Study Guide

The Killer Angels Characters

By Michael Shaara

Ladies and gentlemen, here he is: if there's a hero in this book, it's gotta be Joshua...

In The Killer Angels, we see the Union perspective mainly through Colonel Chamberlain's eyes. But...

For a long time, Lee was almost a mythical figure in the South: Superman, Southern style. He was...

Buford's cavalry troops are the first soldiers to intercept the Confederate Army. Although the...

Armistead is yet another tragic Southern general. The big Pickett's Charge chapter focuses on his...

Fremantle may be English, but he's a total Southern fanboy. He even wrote a book, after...

Kilrain is the only fictional character in the whole book. He helps give a kind of streetwise...

No, not Harriet the spy—Harrison the spy. This raggedy, Shakespeare-quoting ex-actor shows...

Tom Chamberlain is Joshua Chamberlain's brother. He refers to Joshua Chamberlain by his middle...

General Pickett is a classic Southern cavalier—all perfume and curls and chivalry. Buster...

Sorrel is Longstreet's chief aide-de-camp, or assistant. He mainly serves as an information tool,...