An epic retelling of the pivotal Civil War battle

Rating: 9/10 (17 April 2001)

This is a life-changing movie. To have portrayed before me so graphically people literally risking their lives for a cause was humbling and daunting. When Col. Chamberlain ordered his Maine regiment, out of ammunition, to fix bayonets, stand up, and charge the Alabama Boys, I was awe-struck. When Gen. Pickett led his division across that field right into the Federal guns, when he led them to wholesale slaughter, and then had to report to Gen. Lee that his plan had failed so miserably, I was in tears. Gen. Lee was upset with Pickett's report, and tried to dismiss him, saying, "Gen. Pickett, see to your division," to which Pickett replied, huskily, "Gen. Lee, I have no division!" That line will stay with me all my life. This movie should be required watching for all Americans!