The Killer Angels focuses on a limited amount of characters, and covers a limited time span. Shaara limits his main subjects to Gen. Robert E. Lee and Lt. Gen. James Longstreet from the Confederate side, and Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Mj. Gen. John Buford from the Confederate, while also limiting his time frame starting June 29, 1863 and ending July 3, 1863. Splitting the novel into four sections, with each section being about one day, the author begins with June 29th, 1863, the day before the battle. Shaara begins with a Confederate hired spy named Harrison, who obtained helpful information about Union strategies. Lt. Gen. Longstreet and Gen. Robert E. Lee, after some hesitation, moved their troops towards Gettysburg. Meanwhile,
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He begins with Lee and his advisors who attempt, but fail, to gain more information on Union strategies. The author then transitions to Mj. Gen. Buford at the beginning of the battle illustrating his defensive heavy approach. Shortly into the battle, Union troops began to attack, and Mj. Gen. John Reynolds joins Buford using his troops for an offensive strategy. Although Confederate generals tried to plan before the battle, when it began Lee and his troops were all dumbfounded by the size of the battle and confused towards what needed to be done. After fighting the entire day, the Confederacy won a temporary victory while both sides rest in preparation for more fighting the next …show more content…
Meanwhile, additional Union cavalry forces arrived in Gettysburg and began closing in on the Confederates. Although Longstreet wanted to move troops and attack from the South, Lee argued that they need to strike the center of the Union line, insisting that this was the Unions weak spot. The main goal of the Confederacy is to break the Union line, yet the Union had just received reinforcements and the Confederacy had lost more than half of their troops. Following along with Lee’s strategy, Longstreet decided to lead the cavalry and began to attack at the center of the Union line. But before Longstreet was ready, the Union began a continuous artillery strike that forced the Confederacy to change their plan. Since there had been lots of debate over the Lee’s original plan, it is not a surprise that when the Confederacy was forced to switch plans, each lieutenant followed which ever plan they thought was best putting multiple different plans into place. A short while later, the artillery bombardment continued to the point that it created irreparable damage to Confederate forces. It quickly became clear that the battle was over and that the Union has
He begins with Lee and his advisors who attempt, but fail, to gain more information on Union strategies. The author then transitions to Mj. Gen. Buford at the beginning of the battle illustrating his defensive heavy approach. Shortly into the battle, Union troops began to attack, and Mj. Gen. John Reynolds joins Buford using his troops for an offensive strategy. Although Confederate generals tried to plan before the battle, when it began Lee and his troops were all dumbfounded by the size of the battle and confused towards what needed to be done. After fighting the entire day, the Confederacy won a temporary victory while both sides rest in preparation for more fighting the next …show more content…
Meanwhile, additional Union cavalry forces arrived in Gettysburg and began closing in on the Confederates. Although Longstreet wanted to move troops and attack from the South, Lee argued that they need to strike the center of the Union line, insisting that this was the Unions weak spot. The main goal of the Confederacy is to break the Union line, yet the Union had just received reinforcements and the Confederacy had lost more than half of their troops. Following along with Lee’s strategy, Longstreet decided to lead the cavalry and began to attack at the center of the Union line. But before Longstreet was ready, the Union began a continuous artillery strike that forced the Confederacy to change their plan. Since there had been lots of debate over the Lee’s original plan, it is not a surprise that when the Confederacy was forced to switch plans, each lieutenant followed which ever plan they thought was best putting multiple different plans into place. A short while later, the artillery bombardment continued to the point that it created irreparable damage to Confederate forces. It quickly became clear that the battle was over and that the Union has