Gettysburg, the 3 day battle that would be the test of the newly appointed General Meade, his generals, and men as they fought against the formidable Gen. Lee who chose to face the Union on northern territory after his victories at Chancellorsville and Fredricksburg.
I am crying at the end of the movie as we walk up stairs to the room that houses a 360 degree oil on canvas painted depiction of the battlefield. The lights and sounds flash around us, as the tension of the battle is described. I am sobbing now and but for the embarrassment that no one would understand why, I do not let myself cry as loudly or forcefully as I want
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