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They were heroes. I am equally in awe of US Civil War infantry standing in ranks exchanging volleys with the enemy. I would have been like Henry Fleming in The Red Badge of Courage.I am in awe watching these young sons of our land walking in to the on coming fire from enemy without any fear.
Last words of Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, Guinea Station, Virginia, 3:15 pm Sunday, May 10, 1863"Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
From Mosby's War Reminiscences by John S. MosbyWith every generation the war gets easier but more complicated.
You think fighting in hordes with swords was an easy task ? id pick a gun fight anyday over a sword or axe one.
"I had no faith in the sabre as a weapon. I only made the men draw their sabres to prevent them from wasting their fire before they got to closer quarters."
"If you're close enough to stick 'em, you're close enough to shoot 'em."
I agree with you it is hard for us to imagine the scenario of those times. One has to be fearless and I wonder how they prepared themselves mentally to go to war knowing well the outcome.With every generation the war gets easier but more complicated.
You think fighting in hordes with swords was an easy task ? id pick a gun fight anyday over a sword or axe one.
Agree. A bullet will in all probably kill immediately but having multiple cuts of sword or spear wounds will take like a little slowly and its quite "cruel" a death.With every generation the war gets easier but more complicated.
You think fighting in hordes with swords was an easy task ? id pick a gun fight anyday over a sword or axe one.
I fear the day when robotic weapons become the primary weapons in combat. That would be the day that war simply becomes a game for the people behind the scenes. Right now people naturally try to avoid war because no one wants the bloodshed and human destruction associated with it. But if humans are removed from war, those sentiments will no longer exist.
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