Reflections of the Killer Angels
In my readings of The Killer Angels, I came to love Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His thoughts and actions I feel resemble what I would hope would be my actions in a war. He is forced to make some pretty clear moral decisions. He shows complete and utter loyalty to the Union and fights with bravery and courage the entirety of the Civil War.
Throughout the novel, my thoughts were drawn again and again to the events of the first day, when Colonel Chamberlain receives orders from General Meade to shoot any of the Maine men that refuse to march and fight for the Union. He has an initial thought regarding the orders that, I think, encapsulates the cause of the Civil War, “How do you force a man to fight—for
In my readings of The Killer Angels, I came to love Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His thoughts and actions I feel resemble what I would hope would be my actions in a war. He is forced to make some pretty clear moral decisions. He shows complete and utter loyalty to the Union and fights with bravery and courage the entirety of the Civil War.
Throughout the novel, my thoughts were drawn again and again to the events of the first day, when Colonel Chamberlain receives orders from General Meade to shoot any of the Maine men that refuse to march and fight for the Union. He has an initial thought regarding the orders that, I think, encapsulates the cause of the Civil War, “How do you force a man to fight—for