Part one of term paper
Response to the "Killer Angels" is a historical novel written by Michael Shaara. It is one of the best novels I ever read. It describes four days at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863 in what many consider to be the turning point of the American Civil War. When I was reading this novel I had a feeling that I saw all events by my ...

Part two of term paper
... selected officers on both sides. I also learned a lot about the personalities of the generals of the Civil war: Confederate commander Robert E. Lee, whom Shaara portrays as pious, aging and brave, but also stubborn and dangerously confident; General James Longstreet who favored more cautious tactics; almost fanatical general George Pickett. In the Union army Shaara ignores the Union commander, General George Meade, instead he talks in detail about Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and cavalry commander Ge ...