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Killer Angels Robert Lee Character Analysis
The character from Killer Angels that I admire is General Robert E. Lee. He is daring, smart, genuine, and he doesn’t panic when things don’t go his way. He does what he thinks is right, and doesn’t only think of himself.
I admire his ability to take the blame for his faults, and apologize, in the afterward of the book (page 349) Lee says “No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me… I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor…” I look up to his because he didn’t shove the blame onto someone else he stood up and said what was right which was that it was his fault they lost the battle of Gettysburg because he didn’t listen to Longstreet, and proceeded on with his

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