Only in America could the memory of a bloody civil war turn into a source of national unity, insane contemporary Leftists notwithstanding.
General John B. Gordon
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The reason for this is that they recognized each other as brothers. Nothing will bring that brotherhood closer than being in a trench or in this case a Sunken Road facing imminent death. It’s the same thing as the sadness that a sailor feels watching the abandonment of their sailor opponents to drowning or sharks after a battle at sea. Death is the most egalitarian of all experiences.