The Killer Angels Book Review

I bank that the author wrote this bear because he wanted people to view the mesh of Gettysburg from not Just the view point that we receive in our textbooks nevertheless from different points of views so that we may interpret the troth as a whole or else of bits and pieces. This book, in my opinion, was written for both informative and pastime for those who enjoy learning about history and the Civil War. This falsehood began with a person spying on the coalescency army then goes top to report o every daylight womb-to-tomb that he had found that an marrow army was seen moving nearby where he was located.When the spy told Longest that information, it seemed to transgress him a little bit. In Longitudes mind he trustd that some(prenominal) other general, everyday Stuart, was supposed to be tracking the compass north armys movement. Now that he has legitimate this information, he thought that he should move the band together army nitrogen to cut off the wedlock arm y. man heading north, the Confederates come crosswise a small town in Pennsylvania known as Gettysburg. While patrolling the town of Gettysburg on his horse, a Union general had find that the Confederate soldiers were close.The general who saw the confederate army, General Afford, was under the pic that the two armies would start to battle inside the town. So he bent-grass up to brigades along the hills outside of town. His way of persuasion was that the higher country the Union army was, the better it was to fight the Confederate army. He believed exploitation the geography of the north was a good idea. I agree with his thinking because it is certainly an advantage when it comes to warfare. As General Afford is aging arrangements to addle that happen, General Longest was meeting with other generals to discuss strategy and tactic.The book then turns to the date of July 1st. It starts as General Lee is waking up and exciseing General Stuart absence from camp. Without the abse nt man, Lee had no idea where the Union army was located and that troubled him. Not knowing where the foeman was is never a good thing because you give no idea what your undermenti sensationd plan or step would be. While at camp, he met with Longest. Longest was confident that the Confederates can use defensive tactics that has serveed them in revises battles to back up them win this one.He believes that the Confederacy would have a much better detect of winning because of their defensive skills that have proven to be top notch. General Lee refused Longitudes way of thinking because he wanted to smash the Union army aggressively in one blow. The book then transitions to where the battle was beginning when the confederate soldiers labializeed the men who were station amongst the hills due to Broods command. Reinforcements soon arrived to help out Broods men since they were getting killed.The reinforcement quad was led by General Reynolds whom was later killed in the battle. As Lee arrives to the battleground, the battle is in full swing. He is ordering his men to attack since about Union troops were coming from the South to help out. As the first day ends, Union forces retreated back into the hills to take cover and get some rest for the upcoming day when they would continue to battle. Longest becomes nervous because he knew that the hills were a good defensive position. He knew that they would have the advantage if they went to attack them within the hills.He was also ware that General Lee would attack them instead of retreating to another location and wait for them to attack. On the second day of the battle, Chamberlain is the one who makes the first move this time by moving toward Gettysburg once once again. As they were walking, they discovered an escaped slave. This gets Chamberlain into thinking about the reasoning for this war that has caused so many causalities of fellow Americans and what he believed in about different races. While that was ha ppening, two confederate generals were suggesting to lee that they should attack the opposing army to part it.Lee likes the plan, but Longest still wants to move to another location. Once again Lee had refused. As Lee and Longest lead the troops toward the hills, they discover that the army has come off of the hills and into the lowland where an orchard of some associate lied. They attack which causes a blood bath. Chamberlain and his men had to hold the ground against the Confederate attacks, but eventually they run out of bullets. They had followed by a catchword to never retreat and fight while standing their ground. As day two came to an end, Lee decided on a Lana for the next day.As the closing day approaches, Longest, for the final time, tries to convince Lee to move the army to another location, but Lee again refuses. Lee was determined to attack his enemy at this certain place. Longest had tried to convince him but he refused while launching an attack known as Pickets cha rge. After the adversity of Pickets charge, the Confederates soon retreated, and the Battle of Gettysburg had finally come to an end. Personally, I believe Michael Sahara is the causa of person who found this battle to be absolutely fascinating.I also believe that the author had done his research on the matter by victimization personal letters of these generals and other primary sources to help him write this book. This novel is an excellent example of a bloody battle fought on the US soil between the people of the US. To be honest, I really enjoyed this book. I like who the point of views changed to get the full coverage the battle and to have an insight on what was actually happening. I also happen to discern learning about wars and the presidents so that helped a lot knowing some outside information.