The negroes fought gallantly, and were headed by as brave a colonel as ever lived.” –
Confederate Lieutenant Iredell Jones, who observed the 54th’s fateful advance on Fort Wagner.
In a Civil War mood lately because of current events. The below scene from the movie Glory (1989) never fails to move me. Courage is a precious virtue and the just never fail to honor it, even when displayed by foes.
Ah, Mary pierced with sorrow,
Remember, reach and save
The soul that comes to-morrow
Before the God that gave!
Since each was born of woman,
For each at utter need —
True comrade and true foeman —
Madonna, intercede!
Rudyard Kipling