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General Strong. The 54th Massachusetts requests the honor of leading the attack on Fort Wagner.

11 seconds sound clip from the Glory (1989) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:29:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- We will proceed with a direct frontal assault tomorrow at dusk.

- The problem, gentlemen, is the approach.

- The ocean and the marsh leave only a narrow strip of sand. A natural defile through which we can only send one regiment at a time.

- Our best hope is that that leading regiment can keep the Rebs occupied long enough for reinforcements to exploit the breach.

- Needless to say casualties in the leading regiment may be extreme.

- General Strong. The 54th Massachusetts requests the honor of leading the attack on Fort Wagner.

(Civil war cannon fire)

- It's Colonel Shaw, isn't it?

- Yes, sir.

- You and your men haven't slept for two days.

- That's right, sir.

- You think they have the strength to lead this charge?

- There's more to fighting than rest, sir. There's character. There's strength of heart.

- You should have seen us in action two days ago. We were a sight to see.

[...]

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Actors: Matthew Broderick (Colonel Robert Gould Shaw), Denzel Washington (Private Silas Trip), Cary Elwes (Major Cabot Forbes), Morgan Freeman (Sergeant Major John Rawlins), Andre Braugher (Corporal Thomas Searles)

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