It took a long process for the Battle of Gettysburg to occur. This contributes to making the book a little boring for me. It seemed like halfway through the book it dragged on a bit and made me not be very interested in the book. The Killer Angels written by Michael Shaara is set in Gettysburg in 1863 during the months of June and July. General Robert E. Lee was the main character in this book and was known to be the most famous man in the South. Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain is the second main character in the book. He is a soldier during the Civil War and evaluates everything he sees and analyzes what he sees around him as