I was in Gettysburg this afternoon. Walked around the battlefield & Little Round Top for a bit. Great place to spend the afternoon with all of its history.
He really was. Between the battle of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg the ammunition plant in Richmond, which produced their regular ammo, burned down. So during the battle of Gettysburg they were using ammunition from a Charleston plan, and that ammunition had a different fuse setup so it shot differently. The problem was that nobody told Alexander of the change. His biggest mistake was not letting the smoke clear enough so he could see where they were shooting.
That movie ranks among the very best war movies ever filmed. This particular scene is my favourite, especially because of the powerful music. This combination gives me goosebumps!
This scene gets me every time. The first time I saw it, I cried my eyes out. It is a brilliant piece of filming and editing. One especially well-done aspect is how the drums slowly fade into and become the background music. Randy Edelman is a genius.
Being born in Mississippi and raised in Texas, even though I don't really agree with the ideology of the south it's amazing how emotional you get about your ancestors when watching this movie.
MY favourite film!!! Gods and genrals is also a fantastic film Although im Britsih and im interrested in all sorts of wars from the american revolution to the napoleonic wars to WW1, The american civil war is my favourite. God i wish i could go to visit gettysburg. Infact its one of my life ambitions. Love the music
@Kharkovkid I'm a Brit and I bloody loved The Beverley Hillbillies. Brilliant programme. You brought back a lot of happy memories with your post. I remember now that Granny did used to talk about the Civil War all the time lol! I remember all the words to the theme song as well, just as you've posted! Thanks again for the reminder, I'll have to go see if I can find a DVD of the BH's to buy or even just check out some clips on youtube. Thanks again.
There are so many what ifs in this battle. What if Ewell had succeeded in placing rebel artillery on big round top. What if Chamberlain got over run on little round top. What if Jeb Stuart had been within earshot of Lee's army and was able to give info on enemy movements. Amazing how history could have gone either way.
If I remember correctly from back when this movie made its first TV appearance on TNT those aerial shots of the men marching were done with a little remoter helicopter. At the time it was the first time it had been done like that. Quite an impressive feat that they had that many reenactors in this movie, no computer duplicating needed.
I love this movie. I never knew the horrors, the heroism or the sacrifice of the Civil War until I saw this movie. And the music was so great, the casting was perfect (Sam Elliot and Jeff Daniels were great in this) and the epic battles were worthy of love from war movie fans like me.
Gettysburg was an awful clean up and burial opperation afterward too. The intense heat decayed the bodies very quickly. The smell was so bad that some people who worked on the burials died later on. One eye-witness said that a fence from Picket's charge which had dead soldiers pilled on it was black with flies.
Visited Gettysburg years ago. Went to the union position known as the "angle" with a group of trees. The confederates were to converge on this location.....it was an Impossible Feat.
I just got home from Gettysburg. I stood close to the high-water mark and looked over the field the 12,500 charged over - fully a mile long, with fences and roads with no cover to cross. It was amazing, looking at the spot where a line of men over a mile long and three men deep had ran right up to that copse of trees and there placed the zenith of the confederate cause!!
I plan on taking my family there the second week of April for spring break. For the last 18 yrers we have went to Florida on vacaton because that's where the Mother n law lives and this will probably be the last vacation we take as a Family before the son goes off to college. I atteneded the National Fire Accademy in 1995 which is in Emittsburge Maryland and just had to make the short drive on over to Gettysburg. This truley was something I will never forget especially after watching the movie,
Haste, pride and impatience. That is the lesson that we can all learn from when reviewing history. Don't make the same mistake in your life's dealings.
lue armistead is possibly the most under apreciated commander that i know of that played a big part. along with garnett who was turned into paint when he chraged the angle.
My great great grandfather was in Kemper's brigade, he was in the Virginia 7th Infantry Co.D but he survived Gettysburg and went on to be captured at the battle of Five Forks a year later and became a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland.
I can relate to so many of the southern officers, but I have few favorite Union officers. Joshua Chamberland is my favorite officer. Just the way he lead his unit on little round top. BAYONETS!!! He also saluted and treated General Lee with respect when he surrended to Grant. I try to visit Gettysburg every year, it just as an air about it. I have also visited Vicksburg. I plan to see Fredricksburg and Antietam. This movie is what brought out this interest in me.
In 1998 I had the honor of participating in the 135th Anniversary re-enactment. Longstreet's Advance had 13,500 Confederates coming at a mile long Union line. We were Color Guard 69th PA and were at the focal point of the breakthrough (the angle at the copse of trees. Seeing with my own eyes a glimpse of what the infantrymen saw on July 3, 1863 was awesome and amazing. Over 25,000 military reenactors gave honor to the fallen heroes that weekend.
Pickett to this day receives alot of heat for surviving this charge and rightly so!! He stayed in the rear while all the troops were getting wiped out! He was more of a coward than a hero in my opinion!
The reason they cheered for Virginia is because the divisions from Virginia did not arrive to the battle until the last day (3rd day) and were extremely excited and proud to finally get a chance to fight in the battle in Pickett's Charge (General Pickett was a Virginian General too), even though the charge failed...
The whole formation thing made sense in the days of swords and shields, when the men could overlap their shields, for greater protection. It even worked in the early days of firearms, when firearms weren't too accurate. By the mid-1800's, firearms had become deadly accurate, which is one reason why Civil War carnage was so terrible.
You realize that during the filming of this part of the battle, on the hallowed ground itself, the first and probably last time it will be allowed, many reenactors wept as they were overcome by the emotion of it all. It was the glorious high water mark of the Southern War of Independence.
Richard Brooke Garnett wasn't wearing his dress uniform when he led his men forward[given the challenge of finding suitable uniforms, many officers didn't wear their dress uniforms on campaign], he was wearing plain clothing and an old blue overcoat with no rank distinctions. Which is why his body was never identified and buried in a mass grave with many of his men. His sword was found decades later in a collectible shop in Maryland.
Don't forget that important part of this historic battle when a white van drove through the battlefield. I was happy to see they included this bit of history at 07:22
@Kharkovkid thanks , i was young and remember the theme tune. i'm sure i remember an old lorry or cart overloaded with furniture, and did she smoke a pipe?
I am a civil war buff and I think I know the history of it rather well. I've seen documentaries, read two Bruce Catton books, and own Glory and Gettysburg, but I've never heard the suggestion that if the South stayed on the defensive things may have been different... A very thought-provoking post!
I am of the North, but my ancestors fought for the confederacy (Louisiana: infantry and cavalry). I have great admiration and pride for the South, but grateful for the union and our great country. The Civil War very much defined us as a nation, and that is good.
The flanks were attacked for two days. Lee had theorized that the Union had already pulled troops out of the center to reinforce the flanks, which is why the decision for the assault on the center was made.
In this particular case, Confederate General Garnett had hurt his leg too severely to make the march and subsequently the charge unless he rode the horse. In addition, Garnett had been called something along the lines of incompetent by Stonewall Jackson after a battle in which he had been misled to believe that their opposing forces were stronger than they actually were. Garnett retreated and Jackson was furious. (Followed...)
That last comment of mine was meant as a response to eric5906's anti-American comment. This was and still is one of my favorite movies. Thanks for posting.
I'm not from the US, but It's interesting how in many Hollywood films about the Civil War the Southern characters and armies draw more attention and detail than the Northern- Almost as if that romantic, irregular struggle for freedom is idealized and bests overwhelmingly superior forces, at least in front of the cameras.
God bless all those men and boys for dying in a war that they didn't want and those men would rather die than surrender to the enemy. Bless their souls. People had more of a fighting spirit back then than nowadays.
I disagree with the South's cause for war, and am a Union man at heart. But I honor the courage and fortitude it took to make this charge. Those were some brave men.
On this date July 1st in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg---frequently cited as the war's turning point in favor of the Union------begins in Pennsylvania. May we never forget the men who fought and died here. May their souls rest in eternal piece.
Lee's alleged minor stroke was discussed once or twice in North & South Magazine, but there was no conclusive evidence for it. He had, however, been suffering from severe sciatica at the time. The constant pain plus the fatigue from the campaign could have worn him down severely. In the film, he is correctly depicted as sleeping in a chair, unable to lie down.
Yeah I live a few hours from the battlefield, and it is a powerful sight to see, hard to believe all that land was covered in bodies, human beings who fought for the cause they believed in.
I was an extra in the Pickets Charge scene. . .The movie was originaly called . . .Killer Angels. . .and was to be a 2 part tv mini-series. . .Turner changed it to a movie release and changed the name to get away from motorcyle gang confusion. . .The scenes were we are walking through a wheatfield, was actually filmed on the original Pickets Charge field. . Turner had paid a princely sum, for a one day film permit to film on National Park land!
...They DID film a reenactment. I believe the two lines were about a mile apart in the middle, that's 1760 yards of open ground. 300 yards of ground could be easily crossed. The plan was based on the Union lines breaking and running, plus flanking feints were supposed draw off some of the Union artillery. Lee wasn't used to the Union having the home-field and defensive drive advantages, and they held their ground. The charge probably would have worked in VA or another southern state.
You forgot about the fence when they launched that attack. Some think the battle might have gone differently if it wasn't there slowing them up and breaking their formations.
More to the point it made sense just a decade before the Civil War when most infantry weapons were smoothbore. You needed the massed formations to generate significant firepower because individual weapons were so inaccurate. It was the Minie ball and the rifled musket that made those formations so suicidal. The Brits still using it in 1914 was criminal and someone should have been prosecuted.
In defense of the South, I have bachelors, masters and law degree all from tier one schools and will be moving to Virginia to practice law because I respect and honor the integrity, loyalty and duty that Virginians comport themselves with. It is a great privilege for me to call myself a Virginian, and I have as much if not more education than any northerner.
Anyone know the songs by Iced Earth about Gettysburg ? It's from the album The Glorious Burden and the last 3 tracks all talk about one day of the battle at Gettysburg.
If I were in the American Civil War, I would be in the Union Army. In the Battle of Gettysburg I would be a field commander, and if a Confederate cavalry charge the Union infantry line I would command the troops to fix bayonets and form squares.
Mostly into the American War for Independence myself, but I *do* have plans to be there for the 150th Gettysburg anniversary, if not with a uniform and musket then at least as a spectator.
I know that where civil rights are concerned the Southern States have improved in time. Thank our Lord for that. Because how much I like Southern heritage, slavery in any form I do despise.
they had to march in lines to have their rifled muskets work effectivly. they only fired about 3 well aimed shots a minute for a trained soldier in combat. plus the massive lines and, drum beat, and colorful matching uniforms demoralized the enemy. you are just so used to seeing modern warfare with automatic weapons and plames you think this is primitive tactics when in fact this is the most effective way to use their weapons -on mass
That's me at the very end! Who would have that thought that my most humiliating defeat could have made me so famous? It's odd how that all works out...
same that Gen. Armistead was kiilled at the wall with a sword with his hat on it. and here is another interesting fact, Genral Pattons grandfather fought here but was killed at the fence as seen in the movie.
The Last Romantic Charge : Brave Infantrymen of the Pickett´s Division of the Old Virginia against the Yankee Frontline of thousands of heavy guns. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Morning of the 3th July 1863.
The music was just Great I play it all the time and its a great feeling
Such a great movie. Never gets old
Those battle drums get me so pumped up!!!
So many great actors. made this movie good as gold
I was in Gettysburg this afternoon. Walked around the battlefield & Little Round Top for a bit. Great place to spend the afternoon with all of its history.
147 years to the day, this still resonates with millions. The bravery of the men who fought in the American Civil War is amazing.
He really was. Between the battle of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg the ammunition plant in Richmond, which produced their regular ammo, burned down. So during the battle of Gettysburg they were using ammunition from a Charleston plan, and that ammunition had a different fuse setup so it shot differently. The problem was that nobody told Alexander of the change. His biggest mistake was not letting the smoke clear enough so he could see where they were shooting.
That movie ranks among the very best war movies ever filmed. This particular scene is my favourite, especially because of the powerful music. This combination gives me goosebumps!
This is the best scene of this movie.
Music, (mini)helicopter view...
Great scene.
This scene gets me every time. The first time I saw it, I cried my eyes out. It is a brilliant piece of filming and editing. One especially well-done aspect is how the drums slowly fade into and become the background music. Randy Edelman is a genius.
Being born in Mississippi and raised in Texas, even though I don't really agree with the ideology of the south it's amazing how emotional you get about your ancestors when watching this movie.
MY favourite film!!! Gods and genrals is also a fantastic film Although im Britsih and im interrested in all sorts of wars from the american revolution to the napoleonic wars to WW1, The american civil war is my favourite. God i wish i could go to visit gettysburg. Infact its one of my life ambitions.
Love the music
@Kharkovkid I'm a Brit and I bloody loved The Beverley Hillbillies. Brilliant programme. You brought back a lot of happy memories with your post. I remember now that Granny did used to talk about the Civil War all the time lol! I remember all the words to the theme song as well, just as you've posted! Thanks again for the reminder, I'll have to go see if I can find a DVD of the BH's to buy or even just check out some clips on youtube. Thanks again.
There are so many what ifs in this battle. What if Ewell had succeeded in placing rebel artillery on big round top. What if Chamberlain got over run on little round top. What if Jeb Stuart had been within earshot of Lee's army and was able to give info on enemy movements. Amazing how history could have gone either way.
Best part of the film. The reenacting groups made a wonderful job.
One of the BEST scenes in the movie -- I even picked up a Muskat!
If I remember correctly from back when this movie made its first TV appearance on TNT those aerial shots of the men marching were done with a little remoter helicopter. At the time it was the first time it had been done like that. Quite an impressive feat that they had that many reenactors in this movie, no computer duplicating needed.
I love this movie. I never knew the horrors, the heroism or the sacrifice of the Civil War until I saw this movie. And the music was so great, the casting was perfect (Sam Elliot and Jeff Daniels were great in this) and the epic battles were worthy of love from war movie fans like me.
Great movie, and great acting.
Gettysburg was an awful clean up and burial opperation afterward too. The intense heat decayed the bodies very quickly. The smell was so bad that some people who worked on the burials died later on. One eye-witness said that a fence from Picket's charge which had dead soldiers pilled on it was black with flies.
Great movie and super part!!
I agree karamojo7mm.... one the best movies... and this part is the best.. graphics, music, and everything
it's a great film, thanks very much indeed
Visited Gettysburg years ago. Went to the union position known as the "angle" with a group of trees. The confederates were to converge on this location.....it was an Impossible Feat.
On the contrary. Lee had no doubt that he would win at Gettysburg. In his own words he said he thought they were invincible.
I just got home from Gettysburg. I stood close to the high-water mark and looked over the field the 12,500 charged over - fully a mile long, with fences and roads with no cover to cross. It was amazing, looking at the spot where a line of men over a mile long and three men deep had ran right up to that copse of trees and there placed the zenith of the confederate cause!!
I plan on taking my family there the second week of April for spring break. For the last 18 yrers we have went to Florida on vacaton because that's where the Mother n law lives and this will probably be the last vacation we take as a Family before the son goes off to college. I atteneded the National Fire Accademy in 1995 which is in Emittsburge Maryland and just had to make the short drive on over to Gettysburg. This truley was something I will never forget especially after watching the movie,
Haste, pride and impatience. That is the lesson that we can all learn from when reviewing history. Don't make the same mistake in your life's dealings.
lue armistead is possibly the most under apreciated commander that i know of that played a big part. along with garnett who was turned into paint when he chraged the angle.
Best cannonade ever...absolutely superb....and authentic?
My great great grandfather was in Kemper's brigade, he was in the Virginia 7th Infantry Co.D but he survived Gettysburg and went on to be captured at the battle of Five Forks a year later and became a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland.
I can relate to so many of the southern officers, but I have few favorite Union officers. Joshua Chamberland is my favorite officer. Just the way he lead his unit on little round top. BAYONETS!!! He also saluted and treated General Lee with respect when he surrended to Grant. I try to visit Gettysburg every year, it just as an air about it. I have also visited Vicksburg. I plan to see Fredricksburg and Antietam. This movie is what brought out this interest in me.
In 1998 I had the honor of participating in the 135th Anniversary re-enactment. Longstreet's Advance had 13,500 Confederates coming at a mile long Union line. We were Color Guard 69th PA and were at the focal point of the breakthrough (the angle at the copse of trees. Seeing with my own eyes a glimpse of what the infantrymen saw on July 3, 1863 was awesome and amazing. Over 25,000 military reenactors gave honor to the fallen heroes that weekend.
General you are a true gentleman and patriot.
one of the most powerful scenes of the movie, RIP richard jordan, such a great actor
Pickett to this day receives alot of heat for surviving this charge and rightly so!! He stayed in the rear while all the troops were getting wiped out! He was more of a coward than a hero in my opinion!
great movie..... I remember seeing it in history class! :O
The reason they cheered for Virginia is because the divisions from Virginia did not arrive to the battle until the last day (3rd day) and were extremely excited and proud to finally get a chance to fight in the battle in Pickett's Charge (General Pickett was a Virginian General too), even though the charge failed...
The whole formation thing made sense in the days of swords and shields, when the men could overlap their shields, for greater protection. It even worked in the early days of firearms, when firearms weren't too accurate. By the mid-1800's, firearms had become deadly accurate, which is one reason why Civil War carnage was so terrible.
You realize that during the filming of this part of the battle, on the hallowed ground itself, the first and probably last time it will be allowed, many reenactors wept as they were overcome by the emotion of it all. It was the glorious high water mark of the Southern War of Independence.
Richard Brooke Garnett wasn't wearing his dress uniform when he led his men forward[given the challenge of finding suitable uniforms, many officers didn't wear their dress uniforms on campaign], he was wearing plain clothing and an old blue overcoat with no rank distinctions. Which is why his body was never identified and buried in a mass grave with many of his men. His sword was found decades later in a collectible shop in Maryland.
This is one of my all time favourite war scenes ever, I only hope that the 3rd film the last full measure will eventually be made.
One of the great days of mishap and sadness in history
just imagine how fascinating a world would be with two different kinds of America...
Don't forget that important part of this historic battle when a white van drove through the battlefield. I was happy to see they included this bit of history at 07:22
Oh, yes. How could I forget that...
@Kharkovkid thanks , i was young and remember the theme tune. i'm sure i remember an old lorry or cart overloaded with furniture, and did she smoke a pipe?
Grant may have been a drunk, but he was the best General the Union ever had.
I am a civil war buff and I think I know the history of it rather well. I've seen documentaries, read two Bruce Catton books, and own Glory and Gettysburg, but I've never heard the suggestion that if the South stayed on the defensive things may have been different... A very thought-provoking post!
I am of the North, but my ancestors fought for the confederacy (Louisiana: infantry and cavalry). I have great admiration and pride for the South, but grateful for the union and our great country. The Civil War very much defined us as a nation, and that is good.
The flanks were attacked for two days. Lee had theorized that the Union had already pulled troops out of the center to reinforce the flanks, which is why the decision for the assault on the center was made.
In this particular case, Confederate General Garnett had hurt his leg too severely to make the march and subsequently the charge unless he rode the horse. In addition, Garnett had been called something along the lines of incompetent by Stonewall Jackson after a battle in which he had been misled to believe that their opposing forces were stronger than they actually were. Garnett retreated and Jackson was furious.
(Followed...)
That last comment of mine was meant as a response to eric5906's anti-American comment.
This was and still is one of my favorite movies. Thanks for posting.
I am very pleased to hear that. It's not very often that people see that in a man. Thank you.
That I did not know. Thank you for that.
I'm not from the US, but It's interesting how in many Hollywood films about the Civil War the Southern characters and armies draw more attention and detail than the Northern- Almost as if that romantic, irregular struggle for freedom is idealized and bests overwhelmingly superior forces, at least in front of the cameras.
God bless all those men and boys for dying in a war that they didn't want and those men would rather die than surrender to the enemy. Bless their souls. People had more of a fighting spirit back then than nowadays.
Chamberlain, not Chamberland. BTW thanks for posting this piece of Pickett's Charge.
i love this movie
You know I would give up my whole life except family. To go back in time and witness Events such as this.
You're right about that Victory. Most just call it a civil war because it was a "brother against brother" type of war.
I disagree with the South's cause for war, and am a Union man at heart. But I honor the courage and fortitude it took to make this charge. Those were some brave men.
On this date July 1st in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg---frequently cited as the war's turning point in favor of the Union------begins in Pennsylvania. May we never forget the men who fought and died here. May their souls rest in eternal piece.
Lee's alleged minor stroke was discussed once or twice in North & South Magazine, but there was no conclusive evidence for it. He had, however, been suffering from severe sciatica at the time. The constant pain plus the fatigue from the campaign could have worn him down severely. In the film, he is correctly depicted as sleeping in a chair, unable to lie down.
Yeah I live a few hours from the battlefield, and it is a powerful sight to see, hard to believe all that land was covered in bodies, human beings who fought for the cause they believed in.
I was an extra in the Pickets Charge scene. . .The movie was originaly called . . .Killer Angels. . .and was to be a 2 part tv mini-series. . .Turner changed it to a movie release and changed the name to get away from motorcyle gang confusion. . .The scenes were we are walking through a wheatfield, was actually filmed on the original Pickets Charge field. . Turner had paid a princely sum, for a one day film permit to film on National Park land!
Best civil war movie ever. Kick ass music from 4:55-end
It has puzzled me that no one took into consideration the fence that stymied and actually broke up the conferate line.
...They DID film a reenactment.
I believe the two lines were about a mile apart in the middle, that's 1760 yards of open ground. 300 yards of ground could be easily crossed.
The plan was based on the Union lines breaking and running, plus flanking feints were supposed draw off some of the Union artillery. Lee wasn't used to the Union having the home-field and defensive drive advantages, and they held their ground. The charge probably would have worked in VA or another southern state.
General Patton's Grandfather and Uncle both fought and died at Gettysburg, Officers in Armistead's Brigade.
This is interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for posting. Where do you know this from?
fight for what you believe in and what you know is right
What's the name of the march the drums play at the beginning of the march. I've looked all over and haven't found it.
This is great. I cant think of any other state that would flow as well as virginia as Pickett did it in this movie. God Bless the Old Dominion State.
You forgot about the fence when they launched that attack. Some think the battle might have gone differently if it wasn't there slowing them up and breaking their formations.
Man, I think that Lee was the best general in American history. Next, Patton.
More to the point it made sense just a decade before the Civil War when most infantry weapons were smoothbore. You needed the massed formations to generate significant firepower because individual weapons were so inaccurate. It was the Minie ball and the rifled musket that made those formations so suicidal. The Brits still using it in 1914 was criminal and someone should have been prosecuted.
In defense of the South, I have bachelors, masters and law degree all from tier one schools and will be moving to Virginia to practice law because I respect and honor the integrity, loyalty and duty that Virginians comport themselves with. It is a great privilege for me to call myself a Virginian, and I have as much if not more education than any northerner.
Sir, you only moved to Virginia. You were not born there. You are not a Virginian!!!!!!
Anyone know the songs by Iced Earth about Gettysburg ?
It's from the album The Glorious Burden and the last 3 tracks all talk about one day of the battle at Gettysburg.
If I were in the American Civil War, I would be in the Union Army. In the Battle of Gettysburg I would be a field commander, and if a Confederate cavalry charge the Union infantry line I would command the troops to fix bayonets and form squares.
@helmuthoorn As ONE nation. Far to often old seated divisions make us forget that.
Piękna karta historii Ameryki. Południe zasługiwało na niepodległość. Lee, Longstreet, Jackson, A.P. Hill nie zostaną zapomnieni...
Mostly into the American War for Independence myself, but I *do* have plans to be there for the 150th Gettysburg anniversary, if not with a uniform and musket then at least as a spectator.
I know that where civil rights are concerned the Southern States have improved in time. Thank our Lord for that. Because how much I like Southern heritage, slavery in any form I do despise.
they had to march in lines to have their rifled muskets work effectivly. they only fired about 3 well aimed shots a minute for a trained soldier in combat. plus the massive lines and, drum beat, and colorful matching uniforms demoralized the enemy. you are just so used to seeing modern warfare with automatic weapons and plames you think this is primitive tactics when in fact this is the most effective way to use their weapons -on mass
The technology outpaced the tactics.
That's me at the very end! Who would have that thought that my most humiliating defeat could have made me so famous? It's odd how that all works out...
@goldleader55 Ewell was trying to place artillery on Culp's Hill. Longstreet on Round top.
Well the same to you, sir!
One of Lee's few but one of the most costly mistakes he ever made. Many a good man died that day.
At least we can thank him for giving us sideburn's
Stonewall is up there, maybe at the top, as a tactician.
same that Gen. Armistead was kiilled at the wall with a sword with his hat on it. and here is another interesting fact, Genral Pattons grandfather fought here but was killed at the fence as seen in the movie.
would that be possibly the "british grenadiers" drum rolls? just without the fife part?
What battle was this? Pickets Charge or something like that right?
any way u can post the whole movie?
Armistead its reale hero, he was very brave man
The Last Romantic Charge : Brave Infantrymen of the Pickett´s Division of the Old Virginia against the Yankee Frontline of thousands of heavy guns. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Morning of the 3th July 1863.
a great movie about the American experience
You are right.
PRIDE! was the reason at this point Lee felt he had the upper hand in the war.