The Civil War

[Jester]

In this passage/ speach from a novel called "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara an englishman observing the Battle of Gettysburg says in the first day of the war, "Your general Lee is a moralist as are all true gentlemen, of course..." General Robert E Lee, as stated in a letter to his sister (actual history) said that he entered the war on the side of the South simply becuase he could not go against his reletives and family. But to me he's still fighting for slavery to continue though others say they are fighting to uphold the constitution...

any comments?

[Jester]

My two favorite lines from this novel so far are, "the greay white joker in the sky condemns us all to stupidity and poverty at birth" and "they don't even need rifles to defend that [hill]. all they need to do is roll rocks down on you."