Killer Angels
“It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. No book or music would have that beauty. He did not understand it; a mile of men flowing slowly, steadily, inevitably up the long green ground, dying all the while, coming to kill you, and the shell bursts appearing above them like instant white flowers, and the flags all tipping and fluttering, and dimly you could hear the music and the drums, and then you could hear the officers screaming, and yet even above your own fear came the sensation of unspeakable beauty (Shaara 342).” The Battle of Gettysburg, amongst others, provides a sense for
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Approximate Word count = 401
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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