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The Killer Angels

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Michael Shaara Biography

Early Years and Education
Early Work
Final Years

About The Killer Angels

Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Foreword
Monday, June 29, 1863 — 1. The Spy
Monday, June 29, 1863 — 2. Chamberlain
Monday, June 29, 1863 — 3. Buford
Monday, June 29, 1863 — 4. Longstreet
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 1. Lee
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 2. Buford
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 3. Lee
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 4. Chamberlain
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 5. Longstreet
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 6. Lee
Wednesday, July 1, 1863 — 7. Buford
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 1. Fremantle
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 2. Chamberlain
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 3. Longstreet
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 4. Chamberlain
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 5. Longstreet
Thursday, July 2, 1863 — 6. Lee
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 1. Chamberlain
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 2. Longstreet
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 3. Chamberlain
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 4. Armistead
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 5. Longstreet
Friday, July 3, 1863 — 6. Chamberlain
Afterword

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Robert E. Lee
James Longstreet
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
John Buford

Critical Essays

The Killer Angels — History or Novel?
The Battle of Gettysburg — the Civilian Experience
Good versus Evil; Man versus Challenge
Questions as Theme
Emotions/Beliefs
The Lee versus Longstreet Battle Strategy Conflict

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Essay Questions

1. Should Lee have been at Gettysburg?

2. What other options, if any, did Lee have and why did he choose Gettysburg?

3. What might have happened if Lee listened to Longstreet and went south around the Union Army instead of attacking at Gettysburg?

4. Was the Civil War about slavery at all?

5. How did the continual changes in Union command structure affect its army's performance, morale, training, battlefield decisions?

6. Did Jeb Stuart's lack of contact with Lee contribute to the loss at Gettysburg? Had he stuck closer to Ewell, could the battle have turned out differently?

7. Was Ewell wrong not to take Cemetery Hill the first day of the battle?

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