FREE ESSAY ON KILLER ANGELS

KILLER ANGELS

Detailing the events around four days in late June and early July, 1863, the story follows
four men as they march into the field for what will become the bloodiest three days in
American history. Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate troops on an invasion of
Pennsylvania, believing it is the only way the South can still force Washington to accept
peace, and a Southern victory. By his side, James Pete Longstreet does not share Lee's
optimism, and understands that this great fight could be the South's Waterloo. On the
Northern side, Cavalry General John Buford is the man on the spot, and heroically holds
Lee's army back while the rest of the Union troops move into position on the valuable and
crucial high ground of Cemetery Ridge. Leading a regiment to the far end of the line,
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is told he must hold the flank, that his small
command is the key to the entire Union position. Ordering his men to dig in, waiting for
the inevitable assault from Longstreet's troops, the former college professor realizes
that this is his destiny, commanding soldiers on a hill known as Little Round Top. 
Bibliography
OWENS, JESSE HARVARD EDUCATION LETTER, 1998