I’m a Southern man born and bred. Many in my family died fighting for the Confederacy. Having said that, Chamberlain was a man of honor and courage. The bayonet charge of the 20th Maine was nothing short of brilliant. What I would give to fight beside a man like him.
On my father’s side, two of my great-great-grandfathers fought in the Union Army through all four years of the war. But, on my mom’s side, the family came from Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri...and so I have forebears on both sides.
President Lincoln, at Gettysburg, set the stage for the healing of this great nation by honoring both sides. He was a truly great man.
They certainly don’t make college professors like that anymore.