The following passage is a Glory movie review that was published on the New York Times.
"The attack on Fort Wagner, which is the climax of the movie, comes as close to anything I've ever seen on screen to capturing the chaos and brutality that were particular to the Civil War battles. Weapons maimed as often as they killed. Soldiers were so disciplined that they marched in firm lines into the sights of guns fired at point-blank range."
In other words, the strike of Fort Wagner (the peak of the movie) is one of the best film representations of a battle during the Civil War. It shows how fatal and crazy the event, as a whole was. The weapons that were used injured as many people as they killed. The soldiers were well mannered and had excellent battle form. They marched in straight lines towards the other side, who were already firing into a plain field at them.
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