| The Killer Angels |
| The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, chronicles the turning point of the War Between the States. This turning point, the Battle of Gettysburg, consisted of two forces. The North, or Union, fighting to keep the United States of America together. The army present was the Army of the Potomac. "Later in June the Army of the Potomac, ever slow to move, turns north at last to being the great pursuit which will end at Gettysburg. It is a strange new kind of army, a polyglot mass of vastly dissimilar men, fighting for union." --Excerpt from The Killer Angels The South, or Confederacy, fighting for personal freedom, and their own way of life. The army present was the Army of Northern Virginia, headed by General Robert E. Lee and his second-in-command, James Longstreet. "It is an army of seventy thousand men. They are rebels and volunteers. They are mostly unpaid and self-equipped. It is an army of remarkable unity, fighting for disunion. It is Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Though there are many that cannot read or write, but they all speak English. They share common and a common faith and they have been consistently victorious over superior numbers." --Excerpt from The Killer Angels Many men died in this battle, fighting for a cause; unity, or disunity. The Killer Angels chronicles these struggles, and these acts of heroism, and faith. |
| The Killer Angels - Information Author: Michael Shaara Published by: The David MacKay Company (Random House) Publishing Year: 1973 Number Sold: 2,500,000 + books The Killer Angels - Awards 1975 Pulitzer Prize Award for Fiction |
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