[RatSlayer]

Dagobert said:
"I know at one point Shaara's The Killer Angels, the basis for the movie "Gettysburg", was on the list. Outstaninding book; highly recommend you read it, if you haven't already."

Although I liked Shaara's book, I actually prefer Gingrich's "Gettyburg" book. In Gingrich's book I could easily follow all the action on the battlefield from the text without any help from maps. I couldn't do that with Shaara's text. I also prefered the character development in Gingrich's book.

They are both worth taking the time to read. Although I didn't really like the last book in the 'trilogy' by Shaara's son (don't recall the title off the top of my head).