Fighting Friends

As I review the second day of the Gettysburg Battle, I am reminded that many of these soldiers were fighting friends and family. When Lee learns of the death of Reynolds, he mourns his loss and speaks well of him. As the heat reminds Longstreet of the fighting in Mexico, he remembers that many of them fought together there- " And the past flared again in Longstreet's mind and the world tilted and for a moment they were all one army again. ... It troubles me sometimes- They're never quite the enemy those boys in blue. I used to command those boys- difficult thing to fight men you used to command." This war truly was a war of one- people -divided.