About 90 years earlier, there was same problem. Several militiamen were farmers. They knew what was hay and what was straw. Hay and straw were attached to their feet. The training NCOs marched them by calling out "Hay foot. Straw foot." There is a book titled "Hay foot. Straw foot".
My understanding is the actor who played the Drill Sergeant Volunteered to play this role without taking Pay. He was that dedicated to contributing to the telling of the story of this regiment.
MOVIE: Glory (1989)
DIRECTOR: Edward Zwick
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An Irish Sgt Maj. teaching a company of former slaves is about right. The Irish weren't much above that level even in the north.
Sgt Maj Mulcahy may have been harsh but he was soft when he needed to be to get his point across.
Boyo😂
man I love that dude
yup my family in a nut shell we Irish and scotts as well asd welsh…we have a tendancy to…tough love
If you think about it, its crazy some people today know if they are right or left handed but dont know what left and right is.
Why did he call them Mexican . Maybe some of the real 54 Massachusetts soldiers were biracial both black and Mexican
About 90 years earlier, there was same problem. Several militiamen were farmers. They knew what was hay and what was straw. Hay and straw were attached to their feet. The training NCOs marched them by calling out "Hay foot. Straw foot." There is a book titled "Hay foot. Straw foot".
My understanding is the actor who played the Drill Sergeant Volunteered to play this role without taking Pay. He was that dedicated to contributing to the telling of the story of this regiment.
19th century Drill Sgt.