Glory (1989)

Yep

For some reason, I tend to forget about this movie when thinking about all time best war movies, or best 80s movies.

It was pretty great though.

I saw this movie once in my 6th grade class and I thought it was the best movie ever. Thanks for the thread OP I now need to see this movie again.

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The only part I didnt like was the ending. The General did explain why they had to sacrifice soldiers with a frontal assault while the other soldiers tried to breach the fort. Why did the Fightin 54th have to do it.

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Because the 54th volunteered.


"If this man should fall, who will carry the colors?"

"I will."

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He won an oscar with that tear.

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And he deserved the Oscar for that tear.

Going back hundreds of years, it was considered highly prestigious to lead an attack on an enemy fortified position. They would attempt to secure a breach.The lead unit was called the forlorn hope. The forlorn hope was often a unit seeking glory and could expect to be rewarded for their bravery if they survived. Most times though, forlorn hope units were expected to suffer incredible casualties. The leader of a forlorn hope, if he survived, often times was likely to be promoted. The men in Glory would have expected the casualties they suffered going in.

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Does "The Outlaw Josie Wales" count as a Civil War movie?

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Yes. Missouri was fighting the Civil War at least 5 years before Fort Sumter. Read about the Battle of Black Jack in Kansas.

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The Battle of Black Jack took place on June 2, 1856, when anti-slavery forces, led by the noted abolitionist John Brown, attacked the encampment of Henry C. Pate near Baldwin City, Kansas. The battle is cited as one incident of "Bleeding Kansas" and a contributing factor leading up to the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

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That was five years before the official start of the Civil War. Some historians now refer to the Battle of Black Jack as the actual start to the Civil War.

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The battle is cited as one incident of "Bleeding Kansas" and a contributing factor leading up to the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.

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was fighting the Civil War

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Try again. I know it's a part of your state pride thing to try to convince people the Civil War started elsewhere but history has decided to split what happened between MO and KS as a separate entity from the Civil War itself.



eta: Great movie though.

i get so hyped when brodrick says 'frick it' and charges alone