbing at times, so

In the beginning of the book Lee and Longstreet tried to contact Stuart, however their attempts went unanswered. When Stuart finally made an appearance, he found that he was needed earlier in the battle and that his colleagues were perturbed. An irritated Marshall stated, “He was joyriding. For

4). So, the plan was for General Longstreet to basically pull the wool over the eyes of the Union by moving away to throw them off as to what their course of action actually was. Once Longstreet finally got into position to start his attack, it was late in the afternoon. The numerous attack points the Confederates have selected, forced the Union forces to keep sending