Northern Soldier Billy asked the captured Southern Soldier Johnny about one thing I have never understood. Why are you fighting? Johnny asked Billy, why are you fighting? Billy replied, of course, to free the slaves and avoid the division of the Federation. Johnny said calmly after listening, I don't know what other people think, but I am not fighting for a slave, I am fighting for my power, this is the only reason for my participation in the war. Billy could hardly believe his ears. Johnny went on to say, I fight for my power. Why can't you live your way and let us choose our own way of life? "Live and let Live", I heard someone say that...
Billy: I don't mean no disrespect to your fighting man, but sometimes i can't help but figure, why are you fighting this war?
Johnny: Why are you fighting it?
Billy: To free the slaves,of course.And to preserve the union.
Johnny: I don't know about other folk,but i ain't fighting for no darkies.I'm fighting for my rights .That's what we're all fighting for.
Billy: For your what?
Johnny: For our fights. Why can't your folks live the way you want to live, and let us live the way we do? "Live and let Live" i hear some folks say.
Be a mite less fuss and bother, if more folks took it to heart.
At the end of the conversation, Billy and Johnny exchanged greetings and goodbye.
See you in hell Billy Yank.
See you in hell Johnny Reb.
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Gettysburg On the last day of the battle, the
Virginia Army was ready to go, ready to cross the large open area in front, under the cannon and rifle range of the North Army, to charge toward the center line of the North Army position on foot (suicide).
At the position of the Southern Army's Virginia Army, the envoy of the Queen of England asked General Armistead. I heard that you come from a military family. Your uncle participated in the War of Independence and was the first batch of flag bearers of the Stars and Stripes. General Armistead replied that the war for freedom will not start or end with my uncle or me. Everyone here today is a child of Virginia.
The major commanding the cannon over there, James Dearing, was a top student at West Point before Virginia seceded from the Union; the boy standing by the flag, private soldier Robert Tyler Jones, whose grandfather was the president of the United States of America; behind me Colonel William Aylett, his grandfather was Patrick Henry of Virginia, this is Patrick Henry, who said in front of your King George III, "Give me Liberty or give me death".
These children are all from Virginia, from Norfolk and Portsmouth, to the small villages on the James River, as well as Charlottesville and Fredericksburg in the Schnando Valley. Most of them are battle-tested veterans, and cowards and cowards are long gone. Everyone here knows their responsibilities. Even without a commander, they can complete the battle on their own.
They know the current situation. They understand the courage of their opponents. They know that today's battle is deadly. It is likely to be the last charge for many of them, but none of them need someone to tell them what to do. They are all willing to pay the greatest price for the victory of this decisive battle to end this war.
When you return to your country, please tell them that all Virginians are here on that day.
After the battle, when General Robert Lee faced the surviving Virginia fighters, he shed tears and said over and over again, this is all my fault, the whole thing is my fault! The Virginians were still in high spirits and even demanded to regroup and organize another charge. General Li told them firmly, we must rest now, we must retreat, and fight another day. There will be one day. Before that, we must maintain order and never let them see you run away... ..
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When we look back on this bloody and tragic battle today, we think about this war without a justice. It has nothing to do with the abolition of slavery and the maintenance of the Commonwealth, it has nothing to do with Washington and Richmond, and it has nothing to do with Lincoln. Nothing to do with Davis, nothing to do with George Mead and Robert Lee,
Only the people's blood and life exchanged for freedom and the right to enjoy freedom. In the
Battle of Gettysburg, the North and the South lost a total of 51,000 soldiers. After clearing the battlefield, the EFF found 37574 rifles left on the battlefield, more than 7,000. The remains of the fallen soldiers lay in the summer sun, and the corpses of 5,000 horses were cremated in the south of the city. The residents of Gettysburg vomited fiercely because of the stench.
Give me freedom or die.
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