My heart went out to Longstreet as he sat on the rail fence and watched his ragged and weary men retreat. He had just been involved in a nightmare that left him empty. He couldn't even pray. He was in the depth of despair. He felt like his men had died for nothing and he had sent them to their deaths. It seemed like he was going to end his life when Lee showed up. Lee approached him and said it was all his fault, but Longstreet could only feel remorse. When he took his horse and turned into the line of fire I think he couldn't take any more. He wanted to end his pain.
This book has presented the human side to the Civil War. It has left me with a sad reverence for the pain that our country experienced during a time when the South was fighting for its culture and state rights and the North sought to unionize the nation and free the slaves. The book was very powerful.
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