Opinion and Commentary to "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara

In the novel The Killer Angels, Mr. Shaara's historical accuracy is unquestionable. He has written this fabulous (Pulitzer Prize winning) novel. Although the heroic suicidal charge of the 10th Minnesotans on the second day of the battle was left out, Shaara focuses on Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine which makes up for the lapse.It is safe to say that no other novel has so closely allowed the reader to understand the peculiar madness of this civil war.
After reading this powerful, exciting novel one assumes that whenever cultures clash, there will be a final confli…