Gods and Generals - Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain's anti-slavery speech "An army is power" 

I'm proud to say that Chamberlain was my x2 great grandfather

Chamberlain is the rare person who expressed tremendous amounts of moral courage and battle field courage.

I got the fortunate opportunity to meet Jeff Daniels, playing Joshua Chamberlain in this scene. I told him how much I enjoyed seeing “Gettysburg” as well as “Gods and Generals” and he replied “Thank you very much. Those were the good ones.”

Damn I would LOVE to receive advice from Colonel Chamberlain, he was so wise, brave and compassionate. He’s the perfect example of an officer

This film does show the absolute tragedy of sending good men off to be slaughtered by bad generals. And other good men being sent into the meat grinder in defense of a treasonous and morally bankrupt cause. Lessons we still need to learn.

And this is why Jeff Daniels is such a masterful actor.

Joshua Chamberlain survived the war, but at a cost, he suffered a wound so grievous he was in misery everyday until his death in 1914.

US Army Field Manual FM 22-100 on Leadership highlights how Chamberlain led his troops. The man was a natural born leader.

Looks like the colonel put on a few pounds since Gettysburg.

This is why I truly admire this movie. It took the time to show both sides without resorting to showing one side as mindless monsters.

"But I do question a system that defends its own freedom while it denies it to others to an entire race of men."

The three characters I really "fell for" in Gettysburg were Longstreet, Buford and Chamberlain. But it was Chamberlain who won my heart with that outstanding bayonet charge on Little Round Top.

Who ever wrote this piece of the script, it was well done and well said.

Chamberlain had a miserable life after the civil war was over , having to deal with his war wounds , such a shame for such a Great man .

'War is a scourge, but, so is slavery.' That is the honest truth by Col. Joshua Chamberlain.

This movie was definitely flawed in ways that Gettysburg was not. But at the same time it’s still very underappreciated. It’s a lot better than people give it credit for.

Each one of them a whole person loved and cherished in some home far away, many of them will never return, gets me crying every time

Many will never see home again that hit me hard

What can one say? Class. Pure class.

Profoundly sound & common sense speech by Chamberlain...