Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

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Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them.

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That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war.

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In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac.

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The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

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General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off.

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I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.

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I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy.

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There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended.

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I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.

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