Article January 12, 1981 ISSUE

Spiritual soldiering

WILLIAM WELSH HOLLAND

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For the greater part of my childhood, military history held a consuming fascination for me. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were my heroes. Thermopylae, the Alamo, and Gettysburg sang to me of gallantry, steely defiance in the face of overwhelming odds, and self-sacrifice. Although the books on the American Civil War have long since been gathering dust on my shelves, the impact of those days remains.

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