The Civil War is one of the most know American wars in history. The cause behind the war is the Northern resistance to Southern aggression on the topic of slavery, but slavery was a mere cover for the effects of western expansion, tariffs, and the South seceding from the Union and establishing their own government. These causes are depicted in many historical-fiction novels, particularly Michael Shaara’s novel. Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels retells the Battle of Gettysburg through the perspectives of members of the Confederate Army and the Union Army; Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, and Lewis Armistead represent the Confederate Army, and Joshua L. Chamberlain and John Buford represent the Union Army. Unlike the history textbooks that
