# Quote — Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

> Some of us volunteered to fight for Union. Some came mainly because we were bored at home and this looked like it might be fun. Some came because we were ashamed not to. Many of us came... because it was the right thing to do.

- 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: 32
- 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/some-of-us-volunteered

## 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)