A paper is a paper is a paper. Read any of professor David Blight’s essays on Lincoln, the Civil War, Slavery, etc. His voice/actual style comes out in every thing he writes. You don’t need to be a world renowned historian to write a history paper with personality. There’s a reason why writers like Doris Kearns Goodwin are not just respected historians… but respected writers as well.
Did you know that Winston Churchill’s Nobel prize was NOT for Peace but for literature?