Day 2 at Gettysburg

Lee states that "We are never prepared for so many to die" (page 203). He goes on to say that "But...that is the trap." Just knowing 1,000's will die and still as an army, you are in a trap because you must go forward knowing that many will die. What a horrible dilemma. I don't think that I would make a very good officer.

I also get the impression that the excitement of a battle is much like an addiction to a drug and both kill. Yet people go into both knowing the chances.

Criy for Freedom-women

While reading the Battle Cry for Freedom, I found it very interesting that during the mid 1800's, a large percentage of women worked outside the home. I was always taught and believed that women started working woutside the home during WWII (briefly) and then again during my lifetime. There has always been a stigma about women working outside the home and guilt placed upon women for working. When in reality it's just a cycle like everything else.