[mairdie]

How could they do it? How could they march across that long field with a side assault doing them in and knowing so few would ever make it to that wall?

[Wiser now]

“Son, what will you think of yourself in the morning”? Gen. Lewis Armistead.

[robroys woman]

How could they do it? How could they march across that long field with a side assault doing them in and knowing so few would ever make it to that wall?

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They were very religious men. My belief is that each man just assumed he was going to die, but wanted to do as much damage as possible before he did. And the ones that survived were truly surprised that they did.

This was a time when, as Genesis said in one of their songs, “when honor meant more than life”. We’ve gotten very soft. We have a lot more to lose than they did. As a culture, we are also not as connected with the concept that life is a mist.