Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels"

Abstract: 5 pages in length. Much literary attention has been given to the Civil War, including it causes, outcome and overall impact upon American history. However, few accounts actually delve deeply, if at all, into the agonizing human concerns those three days produced. For a country that espoused benevolence and compassion, the United States had entered into one of the bloodiest battles ever to be recorded throughout history. The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in eventually bringing the war to a close. Many people have little understanding of the Civil War's impact beyond this point, inasmuch as school history books fail to address the personal issues that ensued, which is where Shaara effectively fills in this gaping void with emotional reflections that allow the reader to gain a significantly different perspective than what is portrayed in unadorned accounts. No bibliography.

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Catagory: U.S. History

Subcatagory: History

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