![]() ![]() ( a mad thought that doesn’t last long) So the North was preserving the Union and freeing the slaves, but what exactly where the boys in butternut fighting for. With every click I have come one step closer to understanding everything. I love those moments when I read something, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that another tumbler has clicked into place. It was one of many times while reading this book that Michael Shaara crystallized some thoughts for me. I hadn’t really thought about how unusual it is in the history of the world for men to be fighting for the freedom of others. ![]() You can see the famous fishhook deployment of the Union troops in blue. The position of all the troops on July 3rd, 1863. We’re an army going out to set other men free.” ![]() I don’t … this hasn’t happened much in the history of the world. They fight for land, or because a king makes them, or just because they like killing. ![]() If you look at history you’ll see men fight for pay, or women, or some other kind of loot. You can see the famous fishho ”This is a different kind of army. We’re an army going out to set other men free.” Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain The position of all the troops on July 3rd, 1863. ![]()
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