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.
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