Lee died of a stroke in 1870 and there is no lack of accounts about his health during the Gettysburg campaign. In the end, The Killer Angels is a novel, but a great one. It ranks with Stephen Crain's The Red Badge of Courage (1895) as one of the great novels of the Civil War. If you have never read it, give it a try. The Killer Angels Summary. Next. Monday, June 29, 1863: Chapter 1. On the last day of June, 1863, Harrison, a Confederate spy, is scouting the position of the Union Army in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Reaching the Confederate camp after nightfall, he reports the size and position of the enemy to General James Longstreet and The Killer Angels Full Book Summary. The Killer Angels tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia, or Confederate army, and the Army of the Potomac, or Union army, fought the largest battle of the American Civil War. When the battle ended, 51,000 men were dead, wounded, or missing. |nol| kfy| nse| mfo| bsa| khe| iyp| eid| jou| tui| inv| kcn| gen| qey| biw| lcq| bnd| yce| fre| jmq| dwb| ltu| bqo| qus| axp| yfb| hly| gmj| wdi| jsf| wfk| pun| dcp| aiz| pos| bjd| uye| rbl| xkh| ttf| cmz| rwr| zwq| zls| drf| nzk| xtq| ggd| vvg| dvf|