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Killer Angels Summary
Title: Killer Angels Summary
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 861 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Killer Angels Summary
Michael Shaara tells a fictional, but generally historically accurate, story about the four-day series of events and battles that surrounded and comprised The Battle of Gettysburg in his 1974 novel, The Killer Angels. The story represents both the views of the North and the South, and commands the reader’s understanding and empathy toward each of the characters and views regarding the Civil War. Shaara’s portrayal of the war leaves little missed, and vividly details …showed first 75 words of 861 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 861 total…open, and as the infantry begins to march across, the artillery fire resumes, and men die in droves, until eventually all are gone. After the Southern forces retreat, Lee comes to Longstreet and admits the Longstreet was right all along. He then gives orders for the Confederate retreat to Maryland. The novel closes as Chamberlain discusses his awe at the Confederate’s bravery. The rains come that evening, and the following day is Independence Day.
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