Gettysburg (film)

"Same Land. Same God. Different Dreams."

"[repeated line, to his brother Thomas] Dont call me Lawrence."

"[tells Thomas to move back from him when a shell explodes near them] Another close one and it could be a hard day for Mother."

"Hold to the last. To the last what? Exercise in rhetoric. Last shell? Last man? Last foot of ground? Last Reb?"

"It doesnt make sense; hold a gun on a man to get him to fight."

"We cant run away. If we stay here we cant shoot. So lets fix bayonets."

"[thinking] In the morning is the great battle. Tomorrow or the next day will determine the war. Virginia is here. All the South is here. What will you do tomorrow? In the morning the enemy will be up in fortified positions on high ground. Longstreets corps will be coming up and my boys will be ready to finish the job. If I tell them to withdraw now? No, sir. Theyve been patient for far too long. With the enemy out there up on the hill, theyll be ready to finish the job. But I dont even know how much is up there. How many men? How many cannon? I dont know the ground or the flanks. I dont know. If I wait in the morning, the early morning, maybe Meade, under pressure, will attack. That would make General Longstreet very happy. But I dont think Meade will come down. And I dont think I can withdraw, so, Gods will, thy will be done."

"They do not die for us. Not for us. That at least is a blessing. If this war goes on, and it will...it will...what else can we do but go on, you and I? Its always the same question forever. What else can we do? If they fight, we must fight with them. And does it matter after all who wins? Was that ever really the question?"

"We shouldve freed the slaves, then fired on Fort Sumter."

"If they get batteries up there, were gonna need buckets to catch the lead."

"I dont like going in without Pickett. Its like going in with one boot off. Ill wait as long as I can before sending my boys in."

"Mutiny. I thought that was a word for the navy."