# Quote — Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

> He moved closer to the wall up there, past mounds of bodies, no line any more, just men moving forward at different speeds, stopping to fire, stopping to die, drifting back like leaves blown from the fire ahead.

- Author: [Michael Shaara](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara.md)
- Book: [The Killer Angels](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara/the-killer-angels.md)
- Page: 347
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Shaara#The_Killer_Angels_(1974)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara/the-killer-angels/he-moved-closer

## More from this book

> I was trying to warn you. But... you have no Cause. You and I, we have no Cause. We have only the army. But if a soldier fights only for soldiers, he cannot ever win. It is only the soldiers who die.

p. 361 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara/the-killer-angels/i-was-trying.md)

> But the men marched believing they were behind McClellan. He was the only general Chamberlain had ever seen who was truly loved. The Rebs loved Lee, no doubt of that. And we loved Mac. Chamberlain thought: Two things an officer must do, to lead men. This from old Ames, who never cared about love: You must care for your men's welfare. You must show physical courage.

p. 118 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara/the-killer-angels/but-the-men.md)

> Just put one man behind a tree. You can hardly see him from two hundred yards away, but he can see you. And shoot. And shoot again. How many men do you think it will take to get to that man behind the tree, in a ditch, defended by cannon, if you have to cross an open field to get him? How many men? Well, I've figured it. At least three. And he'll kill at least two.

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-shaara/the-killer-angels/just-put-one.md)