This video clip is Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's speech to the weary and worn union soldiers who laid down their weapons and did not want to fight the confederacy anymore.
He was a college professor who enlisted to lead the 20th Maine Infantry.
Of course, he was part of the Union who believed all men should be free and a slave to no thing or no one.
This speech brought me to tears.
This battle was July 2nd 1863.
The order was to "Hold this hill at all costs."
Colonel Chamberlain did not merely hold the hill. He actively went after the confederate soldiers and drove them off. It is known as Chamberlain's Charge.
I thought to myself "Where are the leaders today who can speak like this and motivate the unmotivated?"
Some of the top scholars in business and ministry even TODAY use Colonel Joshua Chamberlains concept of leadership and trust in their teaching of young emerging leaders.
Good leadership transcends the centuries!
As we approach this election day, I ask the question, "Where is our Colonel Joshua Chamberlain today?" and "How can we emulate this kind of leadership?"