The Killer Angels Study Guide

The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

Killer Angels is the story of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. It is told from multiple perspectives by a number of narrators on both sides of the conflict. The novel is meticulously researched and presents the tragedy of the conflict in the context of honor-driven culture and the propaganda-based need for General Lee to achieve a victory on Union soil. It dwells powerfully on the horrors of war.

The Killer Angels Characters

Table of Contents
  • Confederacy
    • Robert Edward Lee (Commanding general, Army of Northern Virginia)
    • James Longstreet (Lieutenant General)
    • George Pickett (Major General)
    • Lewis Addison Armistead (Brigadier General)
    • John Bell Hood (Major General)
    • Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (Major General)
    • James Lawson Kemper (Brigadier General)
    • Henry Heth (Major General)
    • Jubal Anderson Early (Major General)
    • James Ewell Brown Stuart (Major General)
    • Richard Stoddart Ewell (Lieutenant General)
    • Ambrose Powell Hill (Lieutenant General)
    • Richard Brooke Garnett (Brigadier General)
    • Moxley Sorrel (Lieutenant Colonel)
    • Walter H. Taylor (Major)
    • Arthur Fremantle (Lieutenant Colonel, British Coldstream Guards)
    • Henry Thomas Harrison (Confederate spy)
  • Union
    • Joshua L. Chamberlain (Colonel)
    • John Buford (Brigadier General)
    • Thomas Chamberlain (Lieutenant)
    • Winfield Scott Hancock (Major General)
    • William Gamble (Colonel)
    • John Fulton Reynolds (Major General)
    • George Meade (Commanding general, Army of the Potomac)
    • Ellis Spear (Captain)
    • Buster Kilrain (Private, former Sergeant; the only fictional character)

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