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Historical person
James Longstreet is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.
In Jeff Shaara’s The Killer Angels, Robert E. Lee believes an aggressive victory may force a political settlement, while James Longstreet doubts the wisdom of attacking strong Union positions.
Series
The Civil War Trilogy presents the eastern theatre of the American Civil War through three connected novels. Jeff Shaara’s Gods and Generals follows the principal commanders from the approach of secession to Chancellorsville; Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Killer Angels reconstructs Gettysburg; and Jeff Shaara’s The Last Full…
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