The Killer Angels: Choose one major character from each side of the conflict.
· Describe some major aspects of each’s personality and describe the major motivations for each in this battle.
· What reasons are given by these two characters for fighting in this war? What do they think the war is about?
· Describe any two key turning points in the Battle of Gettysburg. Explain a key decision made by each side in these turning points. How and why did these decisions prove so decisive in the outcome?
· Explain what aspect of each character’s personality helped shape the decision you describe above. Do you think the battle might have ended differently if they hadn’t made the decision? How?
· Explain any one way in which the two characters, or their causes, were similar. What does this say to you about the Civil War itself
