GDG- movies

[Robert Lawrence]

Well to really put the cat amongst the pigeons the best description of
the carnage in the battle I have ever read was in the book "Gettysburg"
co-authored by Newt Gingrich. 

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<<I wish they would make a "Saving Private Ryan" style Civil 
<<War movie.  All the ones I've seen, gloss over the pure 
<<brutality of battle and there is very little bloodshed.  Not 
<<that I'm a blood and guts fanatic, but my respect for World 
<<War 2 veterans skyrocketed after seeing Spielberg's movie and 
<<I think the Civil War would be made more pertinent to future 
<<generations with a more realistic depiction.  Put it this 
<<way, what you read in books, is nowhere near what I've seen 
<<on the silver screen.  
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<<Mike Brubaker
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<<> Esteemed GDG Member Robert Lawrence Contributes:
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<<>   I believe Longstreet sin in "The Movie" was arguing about 
<<"RATS" or 
<<> something like that
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<<>     Longstreet's "sin" in 'THE MOVIE," IMO, was that he didn't have 
<<> time to read Pettigrew's book. Jackson's saintliness was 
<<legend in the 
<<> Confederate Army, a stone killer who would drop to his 
<<knees to pray 
<<> w/o a moments notice.
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<<> Teej
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