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Reverend.

Mr. Madlock, you remember
my lovely niece, Mary Ann,

just returning home from school.

Good afternoon sir.

Mary Ann, you have grown
into a lovely young woman.

Elizabeth, we do have
to have Mr. Madlock

over for supper sometime.

Absolutely, Sam.

I'd be honored to
accept the invitation.

But at the moment I have
some business to attend to.

If you'll excuse me.

Good day, sir.

Good news, it's twins
but Sarah's gonna be fine.

You just make sure
she drinks that tea

twice a day and
gets a lot of rest.

Well I sure appreciate you
comin' into town, Mama Thorn.

I was afraid I was
gonna lose her.

And I'll send you some ham

just as soon as we
butcher them hogs.

Nah, you just keep that ham.

You got two more mouths to feed.

You can eat it or sell it.

I can get my own
supplies while I'm here.

Thank you.

Must I really
endure another evening

with one of his friends?

He has your best interest.

But I want to
choose my own husband.

You come into town
to feed your body?

You need to be coming
into church on Sunday

to feed your soul.

But the Bible does say,

"Remember the Sabbath
day, keep it holy."

My church ain't no wooden box.

For I can see the
sun rise and set.

And for me every day is holy.

Hey there, mind yourself.

Hey, you stick to your
own damn business, kid.

What's the meaning
of this, Madlock?

We're here to
settle up a debt.

I expect you recollect it.

We paid that debt long ago.

I ain't got no bone
to pick with you kid,

now stay out of it.

If you know what's good for
you, you oughta move along.

Nobody going anywhere
until your uncle pays up.

What are you, hard of hearing?

- Come on!
- Now you're in for it,

the both of ya!

Behind a tree, boy!

Elizabeth, you need to take
Mary Ann home, immediately.

Why lady, you seem to
have gotten yourselves

into quite a predicament.

Please sir, we
are hopelessly stuck

and have endured the
situation for far longer

than we care to think about.

I strongly urge you
to remove yourself

from this vicinity with
the utmost hilarity

or I'll give you a thrashin'
you won't soon forget.

Forrest's the name, ma'am,
Nathan Bedford Forrest.

I'm Ms. Montgomery and this
is my daughter, Mary Ann.

We are indebted to you
for your kindness, sir.

I'm always ready
to come to the aid

of the fairer sex, ma'am.

I'd be mighty obliged if I
could pay you a visit sometime.

Certainly, Mr. Forrest.

My husband, William
Montgomery went home to Jesus

a few years ago.

You may find us under
the governance of my uncle,

Reverend Samuel M.
Cowan at Horne Lake.

Mary Ann, we must
be getting home.

Good day ladies.

He is a fine young man.

Pay him no
attention, Mary Ann.

It's about time you
got here, young man.

How do you know who I am?

I hear
stories, sit down.

I've heard a lot of
stories about you too.

Some people say you're
a miracle worker.

Some say you're a witch.

I wanna know what you
do and how you do it.

I'm a healer.

You might call me a root doctor.

But I don't bleed people
and I don't cut off limbs.

What I do know is the plants
that grow around here,

what they do and what
I can do with them.

Well how do you
know all of this?

From my mama and my grandmama.

Women in my family been healin'
for the past thousand years.

And I learn what I can from
the Indians and the darkies.

Now all kinds of people
come to me with their pains

and I give 'em my
poultices and potions

and they get better.

I just follow the
ways of the earth.

Ways of the earth?

What the hell does that mean?

Ways of the earth
says, we all got gifts

and we should use these
gifts to help each other.

Ways of men say some men
are better than others

'cause of the
color of their hide

or that men are
better than women.

That ain't right at
all and that's why

everybody's so damn miserable.

So I follow the
ways of the earth.

I got another sort of problem.

I met this girl and
she's real pretty

and she's real sweet
and I wanna marry her.

But her guardian's that hellfire
preacher Reverend Samuel.

He don't think much of me.

He don't think
much of me either.

To him we're both sinners
headed straight for hell.

But I know things
that he doesn't.

Like what?

You ever watched
the stars at night?

I love to see 'em
light up the sky.

All them stars
have their place,

just like the reverend
and those society people.

Once in a great while,
there'll be this comet

that just comes
flashing across the sky,

brighter than all of 'em,
makin' it's own path.

You are that comet, boy.

You are not gonna
stay a poor farmer

with dirt under
your fingernails.

You're gonna have a fine
big house and a business

and you're gonna lead
men into battle someday.

But I wanna marry
Marry Ann now.

Let me tell you something
about them Christians.

There ain't nothing they like
better than a reformed sinner.

And that, I am.

Forrest is it?

No sir, Nathan Bedford
Forrest with two R's.

I'm given to understand
that you are here to inquire

about marrying my guileless

and comely young
niece, Mary Ann.

Yes sir I am.

Am I correct to
understand that you are here

to seek her hand in marriage?

That is correct.

"And the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon Adam.

"And he slept.

"And he took one of his ribs

"and closed up the
flesh instead thereof.

"And the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man,

"made he a woman.

"And brought unto her the man.

"And Adam said, 'This
is now bone of my bones

"and flesh of my flesh.

"She shall be called woman

"because she was
taken out of man.'

"Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother

"and shall cleave unto his wife.

"And they shall be one flesh."

Do you understand son, the
meaning of these scriptures?

Sir, having only six
months of proper schooling

and not being much familiar
with the Good Book,

I cannot say.

God is speaking here of the
seriousness of holy matrimony.

Do you not comprehend this?

I think I'd be the perfect
match for your niece.

I would not even consent
to fraternity between

you and my Mary Ann,
let alone a marriage.

What are you thinking, son?

With all due respect sir,
I believe I'd make as good

of husband as any
for your niece.

But according to your
reputation, you're a liar,

a braggart, and a drunk.

Miss Mary Ann, she's
a Christian girl.

You're absolutely right, sir.

And that's exactly why
I intend to marry her.

Mama, everything's
going exactly the way

I was hoping it would.

You really think you
wanna marry that man?

I do.

You remember that
conversation we had?

Mama, I'm going to marry
Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Much obliged miss.

Abigail, how is
your young one?

We sent our doctor over
to your house yesterday.

And he said she was
recovering rapidly

from her fall off the horse.

Ma'am, she was doing poorly

but now she's doing much
better, thank you ma'am.

Glad to hear that.

Nathan, I am discomfited
by all this talk

of sectional unease.

What do you suppose
it signifies?

Well I guess it all
boils down to the money.

We Southerners want
to simplify things

and the Yankees want
to complicate it.

Well how is this tariff war
affecting our family business?

It for sure ain't helping.

I'd give a passel of gold
nuggets to go to Washington

and knock some sense into 'em.

Now darling, we must
not let our tempers

get the best of us.

Why numination?

Whilst on the
topic of your temple,

it is my acute desire
that you accompany me

to church this Sunday.

The parishioners
all want to meet you

and as I surely am,
they are very anxious

about your pending salvation.

Well I don't need to listen
to that empty-headed holy Joe!

Life is so much better when
you're a Christian, darling.

God loves you and desires
that you be saved.

While your concern for my
eternal soul is right touching

there ain't no good gonna
come from me reading any book

that I don't understand.

I thought God helped those
who helped themselves.

That's right, let's just focus

on helping our family
right now, shall we?

Well I guess there's gonna
be arduous times ahead.

And why do you suppose such?

'Cause those damn
Yanks can't be educated.

Those know-it-alls think Boston
is the hub of the universe.

Gentlemen, now that Tennessee
has enacted secession,

there ain't no reason not to
join the Confederate Army.

Everyone's
secessed these days.

They should be, time for
us to get some blue Billys.

So what say you Nathan?

Well we ain't got no choice
since Lincoln's invaders

has overrun our country.

The war'll be
over by Christmas.

One of us Confeds can easily
wipe out five Federals.

Nathan, I need a word
with you in private.

Nathan, I've known
you for a long time.

And I knew your daddy.

He was a good man.

Your daddy left us too
soon, I believe it was '37.

He was a good
blacksmith wasn't he?

And didn't your mama remarry?

It don't matter, I just
want, you know, when you sign

this piece of paper now, you
are joining up as a private

in our army and what means is,

you will be going directly into

Captain White's Mounted
Tennessee Rifles.

Who might this boy be?

That's my boy Willie.

You interested in becoming
a Confederate soldier, lad?

I just wanna hunt
Federals with my pop.

I hear them Yankees are ugly
and they smell like a stable.

I hear they consort with Satan.

Well you are
absolutely correct son,

I have seen that myself.

Worse than vermin.

Nathan, he's a bit below
the legal limit, age.

But I'll twist some arms,
make sure we get him in.

Morning, boss.

Morning, men.

As you know I'm a
Confederate officer, now.

I have my own fightin' unit.

We heard it's a
credit company, sir.

That's right, Ben,
it's a cavalry unit.

Any of you gentlemen
wanna join up?

Do we get to
ride with you, sir?

You bet.

What about weapons, do we
get to hold our own guns?

Not only will you
get your own weapons,

but you'll be drilled
just like real soldiers.

Glory be!

Who's ready to fight for
God and Jefferson Davis?

What about our freedom sir?

I wanna have a
conversation with Apollo.

He will tell you what I
have to say about that.

You will be among the
finest riders in the South.

We'll all be champions.

And I am proud to
have you in my command.

You
wish to see me sir?

Yes, I have some good news
to share with you Apollo.

Yes sir?

Many of your people
has come to me in private

to discuss their conditions,

talkin' to me about
their liberty.

As of today, I'm closing down
my slave trading business.

Forgive me, sir.

Am I assuming you're
giving us our freedom?

Yes Apollo, y'all are free.

But sir, what about
your business and money?

Well I guess the business
will absorb the loss.

Praise be.

All who wish to stay here
may stay on as laborers.

And all who wish to
leave are free to go.

I understand sir.

Well Senator Haynes, it's
a pleasure to meet you.

I thank you for coming all the
way over here from Tennessee

to talk with me.

I sincerely appreciate
you taking the time out

of your very busy
schedule to meet with me.

Now the primary
focus of your letter

was regarding your concerns
about promotion with

Nathan Bedford Forrest to the
rank of Brigadier General.

Yes, General.

And you have to understand
it's with a heavy heart

that I'm here today.

Back home, we would
like nothing better

than you have a bona fide hero
from the state of Tennessee.

So you do not approve
of his promotion?

I definitely do not.

Do you feel that he's
unfit for this position?

I feel he's unfit to serve
as an officer of any rank

in this confederacy, period.

Well senator, those are
some pretty harsh words.

Please explain.

This is not hearsay,
this is what I've seen.

I've had the privilege of
being at two officers' meetings

with this man.

These were round table meetings,

looking for strategy and ideas

to send those Yankees
back where they came from.

Well sometimes those
meetings can be productive.

During the meeting,
the whole meeting,

Forrest sat on his
ass in the corner,

cross legged, like an Indian.

He didn't say a word,

didn't try to contribute
anything to the conversation.

Reminds me of my firstborn

when he was maybe
five years old.

Exactly, totally
disrespectful.

He saw no reason to be there.

Okay, what else?

At the second meeting,

Forrest brought his
private guards with him.

Some officers
choose to do that.

General, his private guards
were darkies, all black!

They're former slaves of his.

And he's proud of it, he calls
them by their first name.

Lord, Lord, that does
seem a bit unusual.

The other officers
don't wanna work with him.

They understand, there
must be some kind of order

on the battlefield.

Forrest is nothing
more than a guerilla.

Senator, I promise,
I will look into this.

What I need for you to
do, as soon as you can

is provide me with reports

from some of the
officers present.

Now their conclusions did not
have to coincide with yours.

But I'd like the reports to
corroborate your findings

and what you've told me.

It'll take a little
time but I'll get it done.

Senator, I will await
your correspondence.

Well.

Here's sage to guard you.

Rosemary for remembrance.

Blessings of the mountains
for a safe journey.

Beggin' your pardon, but
you ain't gonna need these

where you're going.

Doc.

What is it?

Lines are broken
in three places,

we need to evacuate immediately.

I can't move out right now,

I got too many men
I gotta tend to.

Muster up your walking
wounded and bug out.

Let me see if I can get
this man to sit up and walk.

- You're on your own doc.
- All right.

I can't do it doc.

He can walk if he wears these.

And who are you?

I'm Mama Thorn.

Well now, I'll see.

Put 'em on, he'll
be able to go.

Tell him to go cut himself
a walking stick over there.

There's plenty of dead limbs,
don't take from a living tree.

Get your boots on
boy, you can walk.

Here, use this.

That's yours anyway.

You get along now.

You tell you officers, when
you go through those woods,

don't shoot anything
you're not gonna eat.

How are you able to do that?

I couldn't make him walk.

That's what I do.

We ain't got no fancy
doctors in these parts

so I does the healing.

He's gone to meet his maker.

Earth
ain't ready for him yet.

There's nothing you can
do for him, he's gone.

Maybe not.

Oh yeah, there is
something I can do.

Hail fire, purest
of all elements.

Oh my Lord.

I have never seen anything
like that in all my life.

Yes, Williams?

All present and
accounted for, sir

Why am I still hearing
gunfire somewhere?

Target practice?

No sir, a few skirmishers

still causing us
a bit of trouble.

Skirmishers, from where?

I don't know, sir,
we'll take care of it.

Please do.

Yes Williams?

All present and
accounted for, sir

Just like
yesterday, you tell me

all present and accounted for

yet I'm still hearing
gunfire in the distance.

Yes sir, still working on it.

That gunfire kept me
awake most of the night!

Likewise, sir.

Williams, we're
having a scouting party

drop behind us tomorrow.

I want to find out who
these troublemakers are.

Do you understand?

Yes sir.

See to it.

Why am I still hearing
this, Williams?

More skirmishers
than we thought, sir.

So where are they coming from?

Well, our scouts captured
one of them, briefly.

Briefly, why briefly?

I'm afraid the prisoner
slipped away, sir.

So Williams, what did this

briefly held
prisoner have to say?

He was part of a
larger group of cavalry,

commanded by this
General Forrest.

Forrest, Nathan Bedford Forrest!

I don't know for sure, sir.

All right, tomorrow
we double time,

do you understand, Williams?

We outrun these sons of
bitches, do you understand?

Absolutely, sir.

Williams!

Yes sir.

Who the hell is firing
that cannon at us?

I think it's still
Forrest's men, sir.

How long has this
been going on, Williams?

Well over a week, sir.

And where did they
get the cannons from?

Must be a very small force
that can travel this fast.

I would hope so sir.

So tomorrow we turn about face

and strike them at midday!

Stop the advance, sir?

Only briefly.

I want to show this General
Forrest who he's dealing with.

Colonel?

Williams, I am so damn
tired of this already!

15 days now, 15 days!

Why don't they have the
courage to fight us like men,

they're just wearing us out!

I think that may
be the plan, sir.

All right, one more day and
we'll be close to Cedar Bluff.

Do we have any idea of
this man's fighting force?

Very difficult to say sir.

Then we bring this to an end.

Crush these scurrying bugs
like the vermin they are!

Y'all see anything?

- No.
- No sir.

I know they're
still out there.

Glory, when is
this rain gonna end?

I hope it never ends,
it's in our favor.

It makes everything
so slippery.

Yeah, we're used to
that, the Yanks are not.

Yeah, I'm sure they're
crying about the weather here.

What are we supposed to
do with Streight's men?

I need to talk
to the Lieutenant

and see how much
artillery we have left.

How many prisoners do we got?

About 30 right now.

We're about to get
a whole lot more.

Look out, the general's
got a plan brewing.

Ah, Lieutenant we were
just talking about you.

General Hill wants
to know how many

artillery pieces we have left.

We got maybe two
that'll still fire.

How many pieces
exactly do we have

of artillery that won't fire?

We might have enough
pieces to make 10,

but it ain't working.

Yankees got most of 'em.

Does most of 'em have
the wheels and carriages?

I believe so, I
believe we got 10.

So we got two that works
and 10 that could roll?

I think with a little bit
of work we can manage that.

So what're you
thinking General?

Let's make it
look like we have

a whole more artillery
than we really have.

What's the point of that?

Well he took a beating.

I'm gonna ask him to surrender.

You can't be serious, General.

I am serious.

They still got three times
the infantry that we have.

He don't know that.

I can't wait to
see if this works.

So what do you want
me to do exactly?

I want all our
artillery in a circle.

What about the camp?

Don't show as much of
them but have 'em out there.

How soon can you get this done?

Couple hours.

Get it done as
fast as you can.

If you need extra
cannons use tree trunks.

Yes sir, I'll try
to make that happen.

"Colonel Streight I must demand
an unconditional surrender

"of your force as
prisoners of war

"or I shall have every
man put to the sword.

"You are aware of the
overpowering force

"I have at my command.

"And this demand is made

"to prevent further
effusion of blood.

"I am, sir, very respectfully,

"your obedient servant,
Nathan Bedford Forrest,

"Brigadier General
of Cavalry, CS Army."

Tell General
Forrest that I shall

meet him here in these
woods in five minutes.

Yes, sir.

General Forrest,
I will not surrender

unless I know that your
force is equal to mine.

Great God man, how
many guns have you got?

Well that's about 15
I've counted so far.

Most of 'em are back
behind those mounds.

Let's put a nail
in it, Colonel.

I got enough manpower to
whip you out of your boots.

Looks like a good
many of them, sir.

That's what it is.

I tell you what, sir.

I'll allow y'all to keep your
sidearms and your baggage.

I'll even provide your
men with food and water.

How could you
bamboozle me, Forrest!

You have maybe 400
men, I've got 1700!

I could have easily bested you
in a head to head engagement.

Down here we call that
mere supposition, sir.

I demand that
you return our arms

so that we can fight
it out to the end.

All is fair in love
and war, Colonel.

I was mightily
heartened to hear that you

received a furlough
to visit us back home.

Yes ma'am.

It's been 18 months
since my last visit.

Halcyon days.

How's our son Willie?

Oh, he's made a fine,
fine Confederate officer.

Just like his father.

Mary Ann, Lincoln's
committed so many war crimes

we are barely making headway.

I hear his radicals recently
suspended Habeas Corpus

across the North so they can
silence anti-war advocates.

What about that
naval blockade.

What else should we expect
from a Northern coercionist?

That battle shoulda
never been fought.

The whole war shoulda
never been fought.

Well boys, we
wouldn't be in this fix

if it hadn't been
for old Lincoln.

Don't count a
Yankee sir, traitors!

They think they so,
what's the word, superior.

That's what they
want us to think.

The North's printing
lies about us.

There was an article said
I use women as shields.

They say I'm beatin'
y'all with chains?

Yeah, and I drink my coffee
out of Yankee skulls.

Pretty soon they'll be saying
I eat babies for breakfast.

Pure bullshit.

You got some moonshine,

best moonshine on this
side of the Mississippi.

No thanks, my staff does
all my drinking for me.

My people ain't gonna never
see 40 acres and a mule.

All them riches going up North.

Why they say we
fightin' for slavery?

We're not fightin' for slavery.

Look at us, slavery is dead.

Well boys, I guess
we'll hit the hay

before we get wallpapered.

Well senator, I trust you
had a safe, uneventful trip.

It's been nearly two years
since our last meeting

and I believe I was waiting
for some correspondence

regarding your position
on Nathan Bedford Forrest.

A lot has happened since then.

The officers don't want to go
on the record against Forrest.

Have you changed your
position regarding Forrest?

I definitely have not.

In the past two years, he
has become somewhat of a legend

among his troops.

He's dangerous, General.

Dangerous to our government
and dangerous to our cause.

Senator, Major General
Forrest's last battle,

in Northern Mississippi
at Brice's Cross Roads,

it's a little town near
Baldwin, Mississippi.

I'm familiar with
that engagement.

Forrest was confronted
by General Samuel Sturgis.

And Sturgis had a command
of over 8,300 troops.

Whereas Forrest
had 3,500 cavalry.

Sturgis was soundly
and decisively defeated

at Brice's Cross Roads.

Some people call it
the Battle of Gunpoint.

Sturgis retreated
back towards Memphis

with his troops
in total disarray.

Forrest captured 1,600
men and a supply line

that we can certainly use.

In fact, people in
the area, the locals,

call it an old fashioned
Mississippi butt whoopin'.

I am not going to decommission
Major General Forrest.

In fact, and this comes
from the bottom of my heart.

I wish I had a dozen
General Forrests.

Maybe we could turn this war
around for us and in our favor.

What about our
troops, General?

I've got news for ya,
they're liable to kill him.

And if they don't, I
might do it myself.

Good day!

Boy, shhh.

I know you ain't dead yet.

But you better act like you are.

Missus, who the hell are you?

You just killed my son!

Ma'am, my orders are to
remove anyone from this area.

You must leave.

He ain't resisting no more.

Now leave us be!

Ma'am, my orders.

Orders, you just
carried out your orders.

Now, a woman has got a
right to bury her child.

You, just go on
back to your unit.

I'm takin' my boy home.

Yes ma'am.

Swamp water, dark and deep,

all my secrets you will keep.

It's about time you
woke up, Stuart.

Is this heaven?

Do I look like an angel?

Not exactly, but
this is the best place

I've been in a long time.

Where am I?

Who are you?

I'm Mama Thorn and
this is my swamp.

Blue coats came through
shootin' so I brought you here.

We were scouting, we
were gonna ambush 'em.

But they got you first.

Ain't there enough
hardship in this world

without you menfolk killing
and wounding each other?

It's the war.

Rich man's war.

They made you sign
up, didn't they?

Yes ma'am.

You're from Columbia.

How did you know?

You scratched it
onto your belt buckle.

Have they taken Columbia?

No, but Sherman's
coming through here.

I got cousins in Pennsylvania.

They're with Sherman now.

I just don't want
to fight anymore.

You don't have to.

When you're ready to
travel, head out West.

I know a passage
through the mountains.

There's life and
freedom out there.

I can't desert
the Confederacy.

Do you wanna be
shootin' at your cousins?

No ma'am.

You and how many
other boys like you

carve their name and the
name of their hometown

on their belt buckle
in case they got killed

someplace where nobody knew 'em.

I know the South is your home

but slavery is the greatest
evil on this earth.

It's good that it's over.

But this land can't heal
until the fightin's done.

Head out West.

Everybody already
thinks you're dead.

And if you go back to
that war, you will be.

You can make a good life
for your family out there.

Can you, can you get
the message to my family?

I'll find a way
to let them know.

I sure am hungry.

Is there anything to eat?

One thing I got
plenty of is food.

Rest, I'll get you something.

General, I have an
important message for you.

Just read it to me.

"This is to inform you
that General Robert E. Lee

"has surrendered the Army
of Virginia on April 9th.

"Thus ending the War for
Southern Independence.

"Please report to the
nearest U.S. Army post

"where you and your men
will turn in your arms

"and wait further instructions.

"Respectfully, the
CS Government."

Circle of life,
center of grace.

Magic ward, this holy place.

Sky above and earth beneath,

bless the dark of
night with peace.

By the moon where power dwells

those in my care shall be well.

May the waters ever flow,

may the healing ever grow.

♪ You signed up to fight ♪

♪ For the glorious cause ♪

♪ To preserve our
rights and our land ♪

♪ They told you this war ♪

♪ Could not last very long ♪

♪ And you marched off
so proud and so grand ♪

♪ The South and the
North both will suffer ♪

♪ A nation divided can't stand ♪

♪ But you carry our hearts
when you enter the fray ♪

♪ And we'll raise a cheer
for our brave boys in gray ♪

♪ You gallantly
charged into combat ♪

♪ As the minis and
cannonballs roared ♪

♪ You met death through
smoke and through thunder ♪

♪ Trudging in
bloodshed and gore ♪

♪ Some came back in
caskets or baskets ♪

♪ Their sweethearts
and mothers now mourn ♪

♪ And the battles still rage ♪

♪ And we curse and we pray ♪

♪ Waiting and weeping for
our brave boys in gray ♪

♪ Your horse and your
comrades sustain you ♪

♪ As you traveled in
heat and in snow ♪

♪ Every town every
turn can hold danger ♪

♪ When you can't tell
the friend from the foe ♪

♪ Our fields are barren ♪

♪ Our harbors are blocked ♪

♪ And we cling to
one desperate hope ♪

♪ That this cruel war will end ♪

♪ On some bright blessed day ♪

♪ And we can bring home all
our brave boys in gray ♪

What about that stretch
over there Apollo?

Looks mighty tough, sir.

Ain't much of nothing.

Johnny!

Good afternoon,
General, good to see you.

Johnny, this is
my wife, Mary Ann.

Ma'am.

Mary Ann, this is my
old second lieutenant.

Good to see you Johnny, what
brings you all the way up here?

There's an organization
I'd like to introduce you to.

I might could be
interested, what's it called?

It's called the Ku
Klux Klan, KKK for short.

What kind of name is that?

Well, it's a
nonsense name, really.

Me and the boys came up
with it, down in Pulaski,

Christmas Eve, '65.

Well what they about, Johnny?

We give assistance
to war widows,

orphans, and veterans
of all races.

Well what you want me to do?

I'd like to introduce
you to our leader,

George Washington Gordon.

I know Gordon.

We wanna know if
we can count on you

for your support and leadership.

Well Johnny, I'd be glad

to assist you folks
any way I can.

May I speak to you Apollo?

Yes sir?

I have some gentlemen
stopping by tonight,

I'd like for you to meet 'em.

They've been here before.

They're with that group
called the Ku Klux Klan.

A while back, I asked them

to open up an all-black
chapter in Nashville.

Okay.

Now they been dragging
their feet on this

but if you join
up, it might help.

Uh huh.

I thought you'd be
a lot more interested.

Well, I heard about this
group, not good things.

Like what?

Like folks getting hurt.

Some gettin' lynched.

Lynched?

How reliable is
this information?

My brother, he's
seen it, preacher too.

Damn, hopefully it's
just a couple bad apples.

Do me a favor, sit
in on this meeting.

Might help me figure this out.

Certainly, sir.

Abigail, would you
mind doing me a favor?

Yes ma'am.

Please inform Mr.
Forrest that I am at church

for the evening, if he asks.

But Mr. Forrest has guests.

I'm aware of that.

Ma'am, this is a bit unusual.

I do not wish to
be in the company

of this gentleman, Abigail.

Please inform Mr. Forrest

of my whereabouts
when he inquires.

Yes ma'am.

Hey, come on in, Nathan.

My my, it's been a piece.

Mama Thorn.

You here to say hello,
or you looking for advice?

Both.

Boy, this place ain't
changed much in 15 years.

This place ain't changed
much in a thousand years.

What's on your mind Nathan?

Well a while back
I joined this group,

and now they're calling me
the leader of this group.

You're talking about
the Ku Klux Klan.

I'm familiar with it.

But I think you're more of
a figurehead than a leader.

I may be.

Me and a couple of us
thought it'd be a good idea

open up an all black
chapter in Nashville.

That sounds
almost progressive.

Yeah, but I don't know.

I really wanted Apollo to
be the head of that chapter.

He don't want nothing
to do with it.

You can trust Apollo.

You respect his opinion.

Yes I do, he's been
a lifelong friend.

The people who
started the Klan

may have had good
intention at first

but now, I'm sure Apollo has
told you what he's heard.

What I've heard and
seen has been terrible.

Nathan, you're a powerful man.

But I also think
you're a good man.

You know I was against the war.

But I think you'll
go down in history

as a great warrior general.

But being in the Klan
will ruin your name.

You know what you need to do.

If you can't stop
what they're doing,

you need to get out
as soon as possible.

And you go tell Mary Ann
you're ready to get baptized.

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