Chapter 21

The regiment was in a sudden stillness so they turned and ran back to their lines. When they got back the other soldiers were making fun of them and saying that they failed. A colonel rode by on his horse and says that if they would have gone another hundred yards they would have been successful. So Henry and the rest of the regiment felt ashamed because they thought that they had been successful when everyone outside of their regiment said they failed. At the end of the chapter a couple of guys come running over the Henry and Wilson and say that a colonel talked to the lieutenant of their regiment and asked who carried the flag. The lieutenant said that it was Henry and that Wilson lead that whole charge. The colonel said that Henry and Wilson should both be major generals. Why was their charge a failure, they killed a lot of rebels?