Mr. Premliser American History
The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara’s goal in writing The Killer Angels was to write about the men of the Civil War, not the war itself. A take on the war from the inside out, opposed to outside in. Shaara was able to show that there was no good vs. bad, there was just men who had dreams, and the will to fight for their homeland.
One way that Shaara shows that there were no bad side in the war was through the portrayal of confederate general Robert E. Lee. The book portrayed the general as an intellectual whose opinion of slavery was not of a supporter or of an opponent. In fact, the primary reason for Lee’s decision to lead the confederate army was his selfish