The Killer Angels: The Battle Of Gettysburg

The Killer Angels is a historical fiction novel in which two armies, The Army of Northern Virginia (The Confederacy) and The Army of the Potomac (The Union) fought against each other and re-created The Battle of Gettysburg, which started on June 30 of 1863 and ended July 3 of the same year. This book shows an insight into the Civil War, it’s meaning, and how it’s importance still remains with us today. We will forever remember those who have fought for our country with honor, courage, and sacrifice. The day these soldiers made a change, in both their lives and ours, is the day we will never forget. They have helped us reach our destiny and our fate for America and its people. Blood, injuries, and casualties were some of the many difficulties faced during this war, but this didn’t stop our soldiers from continuing to fight on. About 51,000 men either disappeared, were killed, or wounded. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Buster Kilrain, and General John Bell Hood were three out of the many who experienced injuries. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, tall, handsome, professor of eloquence at the College of Bowdoin, married to Harriet Beecher, spoke seven different languages, Colonel of The Union Army, had always wanted to become a soldier. The college he was he employed at didn’t
On July 2, 1863, located at Little Round Top, Hood helped lead the attack on the Union soldiers with General Robert E. Lee and General James Longstreet. Deciding on which way to attack the left side of the Union line, not all came to terms in agreement. Reaching the end of the line, they find the soldiers have dug into the peach orchard. With this discovery, Longstreet orders Hood to attack. Hood injures his hand in the failed attempt to attack and Longstreet was to blame. For treatment during the war, the patient would either have to be numbed and the limb would go through possible amputation or it would be kept in a sling for future