And, apparently, you know it.

occupational hazard

Grant, watching from Orchard Knob could not believe what he was seeing. “Thomas, who called for those men up the ridge?” he demanded. George Thomas didn’t know. General Gordon Granger, commander of IV corps shrugged and said, “I didn’t but when those fellows start, all hell can’t stop them.” (14

“It was evident to everyone that to stay in this position would be certain destruction,” Brig. Gen August Willich recalled. “The only place of safety was in the enemy works on the crest of the ridge.” After a pause, junior officers, thinking the ridge was the real objective urged their men up (9

Thanks! Heard of it, it already sounded interesting

That explains why I don't remember any of the film except Rowan Atkinson's bit

Oh which one's that. Fifty pages of Star Maker is all the shellfish one should eat in a year, but it's been a while

Authorized he ain't.

E.g. Tom Wolfe

Surely active-duty JAGs would consider themselves bound not to make public conments at all.

Yes

Well, this was humbling. I've seen just three of these 15.

I thought it had been closed for a couple of days already.

"We don't want to be involved with anything this blatanlty illegal unless there is an upside...."