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Our soldiers, he said, were not sufficiently fired by resentment, and he exhorted me, if I could, to breathe into our people at home the same spirit toward our enemies which inspired them toward us.
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Julian shares General Burnside's perspective on the emotional disconnect between Union soldiers and their Confederate counterparts, highlighting a barrier to victory.
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