The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is a historical novel about the Civil War focused entirely on the battle of Gettysburg. Shaara’s novel is based solely off of documents that were left by the survivors of the battle and the reader is told the story from the perspective of leaders on both sides of the battle. The only reason that The Killer Angels is fiction is because Shaara delves into the minds of those who participated in the battle and wrote about what those people felt. Shaara called the soldiers

Title: A Critical Analysis of "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels" is a historical novel that delves into the complexities of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Published in 1974, the book has earned widespread acclaim for its vivid portrayal of the characters and events surrounding this pivotal moment in American history. Through its narrative, Shaara presents a compelling thesis about the human dimension of war and its impact on individuals

lot of deaths in this war, The Battle of Gettysburg has been recorded to be one of the deadliest battles in history. The Killer Angels was written to be based on The Battle of Gettysburg; in which the author claimed that he wrote the story in a different angle than the way they teach it in “school”, the story was based on the perspective of the people themselves. (Killer Angels pg xiii) Although the soldiers had different motivational factors; I will go over the soldier’s reasons for fighting, the

author argue as to why the Confederacy was defeated at Gettysburg? What evidence does he present to make his point? Do you agree or disagree with him? Trevor Jenke Professor Lockwood History 1301: M-W 12:30 2 December, 2013 Killer Angels Book Review 1. During the Civil War, there were two sides, the Confederate Army and the Union Army. While the Confederates fought for slavery, the Union fought for their freedom. While the

Lauren Pagone U.S. History Professor Panzella December 1, 2015 The Killer Angels The Killer Angels, written by Michael Shaara, is very educational and provides many details about the history of America. The Killer Angels describes the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac fought one of the largest battles in the American Civil War on July 1, 1863. The Army of the Potomac is also known as the Union Army and the Army of Northern Virginia is

men bleeding their lives out and in agonizing pain. What can one surgeon do with only forceps, a cutting saw, and bandages ? Not much and to think, these soldiers still kept fighting and killing one another, so really… how barbaric can these bloody angels get? It was 1863, the South wanted to keep slavery alive, whereas the North wanted to abolish it. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the Civil war and was entitled to be “one of the biggest and bloodiest battles fought.” Although the battle

In the United States during 1860 at the time of Abraham Lincoln’s election, seven states decided to succeed because Lincoln was anti-slavery and slavery is what the South thrived on while the north focused on manufacturing and industrial work. The seven southern states that succeeded from the nation(South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi) became the Confederate States of America. It grew from seven to eleven states when the first

Angels on the Battlefield In the Battle of Gettysburg that took place on July 1, 1863, and ended on July 3, many casualties and injuries resulted from the fighting between those few days, leading to the victory of the Union Army. As mentioned in the Killer Angels, the hospitals were tents where soldiers were treated for their wounds on the battlefield, in the view of anyone and everyone. Amputations were almost every physician’s immediate response to bullet wounds shattering bones, amongst other

The novel The Killer Angles, by Michael Shaara, gives a story like depiction of the American Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg. In this novel we see the views of both Confederate and Union armies. The officers for both sides in this novel used to go to war with each other but are now on different sides according to their political views. In the end both armies realized the war had accomplished nothing but all the deaths of soldiers. During the novel, the armies are going to war against their

Wars have been fought for many different reasons through the years, and that holds true for the American Civil War (1861-1865). In Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Killer Angels, the reasons for fighting the war are brought about through the officers and soldiers at a famous battle site of the Civil War, Gettysburg. Gettysburg was one of the most documented battles of the whole war. It took place over a span of three days and can be viewed as a turning point from Confederate