American Civil War

I have an interest in history in general, and in pursuit of this I purchased a book called ""The Civil War- an Illustrated History", about the American Civil War 1861-1865. The book has 425 pages. One evening in the summer of 1995, my partner and I were at home. I was reading my civil war book, but to be honest I can't remember what she was doing. Each week in those days a man used to drive into our street with a boot full of videos to hire. We usually took something each week as we were, and are great movie fans. It was Gill's turn to go to the car, and before she went she asked me what type of movie I fancied. I said, "get me a war movie if you can". As she returned with her selection I was reading page 248 of my book, specifically an account of the six hundred members of the first volunteer black regiment in the Union army, (54th Massachusets), and their assault on Fort Wagner. 246 of the troops were killed in the assault.This account took up only half of page 248. She handed me a movie which I had never heard of, called "Glory". It was the story of the first volunteer black regiment in the Union army, (54th Massachusets), culminating in their assault on Fort Wagner. By the way, the film is GREAT!!!! Excellent performances by Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes and Denzel Washington (Oscar for best supporting actor).