"'If it weren't for the slaves, there'd never have been no war, now would there?'
'No,' Chamberlain said.
'Well then, I don't care how much political fast-talking you hear, that's what it's all about and that's what them fellas died for, and I tell you, Lawrence, I don't understand it all.'
'No,' Chamberlain said. He was thinking of Kilrain: no divine spark. Animal meat: the Killer Angels."
From Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Not sure if they sell this book at the Gettysburg National Military Park but they should stock it in the gift shop.
That is exactly where I got my copy many years ago. Everyone should visit Gettysburg at least once.
ReplyDeleteVisited there 20 yrs ago on an absurdly warm January day. The whole area was deserted… except for the spirits of the departed, all around.
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