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 ... and the outlook of the war in the hands of God. Furthermore, leading to his repeated statements by putting it "in the hands of God" throughout the book. Towards the end, Longstreet makes the comment, "The storm was ending. He looked out through the smoke and saw no more blue troops; they had pulled back. ... was a free man under the bible and under the nation's foundation which is the Declaration of In...

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• Grade Level: High School