The Killer Angels Book Review The novel I chose for the historical book review is called The Killer Angels‚ by Michael Shaara. This novel is about the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War‚ and it is written from the perspective of the people fighting while sharing their thoughts and feelings about the battle as it goes on. Although it is historical fiction‚ The Killer Angels centers around the Battle of Gettysburg‚ which‚ of course‚ really took place. While the strategy of the battle is factual
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think and out fight General Robert E. Lee. If the Confederates had bet the Union in the battle
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at the age of eighty-three. The men who stood out in the South were James Longstreet who was Lee’s right hand man; Robert E. Lee was the top General who was on the South‚ and Pickett who was also a General for the South. Robert E. Lee had to make a decision of choosing either the north or the South. He chose the South because he came from Virginia and because he hated slavery. Lee died in 1870 in his house. It was easier to fight downhill than on high ground because it was easier to run. But high
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did the Battle of Gettysburg happen? Two months foregoing the battle‚ General Lee had an impressive defeat against the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville‚ Virginia. He then started planning for a Northern invasion by first taking action on the Yankees. His army was at the time 80‚000 soldiers! With the army of the Potomac Commander Joseph Hooker and leading about 10‚000 soldiers he began moving towards General Lee by Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln got frustrated by the actions of Commander
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novel gives the facts straightforward and provides no commentary by the people involved in history. The historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg‚ as seen in Killer Angels‚ provides the facts of the battle as seen through the eyes of Generals Robert E. Lee‚ Joshua Chamberlain‚ James Longstreet‚ and John Buford. The feelings and inner-thoughts of each General and the conditions of the battle are seen‚ heard‚ and felt by the reader in the historical account. Shaara takes historical license with letters
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very harsh battle that turned the tables in the Civil War. There were more than 20‚000 casualties on each side. The Civil War was into it’s third year before the Battle of Gettysburg took place. The general who led the Confederates was General Robert E. Lee‚ the general of the Union was General George Meade. In each army there was about 75‚000 soldiers. Stated in the background essay‚ “Over the next three days Gettysburg would change from a little known farm town in southern Pennsylvania to the most
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mansion was built George Washington Parke Custis married Mary Lee Fitzhugh. Together they had a baby girl and named her Mary Anna Randolph Custis (Ashabranner 26). On June 30‚ 1831 Mary Custis married Robert E Lee. Together the Lees lived in the Arlington house for the next 30 years with Mary’s parents. Robert E Lee loved the house‚ which overlooked Washington‚ D.C. He said “Anyone with half an eye could see it” (Ashabranner 28). Lee was an army officer who led United States troops for many years
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that was obviously coming (History Net). General George G. Meade won the Battle of Gettysburg at the end of the three days. Pickett’s Charge was the highest point of the Battle of Gettysburg. The charge took place on the third day of the battle. Robert E. Lee ordered Pickett’s Charge. It involved an infantry assault of approximately 15‚000 Confederate soldiers against Union Major George Meade’s troops (History Net). This was along Cemetery Ridge‚ manned by 6‚500 Federals (History Net). The whole point
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MILLERSBURG — For allegedly assaulting an officer after threatening to harm himself‚ a Millersburg man faces a handful of charges that could land him in prison. Robert E. Lee Ringler‚ 21‚ of 640 S. Monroe St.‚ pleaded not guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to assault‚ resisting arrest and criminal damaging. The assault charge‚ because it involved a police officer acting in his official capacity‚ is a fourth-degree felony‚ punishable by up to 18 months in prison. The charges stem from a May
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Battle Of Gettysburg started on July 1 and ended on July 3 and it was on the date of 1863.Robert E Lee General Of The Confederates invaded the North aka the Union army held off Lee’s army to defeat the Union once and for all but the Union was unsuccessful and retreated to Gettysburg‚Pennsylvania this was a major turning point on the war. :The Leaders of the Confederate Army was led by General Robert E. Lee along with Longstreet and Pickett. The North Army Aka The Union was led by General George Meade
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