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Reenlist at the end of the war. Well, good morning. Thanks for joining us. Weve spent the last few discussions talking about the campaigns of 1863 from the perspective of the generals. We talked a little bit about wartime leadership from richmond and washington, d. C. Weve taken a top down look at the middle part of the war. Today i want to take our focus and move it back to the individual soldier. Lets start with the image that weve seen a couple of times. This is an artist rendition at the 1876 battle at fredericksburg. And at the time, that low stone wall and a density of confederate soldie...

The 1876 battle at fredericksburg. And at the time, that low stone wall and a density of confederate soldiers, they are stacked six, seven, eight deep. The men in the wam are handing up loaded weapons, their cohorts in the front. More than ten separate charges try to go up the hill. By the seventh or eighth charge the Wounded Soldiers were b struggling back, begging them not to go. Its suicide. And yet they keep going. Why do they do that . Is a young man named william powell. In 1964 he was called up to block an army. The cadet coarse made up of a bunch of ad vefed afed a adole were required ...