The Killer Angels

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Battle of Gettys-burg is fought. The author provides many detailed maps of both army's positions.

Throughout the book, the reader is shown the pain, difficulty, anguish, and other dilemmas the armies face leading up to the final confrontation. In the beginning of the book we learn about the North from a spy for the South. His job was to scout the North's position as well count the number of troops. He reports to General Robert E. Lee and recalls what he saw. The spy's information proved useful to the Confederates' at the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg. The fight at Gettysburg is a series of battles. At first the South gains ground but eventually the North secures the better field position and crushes the Southern forces.

The author makes it clear that it is General Robert E. Lee's poor judgment and de-cisions that causes the South to lose the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee even credits himself for the South's failure, as quoted in the book, "No blame can be attached to the ...

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