In the union camp Chamberlin and some soldiers come across a black man who is a runaway slave (127). He speaks no English and can barely understand what the troops are saying (128). He had been shot by a woman who had saw him (131). So they had to a surgeon fix him up and feed him (129). Chamberlin encountering the slave shows his compassion against slavery. It is something he never really dwelled on but he realized that the black man was just like the rest of them just darker (134). Unlike Lee the confederate commander who believes a black man can never be equal to a white man (3). After the encounter he felt a little disgusted which made him ashamed of himself that he felt that way (136). Encountering the black man showed the thoughts and values of the union army.
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There determination as army in the war shows how connected they are to it all. The battle starts when the union does a surprise attack on the confederates (220). They catch Ewell’s regiment by surprise and starts attacking (221). Lee once again rejects Longstreet’s battle plans and decides to attack the union from the center (222). This makes Longstreet depressed but he has no choice but to order the troops to death because he knows the attack would not be a success (225). The union has a better plan as they are now able to predict the movements of the union. They have a feeling that lee will try to attack them from the center and they get ready by placing their regiments in position (230). Chamberlin is weak because of the injury he sustained in the second battle in the foot. When he is wrapping it his brother Tom tells him that Kilrain heart gave out and that he died (233). The way that the news effected Chamberlin shows the brotherhood in the union army, as Tom says “I sure was fond of that man”
There determination as army in the war shows how connected they are to it all. The battle starts when the union does a surprise attack on the confederates (220). They catch Ewell’s regiment by surprise and starts attacking (221). Lee once again rejects Longstreet’s battle plans and decides to attack the union from the center (222). This makes Longstreet depressed but he has no choice but to order the troops to death because he knows the attack would not be a success (225). The union has a better plan as they are now able to predict the movements of the union. They have a feeling that lee will try to attack them from the center and they get ready by placing their regiments in position (230). Chamberlin is weak because of the injury he sustained in the second battle in the foot. When he is wrapping it his brother Tom tells him that Kilrain heart gave out and that he died (233). The way that the news effected Chamberlin shows the brotherhood in the union army, as Tom says “I sure was fond of that man”