Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels

This paper is a review of The Killer Angels is a book by the author, Michael Shaara. The book is about the four days that Battle of Gettysburg took place while the Civil War had been going on. The story is placed during the time when soldiers prepared for battle around the town of Gettysburg and when the battle began to happen. Michael Shaara wrote the book to convey out the significance of Gettysburg. He explained the events that happened during the Gettysburg War. In the book, Michael Shaara attempted to show both sides of the war without prejudice to the real cause of war. This ensured that he remained neutral in his account of the War. Michael Shaara was motivated by the urge to bring out the neutral facts about the Gettysburg War, the real issues that led to the war. …show more content…
Lee's are the main characters in the book. Both are soldiers who trust each other and who is worried with the safety of others. They both hold different approaches about the war. Robert E. Lee had very good strategic skills though his policies but they often conflicted with the policies that James Longstreet may have had. Lee was also a general who gave many orders to the defensive position. Shaara described Lee as a man who was alert and was well aware his career was declining. Lee hold his own predictable ideas of war but, he also appreciates the impact of Longstreet’s pioneering ideas on war. Lee even inspired wounded soldiers who dragged themselves from Pickett’s Charge. They even begged Robert E. Lee to be allowed back to war. However, the confidence he had in his soldiers led to him overestimating them. This resulted in a disaster at Pickett’s Charge, Lee plans were responsible for the death of many soldiers and the reason they had lost the war. James Longstreet’s had strong views and he was filled with a lot of hatred because of the war. Longstreet believed that the war was a