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Come to me all you heavy ladies

Come to me all you heavy ladies

And I will give you rest

Come to me all you with your burdens

Come to me all you with your burdens

And I will give you rest

And I will give you rest

Come to me

Come to me

Come to me

Children, look up into the night sky

and find the blue star.

That's the Dog Star.

During the great war when white brothers fought

and killed their own people, but the Dog star

danced with another.

Your grandmother and grandfather,

I will tell you their story, and how you came to be.

Harrison, it's way past his bedtime.

Let him just stay up for just this one story.

It was a hot summer day.

There was a fierce battle between the blue coats

and the gray coats.

The blue coats far out numbered the gray coats.

But the blue coats fell like rain.

They fell like wheat to the blade

as they marched to their deaths.

Dear God, they just keep coming.

Your grandfather, part Tsalagi,

a warrior, a gray ghost.

He rode with a man named Mosby, war chief of the gray coats.

As your grandfather lay dying on the battlefield,

he made a promise to the great spirit

that he would never fight again,

but to find his true love, your grandmother,

and speak to her in the spirit world.

And so he did.

I have gone to the mountain.

I have seen the Indians there.

I am a new warrior,

and my sacrifice is my old way of life.

My courage does not falter for I wear a coat of many colors.

A patchwork of gratitude for the joy

that you have given me, Virginia.

You're all that I have left in the world,

and I will walk across the continent

and scale the Blue Ridge mountains just to see

your kind face, to feel your tender touch

and to hold you close once again,

and before I touch the hem of heaven,

I will walk through the fields of fireflies with you,

knowing that every love is repeated

and that every heart is complete.

My last breath shall whisper your name.

All my love,

Henry.

Oh, God, not yet.

13,000 casualties approximate.

Rebels lost 6,000.

Sir, a few Confederate cavalry men were taken prisoner.

Caught them at Church of Bethesda down on the crossroads.

Mosby's Raiders?

Yes, sir.

When Mosby's men are caught, hang them, without trial.

Yes, sir.

My pursuit of Lee has come with a great loss.

We haven't lost yet...

Loss of life.

I will regret these past days for a long time to come.

We will beat them with sheer numbers.

It's a high cost for personal peace and sanity.

Preservation of the union, sir.

We must.

On through the dark I search for thee

Oh thou who'd will and fear

I haste my best to find you there

So cold my love so dear

'Tis her for whom my tears shall fall

My prayer to her I send

My highest joy caste in her form

And where my trials shall end

You pinin' over that boy?

Been starin' at that tintype all day.

This place is fallin' into staves.

You said he'd call on ya come spring.

It's been about two years, now.

I don't wanna talk about it.

Suit yourself.

You know, it's likely...

I said I don't wanna talk about it.

Lloyd and I are takin' corn into market tomorrow.

You be all right by yourself?

Mmm.

I'm also takin' bandages and provisions

and such for the prisoners,

some ladies for church.

Washington?

Wanna come?

Not after what they did to my boy.

Where is my freedom

Where is my freedom

You look around me

But do you see

Where is my freedom

Hoo

Oh

Hoo

Oh

Hoo

Oh

Hoo

Oh

Guard!

Guard!

Unshackle him.

He is burnin' up.

Not allowed to, ma'am.

He's to hang later today.

He is not a dog.

Unshackle him.

Unshackle him!

Three of Mosby's men.

By your command, two are scheduled to hang later today,

but the third probably won't last.

Chest wound.

The name in his coat, Henry Kieler.

That man was executed two years ago.

Imposters are all around.

He probably pulled it off the condemned man.

Show mercy, as God has shown mercy unto you, son.

Let him go.

Do you not have a conscience?

Excuse us, please.

Excuse us, please!

I need a room, and a surgeon.

Now!

Nurse!

Take this and burn it.

I'm gonna need you to take a message

to the front line to General Grant.

General Grant,

one of the three men captured

during the cavalry raid at Cold Harbor was a woman.

As a woman, she is a civilian and not an enemy combatant.

Therefore, I request permission to keep her under

house arrest removing her from your original

orders to hang without trial.

Your humble servant, Captain Lucius Walker.

Crop didn't bring much.

Market's down.

How.

We're gonna have to find a husband to take Virginia.

We're gonna have to sell your granddaddy's farm,

and that piano.

Summer's comin'.

You know what my favorite thing is in the summertime?

Lightning bugs.

Thousands of lightning bugs.

When they all come out, right at twilight,

blinkin' their little green-ish lights

and winkin' at anybody who's watchin',

fields light up with magic.

You know why they blink their lights, don't you?

They're looking for their mates.

Each one has a light and when he beams the light

just right the mate arrives,

and they produce their babies just once,

then their purpose is served and they can move on.

Move on?

They don't need to stay in this life.

They let it go.

Peacefully.

Oh, all the babies come back the next summertime,

and they blink their little lights and everything

is repeated and everything is complete.

I wish I could play.

Soldier stole a hen last night.

Wish I could do a lot of things, but,

farm needs tendin'.

I should pull this place down

and sell it for kindlin'.

Grandfather left it to me.

It's mine.

It's only your'n if you can work it.

Anyways, you can't own land, legally.

Land's worth more than the crop, anyhow.

I need a hen.

I can pay.

It'd be a miracle.

She kin?

Fiancee.

Said them Indians up there were bloodthirsty

and anybody who went through that pass never returned.

Lucius?

Lucius?

I'll take care of you now.

Don't worry.

My sister has gone missing.

Have you seen her?

No.

It's all right.

Where is she?

Grace?

I...

I don't know.

I don't know.

Shh.

My clothes.

Where are my clothes?

We burned them.

Lice.

Those were my clothes.

That was my brother's coat.

Those are my things.

I'll buy you a beautiful dress.

Lots of dresses in the new style.

So, when you're recovered you'll have

a whole new wardrobe of pretty things.

Those were my clothes.

They were my clothes.

You were sentenced to hang today.

Do you not feel anything for me?

You're under house arrest for the time being.

When you've recovered, you'll be in my custody,

my personal charge.

It is my privilege and duty to...

tend to you.

The others?

William Overby and Thomas Carter were hanged

today at three o'clock.

I'm lookin' for Henry Kieler.

Hey Henry.

Got a visitor.

See your wife found ya.

Well, that's a real pretty friend.

What are you doing?

I thought I'd never find you.

The Federals took Aunt Ruth's house in Baltimore.

Baby got sick.

Couldn't go with her to Atlanta.

Can you cook, gal?

Best cornbread you ever tasted,

and black-eyed peas.

Who's this handsome fella?

This is Harrison.

Who are you?

Suzanna.

You from around here?

Where?

Skinner's Gap.

You know where Shepherdstown is?

I need to go to Shepherdstown.

You ain't fit to go nowhere.

Well, not just yet.

You're a prisoner, that's what they say.

Can you write?

Hey.

Whoa, whoa.

My sister-in-law, here, is a real good cook.

And she's a hard worker, too.

And she plays the piano.

Hmm.

Get a real good price for that piano.

Can you work a plow, girl?

Yes, sir.

She's fetchin', I'll say that.

Any children?

She had a son, but he was killed.

Yankees burned her house.

Hmm.

But she can bear, though.

20 somethin' and sturdy.

Good hips.

Lloyd.

Might do you good to have some babies, gal.

Keep your thoughts occupied.

Tend the crop.

And a baby'll keep your thoughts

from driftin' back to the past.

And that boy.

I'll come 'round in a few days,

sort out my business and such.

Find a buyer for that piano.

Much obliged for the coffee, Missy.

And I'll send some folks to clear cut

them woods back there, too.

Wait, wait!

Dear Virginia.

I hope this letter finds you well.

I think about you every day since we last parted.

I have been taken prisoner by the Union forces

and have been remanded to a cell in Washington.

The hot days drift by slowly,

and the only thing that calms my spirit

is my determination to find you.

I will find you.

All my love,

Henry.

Come on, now.

I am not marrying that old man.

Then who you gonna marry?

No one.

Look, if you wanna survive, you're gonna do as I say.

It's for the best.

For you.

Now, you listen. You listen now.

For us.

For all of us.

We have all lost children in this war.

And now, now we got a baby on the way,

and you're bein' selfish.

Kin has gotta help kin.

Do you wanna starve, hmm?

Do you want us all to starve?

You cannot take care of this property on your own.

We all gotta do our part.

You fix it up pretty.

The widow?

What's this?

A promise.

From your beau?

Looks kinda Indian.

It's Shawnee.

Is your beau Shawnee?

Please don't tell anyone.

It's a secret.

I won't.

I promise.

Looks like a fisherman's knot.

They say if you tie it a certain way,

brings your soul mate to ya.

You love him?

They found these in your clothes before they burned them.

You send my letter?

I have to make my way back to her.

Find me some boys clothes.

Please.

(spooky sounds

Hostiles hide up here in these hollows.

Thank you for my hens.

And for this.

What does it mean?

Gratitude.

What do these knots mean?

They're just signs to those who know.

Who, Shawnee?

Cherokee?

Anyone who walks this way.

It's very dangerous if you don't know the path.

Animals, outlaws,

deserters, soldiers.

Why are you helping me?

Your music.

You were calling for someone.

Fix that coop.

Turn her loose and see if she leads us back to Mosby.

I can't do that.

She could get killed.

You know she'll go right back to him.

Mosby has cut off almost every Union supply line here.

Your country, or your future wife.

Which can you live without?

Let me think about it.

- Colonel if I may. - Go.

We have a situation.

We have a woman in the ranks.

Anyone's kin?

String her up.

Sir?

We won't tolerate this.

Yes, sir.

I'll get you.

Thief!

You sum bitch!

So, tell me about your plans after the war.

Well, sir, I'll...

I intend to take what gold I have down south.

You look like you seen a haint.

What is it?

That boy.

What boy?

The one I seen at the hospital prison.

The one Virginia's been pinin' over.

They're the same.

Well, there's no date.

There's no tellin' when this was written.

Lloyd!

She's marrying Cochran.

That boy's dead.

Hanged over a month ago.

You understand?

I done it.

You have to leave tonight.

Go up to Brushy Mount.

Show this to the people up there

and they will take you to the hiding place.

Don't go back to fightin'.

My brother's horse is tied up just beyond the fence.

Thank you much for supper.

I'll be just a moment.

Captain, sir.

She's indecent at the moment.

Best wait until morning.

Everything is repeated.

Everything is complete.

I see you got my message.

What happened?

Got tangled up in a steel trap.

Stuck there pert near the entire day and a night.

May have to take it.

Not sure he's gonna pull through this.

Gangrene.

Excuse us, if you please.

This is Mr. Cox.

He's an actor.

He's going to help us.

This is spirit gum.

In the field, you can use pine resin, works just as well.

Tap a jack pine, they're plentiful.

And this is crepe hair.

However, in the field, you can use the clippings

from your own hair or the mane of horse,

works just as well.

You've concealed yourself well.

Just like your brother.

No!

Shh, shh.

Shh, be quiet now.

It's gonna be all right.

Promise.

Have you lost your goddamn mind?

What do you want?

'Preciate it.

Cochran took a spill.

Don't mean you ain't gettin' hitched, though.

I ain't livin' with him.

So, live in the woods, then.

We've been ordered to hunt Kieler.

Male or female, dead or alive.

Two's to the left.

March!

'Scuse me.

I need to get to the Cacapon, Brushy Mount.

You know them Indians hidin' for a reason, don't you?

You some kind of deserter?

No.

Please.

I'll take you to the pass, but I ain't goin' no further.

Much obliged.

Sir.

Anything?

Not a trace.

She didn't go back to Mosby.

He's ridin' the Rappahannock and led two raids already.

My sister?

According to the Confederate prisoners,

Georgianna Hays was last seen with Kieler

three months ago at Spottsylvania.

Her husband was killed at Fredericksburg.

Dammit!

When the spirit of a man and the spirit of a woman

are in the same body, it is a blessing.

You're honored.

You're respected.

You're a teacher.

This is no enemy.

Virginia.

What is this place?

Looks like a spider web.

I can take it all down.

Not interested.

Sorry, Lloyd.

Looks like this place has some hoo doo on this property.

I need a place close to the town anyway.

Rode up with Doc Hobson.

Cochran seems to be healin' up.

You know this twine's an invitation

for all kinds of critters.

What did you come here for?

People think you're crazy.

Spinning a cocoon around the house.

Plain crazy.

I don't care.

I seen this boy, in Washington.

What, when?

Was he in the jail?

Virginia,

he was mortally wounded.

He had a huge hole in his chest.

I didn't think he'd live through the day.

Soldiers removed him from the general area

so's his passin' wouldn't upset the others.

But you didn't see him dead, though?

No, but he was sentenced to hang

with two others later that day.

I'm so sorry.

I lost my husband

and my son,

my love to this war.

Why can't you just let me believe, Jess?

Why?

It's all right.

It's all right, shh, I'm here.

I'm here, I'm here, Hey be still.

Shh, be still, be still now.

It's all right, it's all right.

Shh.

You been up yonder between two worlds.

High on the mountain and under the sea.

You been

on the red road.

Your heart's weepin',

that's why it won't heal.

Shepherdstown, I have to go to Shepherdstown.

Man-woman, powerful medicine.

This is Greatly Beloved Woman,

daughter of the last.

Skirmish intervals, five paces.

You will not find what you seek here.

Lookin' for an outlaw.

These mountains are filled with outlaws.

Kieler.

We know no one named Kieler.

Confederate.

This is sacred ground.

There is no killing here.

You may go now.

No killin' ma'am.

We will return him for trial.

I know your trials.

Like treaties, killin'.

Go!

Go!

I have a regiment camped not but a few miles away.

Look around you, blue coat.

You see those bones?

You see those scalps?

Those bones and those scalps belong

to soldiers who never made it to the top of this mountain.

Now, go!

Leave us!

Fall back!

Shepherdstown is on the road, just past the widow's farm.

Much obliged.

Thanks.

What's your business?

Ain't nothin' for you here.

Git!

Virginia!

Do I know you?

You're on my property.

Looks like your house is gonna fly away.

Henry?

How'd you come by them whiskers?

Well, I learned it on the road.

You're home.

Hear me out.

If you go on livin' like Henry, I'll marry you,

and then nobody can claim me.

Marry me, Henry Kieler.

Yeah.

We don't want any trouble.

Get off my land!

We're lookin' for a man named Kieler.

Nobody's been by here.

Now, you wouldn't be hidin' him from us,

- would you? - Hey.

Hey!

I said no one's been by here.

You've already taken everything I got.

Stand down! Shoulder arms!

Henry Kieler escaped from the federal prison.

Ain't nobody here.

He assassinated a federal officer.

Best not be feedin' strays, missus.

He'll cut your throat.

They'll come a reckonin'.

Not today.

Move out!

Oh my God, what happened?

I slipped out the damn window.

It ripped open a wound.

Come on, come on, they're gone, they're gone.

Must have started at least a dozen letters to ya.

Rest I stashed away.

Someday you'll let me read 'em?

Someday.

Fix you something for the pain?

Make you sleep?

Yeah.

Everything is repeated

and everything is complete.

Yeah.

Who are you?

Vet.

Passin' through.

You refill your canteen and you move on now, you hear?

Come on!

Yes?

We're lookin' for a boy, goes by the name of Kieler.

I'm sorry.

I hear tell he died.

May I ask when, ma'am.

Month or so ago, up at the prison.

No, ma'am. He escaped from the prison.

Anyone around here named Kieler?

Women folk?

No.

We're camped not more than a mile from here.

We'll make sure he or she doesn't bother you.

Much obliged.

Move out!

Hiding?

It's best for now.

Best for who?

No good.

You have powerful medicine.

Use it.

How?

Beloved Woman says so, it is so.

Soldiers won't find you.

We make it so.

We've chased the blue coats away.

Come.

Henry?

Henry?

Who's Henry?

Oh, I see.

You been takin' in strays.

Where is he?

Told him to move on.

Can't afford handouts to every raggedy little man

that comes along.

What is this?

Well, I'm keepin' Cochran's animals here.

Makes sense since he'll be movin' in soon.

I heard he's right poorly.

Fierce poorly, in fact.

It's postponed for now.

Wednesday week I'll be by to fetch you to the church

and you'll be dressed and ready to go.

Get off my land.

People find out about this and they'll think

you's a soiled dove.

I said get off my land!

I ain't afraid of you.

I ain't afraid of them Yankees

and I ain't marryin' that old man.

You will.

Henry?

Henry, I'm looking for Henry.

Federal boys came by,

lookin' for that boy, Henry.

Is that so?

He's not dead.

He escaped.

Come again?

He escaped.

I see.

You feelin' okay today?

Yeah.

Beloved Woman asked me to lend you proper clothes,

and a blessing.

There's no fear in love,

but perfect love casts out all fear.

Fear has to do with punishment.

Ain't no more punishin'.

No more weepin'.

Only singin'.

Only smilin'.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Henry.

Come, woman.

I'm afraid my presence will bring...

No,

they won't find you.

Hear me out.

If I'm discovered, you can say I tricked ya.

I'll tell 'em I tricked you.

Mmm, no.

Won't lie.

I won't.

You never tricked me.

I know what I'm doin'.

If you're discovered, so am I.

All right.

All nights that joy has slept

Will awake to your days of laughter

Gone the tears that you have wept

You'll dance in freedom ever after

You have come by way of sorrow

You have come by way of tears

Once you reach your destiny

Then to find you all these years

Then to find you all these years

Have come by way of sorrow

You have come by way of tears

Once you reach your destiny

Then to find you all these years

Then to find you all these years

Virginia, you ready?

You walk like a boy.

That so?

Mmm hmm.

Sometimes I forget.

Well, that's what a shapeshifter does.

Makes you forget.

That I walked a little far too soon

I'm the cross and you're the saviour

In a better home

Soon I will reside

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Beautiful world

Hey there, Virginia.

I was told Mr. Cochran was coming next Wednesday.

I'm getting married today, Reverend.

I'm confused.

This is Henry Kieler.

I will climb the mountains with you

Soldiers are looking for this man.

Well then, we oughta be quick.

Indeed.

We need two witnesses.

I'll only be a moment.

Waitin' for the change to come

I know where she's coming from

Listen can you hear her on the

When I'm bored I won't be looking back

Hallelujah

Dearly beloved.

We are gathered here today to join Virginia Klaising

and Henry Kieler in holy matrimony.

Do you, Virginia Klaising, take Henry Kieler

to be your lawfully wedded husband?

In the name of God, I, Virginia, take you Henry,

to be my lawful husband, to have and to hold

from this day forward, for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish, til death do us part.

This is my solemn vow.

Do you, Henry Kieler,

take Virginia Klaising to be your lawfully wedded wife,

to have and to hold, in sickness and health,

'til death do you part?

Virginia, I give you this ring

as a sign of my love and my vow, and with all that I am,

and all that I have, I honor you until my last breath.

Will you have me?

I will.

Hallelujah, hallelujah

By The power vested in me

by the state of Virginia, I pronounce you man and wife.

You may kiss your bride.

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

May I help you?

Lookin' for a man named Kieler.

What has he done?

Nothin'. We want to talk to him.

There were a few Confederates here yesterday.

They came for services.

Uh uh.

Not now.

And I heard 'em talkin' later.

Said they were makin' their way to Fredericksburg.

They had a boy with 'em and didn't call him by name, though.

Thank you.

I must say I'm glad that you boys

have control of the situation.

Form skirmish lines.

You remember me from prison?

No, can't say that I do.

Hmm.

Play one for the bride and groom boys.

You're in here sleeping the day away

while that field out there goes to shit!

You makin' money on the side?

He's my husband.

Get out.

Get out!

Them Union soldiers are lookin' for you, Kieler.

You want another dead husband?

Lost your goddamn mind!

Captain Walker.

Sir.

I must resign my commission.

Have you lost your faith?

No, sir.

My family has gone missing.

Disappointing.

Dismissed.

Lloyd Tull!

Leave that boy be.

What are you, Homeguard?

If the Federals find him, we'll know.

You threatenin' me?

Right nice place, here.

Shame to see it burn.

You've been warned.

William Harrison Hays.

Come here now!

Harrison.

Harrison!

Mama!

Mama!

Henry.

Hey, it's all right.

Shh, it's all right, shh.

Your grandfather began to cultivate things

that your grandmother could see in her spirit visions.

Small things that would touch her heart.

Henry.

Henry?

Hey, hi.

Come on.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry. - No, no, no, shh.

You know, we all lost something or someone,

but thank God there are those of us worth finding.

We thought we'd call on you

since you've been feelin' poorly.

Come in.

Come in.

This is my husband, Henry Kieler.

Well, congratulations.

Mr. Kieler.

Mrs. Kieler.

There's an old trunk upstairs.

It's full of old things I was going to donate

to church and cause.

Might wanna look in it.

There might be some things in it for Henry.

I don't have anything.

Let me go, please.

Please.

Burn it.

No!

No, my son is in there!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

- Shh. - I can still smell him.

Shh, shh.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Shh, shh.

You got a good trade.

Excuse me.

Lookin' for the old Kieler place.

Up yonder in that holler there.

Yankees burned it down more than a year ago.

On the road to Boonesborough.

Nothin' there but foundation and family graves.

Thank you.

You kin?

No.

Friend.

Much obliged.

Hey put that down.

Gimme your hand.

Okay, careful now.

Don't squish him.

What do you see?

You.

Set him free.

Go on.

Come on, I gotta show you something.

Okay, stand right here.

All right, no peekin'.

It's a surprise.

Mmm.

All right.

Here we go.

Step up.

Yeah.

Okay, right there.

I brought the fireflies inside

so they don't ever have to leave.

Oh my God.

I'm not sure I know...

What.

Shh, shh.

Came by to take whatever crop you've got to market.

I'll get a fair price.

Watch Jess 'til I get back?

Of course.

Much obliged.

Be nice to him.

Lloyd.

Can I get you something?

Water?

Yeah, thank you.

You're gonna be fine, just fine.

It's a part of nature, that's all.

You sit a spell.

Y'all planning on having children?

I don't know.

Can he?

Or he got that soldier's disease?

Y'all have consummated, haven't you?

That's private, Jess.

Lloyd seems agreeable today.

Confederates stopped by, tell him who Henry was.

What do you mean?

One of Mosby's.

Jess.

Threatened to burn,

threatened if he breathed a word.

Wh... what's happening?

Threatened to burn our farm.

Jess.

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

Henry!

You don't say much, do you?

Nothing to say.

Henry!

Henry!

Henry, Henry, Help!

No, too hot.

Henry, help me!

Get her situated on the bed.

Get him outta here! Get him out!

Jessie, no! Jess.

It ain't proper.

Well, what about him?

I'll go... I'll go get Doc Hodson.

We don't have time for that.

But maybe we should fetch the doctor.

Not now, Virginia.

We're gonna have to do it ourselves!

Oh my God!

You're a girl.

Shh, you hush. You hush up right now.

Cord's around its neck.

You can't let her die, Henry.

Okay.

Harrison!

Mama!

Okay, you're gonna have to push for her.

Give me your hands, okay.

Yup, right here.

Okay, when I say, okay?

When I say.

Push.

Push!

Push!

I'm pushing, I'm pushing.

Was I trespassing?

Where you goin'?

Just trying to find my sister, is all.

Nice pony.

Dismount.

Man said dismount.

'Member me, Captain Walker?

At the prison.

You gave the execution orders.

They were General Grant's orders.

My brother hung.

Eye for an eye.

We'll count to three.

You can run just as fast as you can.

I prefer to face my enemy.

Promise me.

Promise me you'll find my boy.

Push!

I'm pushing!

Push, push, goddammit, push!

Take his boots.

And that hat.

You have a baby girl.

I do?

Oh, she's beautiful.

Here's your mama.

Oh, come here baby.

Come here sweetie.

Ain't none of my business.

- If you love... - I do.

Oh God, not yet.

Find my boy.

Mama!

He loves you, you know.

Harrison.

Henry this, Henry that.

I want a pistol like Henry's.

I want a horse like Henry's.

I love ya, Henry Kieler.

If anything happens, raise him up to be a good man.

Georgianna.

Virginia.

After I...

I lost my son, I thought I'd never play again.

Then one day, I sat down at my piano,

and I touched the wooden frame

and cried.

I closed my eyes and I didn't need to see the keys to know,

and as I heard each note fly off the strings,

like colors drifted past.

And now, every time I see colors,

I hear certain notes.

It's like the moon sounds like a G,

and the stars are

like a B,

and the sun is like a loud E sharp.

And everywhere I look there's a symphony.

See you.

I see you,

Grace.

What happened?

Henry.

I could hear them coming.

And they took her boy.

They took Harrison.

And then it got quiet.

And she was a bird with a broken neck.

Shot through the throat.

Promise me.

You find my boy.

Promise me.

Do it.

No, Georgianna.

And she looked at me with that look.

And I said I wouldn't do it.

And that sound of someone

hanging on by a thread.

That sound of someone dyin'.

It plays over and over

in my head when the night settles down.

She begged me, Virginia, she begged me.

And I promised her I'd find her boy.

You promised me, too.

Do what you have to do.

I'm comin' back, I'll come back.

I promise.

If you're caught, they'll hang you.

Your grandfather went up into the great north woods

to find your father.

But he really went to battle the darkness

that kept pulling him back into the great war.

My little Anabel Lee.

My little Anabel.

Why don't you take her outside Lloyd,

let her see the evening sky?

Get some fresh air.

Okay.

We'll go outside.

We'll take a little walk, huh?

See some stars.

Have everything washed for you.

Even packed a carpet bag.

You shouldn't feel ashamed.

Of what?

How could you have known?

Even I thought he was a boy,

'til he got up close.

I heard him.

Don't worry.

You can have it annulled.

I don't feel at all ashamed.

I've known all along.

If you say anything to anyone,

and he doesn't return, I will take my own life.

I'll have supper ready in a bit.

My Virginia,

it is the height of summer.

At times I can hear the sounds of musket fire.

It rattles my soul to its core.

I cannot explain why it strangles me so.

It simply awakens a sleeping nightmare.

On the outside lookin' in courage would be to die

in honor and duty fighting for a cause with high ideals.

Courage from the inside lookin' out would be

to walk away from war and risk being

a coward among fellow veterans.

But I say what greater honor and courage

is there but to return to my beloved

somewhat whole and unmarked.

What greater courage, what greater love is there

than to love you wholeheartedly,

passionately and nakedly honest.

I love you with all my being.

Henry.

Well, look who it is.

How'd you find us?

Indians.

What are y'all doin'?

Oh, we just finished a little ske-daddle

with the rangers.

Coffee?

No, thanks.

Reparations.

I get the watch.

Looks like you get the love letter, Jim.

Can I have it?

Trophy.

We got the man that hung Overby and Carter.

Lookin' for a small boy.

Harrison Hays.

Disappeared at Cold Harbor, taken by New York Cavalry.

Jim runs a ring all the way up to Canada.

He knows John Surratt.

This is John Surratt.

He goes by Watson.

This fella here is lookin' for a child

that was captured by New York Cavalry.

What's the child's name?

Harrison Hays.

Disappeared at Cold Harbor.

Where's his mama?

Killed.

You came all the way up north to Montreal

to find a boy that's probably already died.

Hmm?

Or, maybe hidden not far from where you live.

Where I live?

Shepherdstown.

Blue Ridge.

Mmm hmm.

Hmm.

Must be an extraordinary boy.

Yes, he is.

Blindfold him.

Three bits I call.

I thank you wholeheartedly.

Enlighten me, gentlemen.

What would the Federal Army want with a five year old boy

on a border state with no known allegiance?

How long are you in the game for, sir?

How is dear Edwin, by the way?

The woman was mistaken for Anna Surratt,

accidentally killed.

Where's the kid?

Why is it important?

I wish to reunite him with his kin.

Why is that important to you?

Because.

Because.

His uncle is...

Was a Union captain, under Grant.

I'm just a facilitator, that is all.

Gentlemen, are we playin' poker?

Somebody deal or buy me a brandy.

Deal me out.

Privy calls.

'Nother round on me.

Shelton of the 7th New York Cavalry

brought the boy to the Orphan's Asylum.

Ma'am.

Found him.

(footsteps

We'll miss you, Harrison.

Won't we?

Goodbye, Harrison.

There's chores to be done.

Quietly.

You excited about your train ride?

Montana is exciting.

They have horses.

Do you like horses?

Henry rode a horse named Trooper.

Who's Henry?

Your father?

He's probably been killed in the ranks.

Life can be so cruel.

But...

It's just that thing

that makes children strong.

Harrison.

Harrison.

And you are, sir?

Harrison Hays. Where is he?

You can't just strong arm your way in here!

- Harrison, Harrison! - I don't know who you are!

Harrison!

- That boy is to be on the train in 20 minutes!

He's going to Montana, - Harrison!

To a family that will love him!

Calling the constable.

Harrison!

Henry?

Harrison.

Okay, we gotta go.

I hope he comes back.

You were so happy when he was here.

We make our own happiness.

Jess.

Thank you.

You know your mama's gone.

I know.

There's a woman that I hope you will like.

Is that where we're goin'?

Yes, she lives up on uh, Brushy Mount, Blue Ridge.

You like her, Henry?

Yes, I do.

Very much.

Then I like her, too.

All right.

You expecting anyone?

No.

I'll leave you to it.

I know he can't be your son,

but this is Harrison.

I bet you're tired.

Yes, ma'am.

Get you some food, we'll make a bed for you.

Come on.

Come here.

Everything is complete.

Yeah.

There were many stories to be told.

Many years after the great war,

a great spiral wind came down from the sky

and lightning touched the earth.

Virginia.

Some say they became hawks to fly to the clouds

to be close to the great spirit.

Still others say they went up into the mountains

to follow the sun to the good red road.

But our wise ones knew.

They say when two spirits come together

in the spirit world, the sparks of the great spirit

will unite them in fire with streaks of lightning

and they'll be together forever.

She sees him layin'

In bed alone tonight

The other thing touchin' him

Is a pack of light

Pieces of her hair

Are wrapped around in rounds he goes

He reaches for her side

For any sign of her that lingers

You are not alone

Virginia.

Layin' in the light

Put out the fire in your head

And lay with me tonight

One of them bullets

Went straight for the jugular vein

There were people runnin'

A flash of light

Then everything changed

Nothin' really matters in the end you know

All the worries severed

Don't be afraid for me my friend

One day we all fall down forever

Their house still stands

with twine knots hanging from the eaves.

Every year the fireflies arrive

and we wait for them to be born again.

This is where the spirits of our ancestors are,

and where our prayers are carried to the great spirit

and this is where we'll all be together.

Old man's placed upon the steps

And a baby cries

My love you can

Hear the church bells

Start to ring

And the heaviness oh

The heaviness

By me settles in

Somewhere you can

Hear a mother sing

Then it's one foot

And then the other

As you step out on the road

Step out on the road

How much weight

How much

Then it's how long and how far

And now that it's us

Oh what for

It's too late

Calling all angels

Calling all angels

Walk me through this world

Don't leave me alone

Calling all angels

Calling all angels

'Cause we're tryin', we'll keep

We're not sure

How it goes

Oh and every day you gaze

Upon the sunset with such love

And intensity

Why it's

It's almost as if you could

Only crack the code

Then you might finally understand

What it all

What it all means

Oh if you could

Do you think you would

To trade it all

All the pain

And suffering

Oh and then you'd miss

The beauty of the lights

Upon this earth

Hey

And the sweetness of leaving

Calling all angels

Calling all angels

Walk with