One Bullet - Garnet Rogers

Haunting song by Garnet Rogers (Canadian Folk Singer) about Battle of Gettysburg, I put with pics of this and other battles from the american civil war.

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[motoshop07]

Brother american against American,thats a real tragedy after their great gradfathers fougth together to get ou independence.it can happen again the way things are going

[jtrevett]

@motoshop07 Thank you for commenting, yes, we are very insular in this part of the world, believing we are free from such diessention and rebellion. I see the draconian & unaccountable eroding our freedoms, the gap between the have's and have nots widen, yes it can happen again, & it could take less than we think. Failing economies around the world are leading to anarchy, as we pour our final resources into our military engines and posture for supremacy. Ok now - Happy thoughts!! Cheers Jt.

[jtrevett]

Yeah, I agree it was the battle that truly indicated the union stragegy, that it was a war of attrition. Guess that why it was the one that turned the tide in the union's favour, as the confedertate forces would have realized that no matter how long the war continued, they could not afford the losses that had been endured by the Union! Kind of like business today, where companies beat each other into the ground and endure loss after loss to see if their competitor caves in first!

[tprdfh51]

I too...know where the elephants die.

[lilugon]

Na minha cidade existiu um forte ( nome de santa tecla 1773/ 1776) era um forte espanhol, os portugueses derrotaram os espanhois, raphael pinto bandeira! depois no sec 19 houve batalha dentro da cidade, há marcas de balas até hoje na igreja matriz, deixadas como trofeu para o nosso povo!!

[jtrevett]

@k2133100 Amen brother. Harsh lessons that have been repeated time and again. Hard to believe men could so easily become cannon fodder in such large numbers. Cant imagine the terror they endured, but the song is about the torment of somone who sends them to their death.  Interesting perspective indeed. History never stops repeating itself, but maybe one day........

jt

[CrowSkeleton]

Truly beautiful song. This is all the more heartbreaking to me for having done research for writing - in many firsthand accounts the Confederates themselves got genuinely upset about Union tactics of 'throw men at them until Johnny runs out of ammo'. The greater pity is that since they won, no-one questioned it all...

[jtrevett]

@naderchaser - I dont know if I can agree that they never understood the relationship about the issue of slavery and what it meant. Yes it was about one portion of government dictating to another, but the southern culture and its economic success was tied to its retaining that institution, and they couldnt let the northern, more prosperous states destroy that. It was the naval embargo and its inability to export cotton and goods that led to a southern defeat, not the ability of its army

[naderchaser]

@jtrevett I understand what you meant when you wrote "for ideals that no longer apply". I'd like to add that yes, the ideals of slavery / non -slavery are a moot point now. But....I try to always look for the root causes of things. I think that a great deal of men that fought...particularly the southerners....it wasn't about the immediate issue of slavery....but of the fact that one group of people was telling another group of people how to live and behave. No different than today, is it?

[jtrevett]

@MrLarry0407

Thanx for commenting, have always been impressed with its haunting undertones and tragedy suffered by those at the Battle of Gettysburg and the human perspective of those who sent those young men to die for ideals that no longer apply. Always appreciate hearing the effets of the songs and pictures on people.

Thanx again

jtrevett