content: Buffalo Hood's lines as he lies in a soup of blood after the repulse at the Devil's Den rings in my mind, along with many other well-delivered and written lines. This movie was the reason I got interested in the Civil War, period. I've since read all the Shaara books and am now trying to get through Shelby Foote's massive tomes. Why watch this movie? Great script, great cast, great music. It's not about maps and tactics, it's about why 50+K men died in a single battle and how they faced it.