The novel The Killer Angels goes in depth on a battle during the civil war. Shara describes the emotions on both sides of the battle and what the military leaders from both sides were thinking. The book offered many different perspectives that would be hard to find in a textbook. The military strategy used by both sides was put on display and I was given an in depth point of view of the war.
This book was full of historically accurate pieces that would be impossible to find in a history textbook. First, on the second day of the battle, it is revealed that General Robert E. Lee's judgement is clouded due to his poor health and heart trouble, which was something I did not know before. This influenced how he looked at the rest of the battle, and refused to take his General's advice of swinging around and attacking the Union soldiers from Washington. Instead, Lee decides to send them to attack the Union flank on Little Round Top. There General Chamberlain, a Union General, defeated the confederates in a terrible loss of life for the confederates. A textbook is not able to offer the multitude of perspectives that this book does. It includes Southern people who don't…show more content… As I was reading, I could close my eyes and picture the Union and Confederate soldiers shooting and fighting each other. Being given a background on the main characters also framed how I viewed them. When it was revealed that General Longstreet had lost his three children in one Christmas season, I developed a sense of sympathy for him, even though he was fighting for a bad cause. As this information was being presented, I could see and feel the sadness that he felt for his family and how his lifestyle changed. Also, I could visualize General Robert E. Lee with his health problems. It was not difficult to see how his judgement was clouded and hindered due to his poor
