... trip to Gettysburg, where his great grandfather was wounded, moved Shaara to begin his novel about those three bloody days in the summer of 1863. The Killer Angels won Shaara a Pulitzer Prize and sold more than two million copies. This novel is a very powerful novel that helps readers gain gratitude and appreciation for those ... become a legend for each succeeding southern generation. Along with heroism and courage, issues and values on both sides played a significant role in the novel The Killer Angels. On the Union side, men enlisted for a variety of reasons other than slavery. "Some ...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... trip to Gettysburg, where his great grandfather was wounded, moved Shaara to begin his novel about those three bloody days in the summer of 1863. The Killer Angels won Shaara a Pulitzer Prize and sold more than two million copies. This novel is a very powerful novel that helps readers gain gratitude and appreciation for those ... become a legend for each succeeding southern generation. Along with heroism and courage, issues and values on both sides played a significant role in the novel The Killer Angels. On the Union side, men enlisted for a variety of reasons other than slavery. "Some ...

• Word Count: 1222
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, the soldiers on both sides fought for reasons of their own. Some reasons tied into their religious beliefs and others tied into what they thought was ... longer a matter of vows" (Shaara Pg. 251). The south was fighting for what they thought was their 'rights' to establish a community like their old homeland. In the Fremantle chapter, we get a British opinion on the war and what they are doing, "But the point is they, the Southerners, do it all exactly as we do in Europe. And the ... ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1863 Chapter 1: • The Confederate spy/scout spots 20,000 Union men coming at a very fast pace and reports that to James Longstreet. • Longstreet does not believe the spy at first but decides not to take any chances and reports that to General Robert Lee. • Lee is also surprised by this news because he had not received any news from J.E.B. Stuart about these Union men. • However, he cannot afford to not believe the scout and decides to go to Gettysburg Chapter 2: • Colonel Chamberlain of the Union Army is told that he is going to receive 120 mutineers who are from Mai...

• Word Count: 357
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School