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Welcome, Colonel Lee.
Welcome to my home.
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Make yourself comfortable
there, colonel.
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Allow me to get to the point, sir.
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I have been authorized by
President Lincoln himself...
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... with the full blessing
of the War Department...
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... to offer you full command of the Army
with the rank of major general.
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This Army being raised to quell this,
uh, rebellion and to preserve the Union.
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I assume this Army is to be used
to invade those areas...
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... to eliminate the rebellion by force.
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Yes, sir, the Federal government
has been challenged by these rebels...
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... who have been most effective in changing
the sentiments of state legislatures...
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... challenging our Constitution
and challenging our central government.
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The attack on Fort Sumter
cannot be ignored.
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General, my home is right there
across the Potomac.
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Why, you can see Arlington House
from your front door.
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My family is spread all
over this part of Virginia.
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If you invade the South, your enemy
territory will be right across that river.
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Well, sir, there is no great outcry
for secession in, uh, Virginia.
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It's not a foregone conclusion that
Virginia or Tennessee or Arkansas...
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... or Kentucky will join the rebellion.
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My friend, may I humbly submit that
you're mistaken about Virginia.
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As you know, the legislature is
convening in Richmond this very day...
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... to discuss the very issue of secession.
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Now, perhaps you know their mind
better than they themselves.
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And I regret to say the president's
hasty calling up of 75,000 volunteers...
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... to subdue the rebellion
in the cotton states...
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... has done nothing to ameliorate
the crisis. It has only deepened it.
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I trust you're not being
too hasty yourself, colonel.
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This is a great opportunity
for you to serve your country.
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My country, Mr. Blair?
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I never thought I'd see the day
the president of the United States...
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... would raise an army
to invade his own country.
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No, Mr. Blair, I cannot lead it.
I will not lead it. No.
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I'm sorry to hear you say that, sir.
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I fear you're making
a most dreadful mistake.
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Sir, please convey my deep sense of
honor and gratitude to the president...
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... but I must decline his offer.
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Please tell him.
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Please be clear. I have
never taken my duties lightly...
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... but I have no greater duty
than to my home, to Virginia.
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Thank you, sir.
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Gentlemen, if you are going
to succeed at this institution...
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... you have one common goal:
To learn your lessons.
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lf you are placing
your energies elsewhere...
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. ..you will not succeed either with me
or in your careers as military officers.
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l had hoped you'd see that with a
proper grasp of the artillery principles...
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. .. l've laid before you today,
you would learn to apply. . .
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. ..these principles with great
effectiveness in your field experiences.
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But since you seem unable
to grasp these principles...
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. .. l'm forced to conclude l must repeat
this lesson tomorrow, word for word.
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Word for word.
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Secession! Secession! Secession!
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Hoist it! Hoist it up!
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Major, listen to them.
The leaders of our intellectual future...
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. ..screaming for the destruction
of our nation!
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Sir, President Lincoln is raising
the troops.
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l ....
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l will not stay in a place where my
students dishonor their country's flag.
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Major, l'm leaving
for Pennsylvania tomorrow.
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War is the sum of all evils.
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But if l know myself,
all l am and all l have. ..
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. ..is at the service of my
home, my country.
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Your country, Thomas?
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Your country, my country. lt's all one.
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All one, Thomas. All one.
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So that in the midst of the searching
of souls and the gnashing of teeth. . .
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. ..the delegates of this convention...
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. ..harried by the actions of a belligerent
usurper and the radicals of his party. ..
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. ..have stumbled into secession.
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Now God knows, l and many
in this room have resisted it.
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But how could there be union
with a section of the country. . .
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. ..that wants to impose
its will through coercion?
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Now that Virginia confronts the armed
might of the United States. . .
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. ..we Virginians have determined
that not one spot of her sacred soil...
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. ..be polluted by the foot of an invader.
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God bless Virginia!
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Now, in the memory of that great
Virginian, George Washington.. .
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. ..who was first in the hearts
of his countrymen and calling also. . .
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. ..upon the memory of his own gallant
father, General Light-Horse Harry Lee. . .
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. ..this convention now calls upon
Robert Edward Lee to take command. . .
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. ..of the armed forces of
the Citizen Army of Virginia.
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Mr. President, gentlemen
of the convention...
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. .. l'm profoundly impressed
by the solemnity of the occasion...
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. ..for which l must say
l was not prepared.
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l accept the position assigned me
by your partiality.
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l would have much preferred had
your choice fallen on an abler man.
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But trusting to Almighty God,
an approving conscience...
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. ..and the aid of my fellow citizens...
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. .. l devote myself to the service
of my native state. . .
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. ..in whose behalf alone will l
ever again draw my sword.
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We must not fear the final result of this
war, but many a loved one will fall...
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. ..and many a heart throb
with anguish. . .
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. ..before we can breathe the exhilarating
atmosphere of freedom. . .
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. ..and feel the sweet assurance
of safety and peace once more.
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There's nothing in this life more dear
to me than my children...
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. ..except perhaps the memory
of your wonderful father.
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When you go to Richmond,
and wherever this war takes you. . .
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. ..you must not fear for us.
We will be with you wherever you go.
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Surely goodness and mercy have
followed me all the days of my life.
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Now be on your way,
and God be with you.
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Y'all be coming on back, you hear?
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We'll be back, Martha.
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Mr. Wilkes, sir.
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Would you be kind enough
as to autograph my playbill?
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l was never much interested
in Shakespeare. ..
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-Mm-hm.
-. . .until l saw you play Richard l l l.
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"A horse! A horse!
My kingdom for a horse!"
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Was ever woman in this humor wooed?
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Was ever woman in this humor won?
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Say, uh, haven't l seen you someplace?
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Why, of course you have.
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This here is Mr. Wilkes Booth,
the finest actor in all of Richmond.
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All the world's a stage...
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. ..and we but its poor players.
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What better role than a soldier's
in defense of his home...
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. ..his honor.. .
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. ..and his beloved?
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Good morning, major.
This just arrived for you.
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Cadet Norris, return to the lnstitute.
My compliments to Colonel Smith.
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l will be at his office
within the half-hour.
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Sir.
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"You are ordered to report with the
corps of cadets to camp instruction...
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. ..to begin training and organization
of the Provisional Army...
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. ..for the defense of the
Commonwealth of Virginia."
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My esposita.
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Come, before l leave, we must sit...
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. ..read together, the verse.
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Here.
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Yes, here. Corinthians--
Second Corinthians, chapter five.
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l have been thinking about this verse.
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"For we know that if our earthly house
of this Tabernacle were dissolved...
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. ..we have a building of God.
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A house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens."
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O, Almighty God. . .
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. ..grant that if it be thy will...
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. ..thou wilt still avert the threatening
danger and bring us peace.
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Keep her whom l love in
thy protected care.
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And bring us all at last to
the joy of thy eternal kingdom.
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Give them hell, sir!
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Yeah, give them hell, men!
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"The Lord is my light.
My salvation. Whom shall l fear?
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The Lord is the strength in my life.
Of whom shall l be afraid?
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When the wicked, even mine
enemies and my foes...
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...came upon me to eat up my flesh,
they stumbled and fell.
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Though unhost should encamp against
me, my heart shall not fear.
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Though war should rise up against me.
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ln this will l be comforted."
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Secession is inexcusable.
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Southerners and Northerners
can still work together.
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Slavery will eventually die
of natural causes.
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But the breakup of the Union
will inaugurate wars. . .
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. ..of a hundred generations in America...
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. ..only to repeat the bloody
history of Europe.
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lf Virginia adheres
to the United States, l adhere.
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Her determination must control mine.
This is my understanding of patriotism.
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And though l love the Union,
l love Virginia more.
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Private Jenkins, because of the high
regard with which l hold your father...
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. ..you are free to do as you please. You may
return to his new home in Pennsylvania.
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lt is your decision.
But, if you decide to stay with us.. .
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. ..you may never again leave. lf you do,
you'll be treated as a deserter.
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Colonel Jackson, sir. Father.
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l am a soldier in the 4th Virginia.
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And in the 4th Virginia l will stay.
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And if needs be, die.
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-Then l will take my leave.
-No, sir.
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lt is l who will leave the two of you to
have some time together on your own.
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You may have this room
for as long as you require it.
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Thank you.
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Farewell, colonel.
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May we meet again in happier times.
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And if not in this troubled world
may we meet in. . . .
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ln heaven.
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This train was on its way to Washington.
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lts livestock's been requisitioned
by the Confederate government.
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There's enough damn beef in here
to keep us fed for quite a while.
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And as many steeds as would
damn well meet our current needs.
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With your permission, sir, we've made
a selection of the more promising horses.
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There's some damn fine ones here.
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Mr. Harman, l fear you are a wicked man.
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-This animal looks fit for the duty.
-Then he's yours, sir.
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That small horse over there,
has he been assigned?
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Well, it's a well-rounded sorrel, sir,
but too small for you.
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You'll have your feet
dragging in the dust.
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l was thinking of my wife, Anna.
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He would make a fine present for her.
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Well, that it would, sir.
Shall l arrange for the purchase?
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Leave the bill of the sale
at my headquarters.
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l will buy them both.
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The Confederate Treasury is honored, sir.
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And may you both sit well in the saddle.
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What shall l call you?
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-Good morning, sir.
-Reverend Pendleton.
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-How goes it with the artillery today?
-You're just in time for a christening.
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The men have decided to name the
howitzers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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l'm sure your men will spread the gospel
wherever they encounter the enemy.
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Has my son proven a worthy adjutant?
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l'm certain Captain Pendleton will prove
himself deserving of the family name.
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Break! Guard! Charge!
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As if you could ever get close enough
to stick a man with this.
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You can give me your bayonet
if you have no further use for it.
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What you gonna do with two of them?
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You never heard of spare parts?
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Pogue, your only hope is that some Yank
puts you out of your misery.
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Captain White.
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How fare the scholars
of Washington College?
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Are they making their transition
from books to bullets?
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A few more days of drill, and my boys
will surpass the cadets of VMl .
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Drill, Professor White, drill and drill.
Remember Alexander in Anatolia.
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Caesar in Gaul. Napoleon in lberia.
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We march by day,
and read Xenophon by night.
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-We will be your Greek phalanx.
-Then you must begin with the bayonet.
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The bayonet must be for a Virginian
what the sarissa was for a Macedonian.
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lf the Yankees dare set foot in Virginia,
we must show them the bayonet.
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Train with the bayonet
and we shall keep our freedom.
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Yes, sir.
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Sir.
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Harman has a detachment ready to take
your sorrel to Mrs. Jackson in Lexington.
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The horse you chose
is waiting at headquarters.
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l've decided to keep
this little sorrel for myself.
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l prefer his gait
to that of the larger horse.
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Unlike the other, he has an even temper.
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He will need it where we are going.
Yes, l will keep it.
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And Mrs. Jackson?
What should we send her, sir?
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lnstruct Harman
to make another selection.
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My complete admiration in his choice
of livestock, if not in his choice of words.
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The man's vocabulary
is extremely repulsive.
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Yes, sir.
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-Will that be all, sir?
-Language is blasphemous...
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. ..but he is a good quartermaster,
a good quartermaster. You understand me?
231
00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:32,287
-Yes, sir.
-That's all.
232
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:37,251
Hyah!
233
00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:05,946
Blue, gray, green, even red uniforms.
234
00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:08,198
How are we to know who the enemy is?
235
00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:13,120
You dang fool, you just shoot
at the man that's shooting at you!
236
00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:17,291
l thought we was gonna be trained.
237
00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:20,419
l could have done this walking
on my own back in Staunton.
238
00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:25,841
l never seen you walk in your life when
you didn't have to. Nor me, neither.
239
00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:28,594
What man in his senses
would cross his street...
240
00:31:28,761 --> 00:31:31,805
. ..when he could just be
sitting on his front porch?
241
00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:37,644
l done more walking this week than in
my life and my daddy's life put together.
242
00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:42,482
Who'll give us fresh shoes when these
are but tatters and old bits of laces?
243
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,782
You'll excuse me, gentlemen.
244
00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:02,044
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart
reporting for duty.
245
00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:03,754
Colonel Stuart.
246
00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:07,966
-That's an impeccable hat, sir.
-Thank you, sir.
247
00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:14,598
-Colonel Stuart. You use tobacco?
-No, sir. Not in any form.
248
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:19,019
Neither do l. l find l like it too much.
249
00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:20,896
Sit down.
250
00:32:22,565 --> 00:32:26,234
l understand from your record that
you are West Point, class of '54.
251
00:32:26,402 --> 00:32:28,612
Served since in the cavalry,
Ft. Clark, Texas.
252
00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:30,864
Operations against Apache, Comanche.
253
00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:34,117
Fought with Longstreet and Ewell, sir.
254
00:32:34,869 --> 00:32:38,497
Nasty business. Merciless climate.
255
00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:41,041
Glad to be home, sir.
256
00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:46,088
The Apache were defending their
homes, as we will be defending ours.
257
00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:51,051
lf we fight as well as the Apache,
l pity the Yankee invader.
258
00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:56,682
Colonel Stuart, if l had my way,
we would show no quarter to the enemy.
259
00:32:56,849 --> 00:33:01,311
No more than the redskins showed your
troopers. The black flag, sir.
260
00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:05,732
lf the North triumphs, it is not alone
the destruction of our property.
261
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,318
lt is the prelude to anarchy, infidelity...
262
00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,279
. ..the loss of free
and responsible government.
263
00:33:11,447 --> 00:33:15,367
lt is the triumph of commerce.
The banks, factories.
264
00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:18,578
We should meet the invader on
the verge of just defense...
265
00:33:18,746 --> 00:33:23,750
. ..and raise the black flag. No quarter to
the violators of our homes and firesides.
266
00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:29,965
Our political leadership is too timid
to face the reality of this coming war.
267
00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:34,344
They should look to the Bible.
lt is full of such wars.
268
00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:39,266
Only the black flag will bring the North
to its senses and rapidly end the war.
269
00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,310
Well, colonel.
270
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:48,442
One way or the other, the South
will give them a warm reception.
271
00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:52,195
You'll be in charge of the cavalry
in the Harper's Ferry district.
272
00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:56,825
Your experience and your zeal
will be invaluable.
273
00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,161
Thank you, sir.
274
00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:05,375
And, colonel...
275
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:11,089
. ..know that l will tell my men always
to gallop toward the enemy. . .
276
00:34:11,257 --> 00:34:13,050
. ..but trot away.
277
00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:18,722
"Trot."
278
00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:29,274
The ratification vote for secession is in.
279
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:34,196
Reporting from all the counties
of Virginia, the vote is 4-to-1 in favor.
280
00:34:39,202 --> 00:34:43,455
And l'm proud to report that the vote
in the Shenandoah Valley. . .
281
00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:47,834
. ..is 31 30 in favor, 1 0 against!
282
00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:55,550
ln my own Rockbridge County, only one
person voted against leaving the Union.
283
00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:57,135
Probably the village idiot!
284
00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:10,315
Order!
285
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:18,365
-Parade, rest!
-Parade.
286
00:35:20,076 --> 00:35:21,660
Men of the valley.
287
00:35:26,582 --> 00:35:28,667
Citizen soldiers.
288
00:35:30,044 --> 00:35:34,881
l am here at the order of General Robert
E. Lee, commanding all Virginia forces.
289
00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:40,262
On April 1 5 of this year
of our Lord, 1 861 ...
290
00:35:40,429 --> 00:35:44,307
. ..Simon Cameron, the secretary of war
of the United States. . .
291
00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:49,062
. ..sent a telegram to our governor to
raise three regiments of infantry. ..
292
00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:53,066
. ..to be sent to assist in suppressing
the Southern Confederacy.
293
00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:57,904
Governor Letcher's answer is well
known to you, but perhaps not his words.
294
00:35:58,447 --> 00:36:01,241
His wire to Washington stated:
295
00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:05,412
"You have chosen to inaugurate civil war.
296
00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:09,166
Having done so, we will meet you
in a spirit as determined. . .
297
00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:13,795
. ..as the Lincoln administration
has exhibited toward the South."
298
00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:19,759
Two days later the Virginia legislature
were voting for secession.
299
00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:26,516
Just as we would not send any of our
soldiers to march in other states...
300
00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:29,102
. ..and tyrannize other people. ..
301
00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:34,524
. ..so will we never allow the armies
of others to march into our state.. .
302
00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:36,693
. ..and tyrannize our people.
303
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:42,490
Like many of you, indeed most of you,
l've always been a Union man.
304
00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:48,955
lt is not with joy or with a light heart
that many have welcomed secession.
305
00:36:49,123 --> 00:36:53,001
Had our neighbors to the North practiced
a less bellicose form of persuasion. ..
306
00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:59,216
. ..this day might not have come.
But that day has been thrust upon us...
307
00:36:59,967 --> 00:37:03,595
. ..like it was thrust upon our ancestors.
308
00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:09,309
The Lincoln administration required
us to raise three regiments.
309
00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,396
Tell them we have done so.
310
00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:49,182
Soldiers! Commanding
General Johnston's orders:
311
00:37:50,184 --> 00:37:53,395
"General Beauregard is being attacked
at Manassas Junction...
312
00:37:53,562 --> 00:37:55,355
. ..by overwhelming forces."
313
00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:59,442
We have been ordered to cross
the Blue Ridge to his assistance.
314
00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:01,653
Every moment now is precious. ..
315
00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:06,658
. ..and the general hopes his soldiers
will step out and keep closed ranks.
316
00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:11,454
Well, this march is a forced march
to save our country.
317
00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:51,286
You must get some rest, sir.
318
00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:56,583
l'll rest easier when Pendleton and
the artillery make it up this mountain.
319
00:38:59,545 --> 00:39:04,215
They'll make better time tomorrow, sir.
lt'll all be downhill.
320
00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:09,429
You'll trust me to wait for the guns, sir?
321
00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:16,019
Dr. McGuire.
322
00:39:18,439 --> 00:39:23,860
You're an excellent practitioner,
and l believe l will take your prescription.
323
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:48,635
No fires, no tents.
Just like l always dreamed it'd be.
324
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:52,972
You suppose the Virginia legislature was
gonna buy you your own personal tent?
325
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:55,225
That's fine for now.
326
00:39:55,393 --> 00:40:01,064
You'll be humming a different tune when
it's raining, you're all covered in frost...
327
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,943
. ..or you need me to dig you
out of a snowdrift.
328
00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:08,321
So damn dark the bats
run into each other.
329
00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:11,324
Old Hickory's just getting us
fit for the fighting.
330
00:40:11,492 --> 00:40:14,828
Old Hickory, Old Jack, Old Blue Light.
331
00:40:14,995 --> 00:40:18,373
How many names you got
for the old man, anyway?
332
00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:22,001
Them VMl boys come up
with the choice one.
333
00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:25,338
They calls him "Tom Fool" when
he's looking the other way.
334
00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:28,800
l'll be a fool if l listened
to you all livelong night.
335
00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:36,474
Old Tom Fool. That name
ought to stick to him like a tick on a mule.
336
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:45,024
That's it! Step lively! Two at a time!
337
00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:50,572
As quick as you can.
No dilly, no dally.
338
00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:57,203
One foot forward, then the other.
Nothing pretty, nothing fancy.
339
00:40:57,371 --> 00:41:03,877
lnto the train. Do it lovely,
do it ugly, all the same to me.
340
00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:07,547
-Colonel Jackson.
-Colonel Trimble.
341
00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:11,176
-l understand you're a train man.
-Baltimore and Ohio.
342
00:41:11,343 --> 00:41:15,472
Spent most of my life building lines,
and the past six months tearing them up.
343
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:18,933
No use in leaving them in fine
fettle with a meddling Yankee.
344
00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:20,894
lf you'll excuse me, sir.
345
00:41:21,061 --> 00:41:25,231
Got to move these men where they'll
do the most damage to the enemy.
346
00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:30,904
Excuse me, ladies.
347
00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:34,574
Now that's the finest dressed man
in the whole Confederate Army.
348
00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:38,369
ln you go! Up and over!
349
00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:41,289
Through the brush and in the clover.
350
00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:45,251
Crowd on in. Move it over.
351
00:42:57,241 --> 00:43:00,326
That's General Bee's brigade!
352
00:43:09,295 --> 00:43:12,088
lnform General Bee the
1 st Virginians are on the field.
353
00:43:12,298 --> 00:43:14,924
Ask him, can he hold long enough
for me to deploy my men?
354
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:16,759
Yes, sir! l'll ask him!
355
00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:20,013
They may not hold, gentlemen.
We must assume they cannot.
356
00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:21,681
-Mr. Smith.
-Sir?
357
00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:26,102
lnstruct lmboden and Stanard to position
their batteries in the center of the crest.
358
00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:29,522
l want the 4th and the 27th
regiments stationed as support.
359
00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:31,608
l want the 5th Regiment
posted to their right. . .
360
00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:33,568
. ..the 2nd and 33rd to the left.
Understood?
361
00:43:33,736 --> 00:43:34,777
-Yes, sir.
-Mm-hm.
362
00:43:46,540 --> 00:43:49,208
Counter battery fire!
363
00:43:49,376 --> 00:43:51,377
Eight hundred yards!
364
00:43:51,545 --> 00:43:55,715
-Shell! Five-second fuse!
-Fire!
365
00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:09,479
Counter battery fire. Eight hundred yards.
366
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:13,733
Shell, five inch. Five-second fuse.
367
00:44:13,901 --> 00:44:15,234
-Fire one!
-Two!
368
00:44:15,402 --> 00:44:17,403
-Three!
-Five, fire!
369
00:44:18,030 --> 00:44:19,572
Get primed!
370
00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:21,240
Fire!
371
00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:37,799
General! Our line on Matthew's Hill
has broken. They are beating us back.
372
00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:40,426
Then we must give them the bayonet!
373
00:44:40,636 --> 00:44:45,890
1 st Brigade, move up to a position just
below the crest of the hill. And stay low!
374
00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:47,600
-Sir.
-Hyah!
375
00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:55,441
Rally, men! Rally!
376
00:44:57,236 --> 00:44:58,778
Look!
377
00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:02,115
There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall.
378
00:45:02,282 --> 00:45:05,201
Let us determine to die here today
and we will conquer.
379
00:45:05,411 --> 00:45:07,078
Rally behind the Virginians!
380
00:45:23,804 --> 00:45:25,972
Fix bayonets.
381
00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:27,932
-Fix bayonets!
-Fix!
382
00:45:35,816 --> 00:45:37,275
SOLDlER:
Fire!
383
00:45:54,918 --> 00:45:56,836
Fill in there--!
384
00:46:02,885 --> 00:46:05,344
lnstruct the men to lay down!
Hug the ground!
385
00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:10,016
-Lie down, men!
-Privates! First rank, lie down!
386
00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:13,603
Second rank, kneel!
387
00:46:32,122 --> 00:46:34,457
They are coming, boys.
388
00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:38,211
Wait till they get close before you shoot.
389
00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:43,382
Hold your lines!
390
00:46:47,888 --> 00:46:49,889
Halt!
391
00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:55,478
Hold your fire!
392
00:46:55,687 --> 00:46:57,396
Ready!
393
00:46:57,606 --> 00:46:59,565
Aim!
394
00:47:00,359 --> 00:47:06,572
Fire!
395
00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:10,451
Fire! Reload!
396
00:47:10,619 --> 00:47:12,912
1 : Rise up!
Quickly, boys!
397
00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:14,831
Rise up!
398
00:47:18,252 --> 00:47:19,961
Quickly, men! Quickly!
399
00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:23,714
Ready!
400
00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:26,175
Aim!
401
00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:36,269
Fire!
402
00:47:40,274 --> 00:47:43,442
Reload! Reload, men!
403
00:47:44,444 --> 00:47:46,988
Come on, boys!
Quick and we can whip them!
404
00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:50,992
-Easy, men. We have no orders to advance!
-Get back in the ranks!
405
00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:54,871
Steady, men. Steady!
406
00:47:57,082 --> 00:47:58,332
Damn it.
407
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:01,168
Charge!
408
00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:08,134
lt's Cummings' boys.
409
00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:13,306
-What are they doing?
-Easy, Mr. Pendleton. Easy.
410
00:48:13,473 --> 00:48:16,183
Good to have your dander up,
but discipline wins the day.
411
00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:45,880
About-face! About-face, men!
Aim! Fire!
412
00:48:47,049 --> 00:48:50,134
For God's sakes, forward!
413
00:49:02,064 --> 00:49:05,358
General, sir, the day is going against us.
414
00:49:06,193 --> 00:49:10,404
lf you think so, sir, you had better
not say anything about it.
415
00:49:29,508 --> 00:49:31,425
Rise up, rise up!
416
00:49:31,885 --> 00:49:34,011
Rise up, Virginia!
417
00:49:34,179 --> 00:49:39,100
Stand up, you men! Stand up, you free men!
We're gonna charge them.
418
00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:43,062
We're gonna drive them to Washington!
Stand up, Virginia!
419
00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:48,150
1 st Brigade...
420
00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:50,069
. ..reserve your fire...
421
00:49:50,237 --> 00:49:52,905
. ..till they come within 50 yards. . .
422
00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:55,408
. ..then fire!
423
00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:58,285
And give them the bayonet!
424
00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:01,038
And when you charge...
425
00:50:01,206 --> 00:50:02,915
. ..yell like Furies!
426
00:50:10,048 --> 00:50:14,093
-Ready! Aim!
-Aim!
427
00:50:16,263 --> 00:50:18,472
-Fire!
-Fire!
428
00:50:22,477 --> 00:50:25,771
Charge bayonets!
429
00:50:53,884 --> 00:50:57,595
Charge!
430
00:51:17,866 --> 00:51:20,576
Press on! Press on!
431
00:51:52,859 --> 00:51:55,194
l surrender! l surrender!
432
00:54:10,997 --> 00:54:12,790
General?
433
00:54:14,542 --> 00:54:18,879
How is it you can keep so serene. . .
434
00:54:19,547 --> 00:54:24,426
. ..and stay so utterly insensible...
435
00:54:25,345 --> 00:54:29,181
. ..with a storm of shells and bullets
raining about your head?
436
00:54:29,349 --> 00:54:31,767
Captain Smith...
437
00:54:31,935 --> 00:54:37,231
. ..my religious belief teaches me
to feel as safe in battle as in bed.
438
00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:41,860
God has fixed the time for my death,
l do not concern myself with that...
439
00:54:42,028 --> 00:54:45,698
. ..but to be always ready,
whenever it may overtake me.
440
00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:49,326
That is the way all men should live.
441
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,538
Then all men would be equally brave.
442
00:55:05,468 --> 00:55:11,223
Preliminary reports for the brigade, sir.
One hundred and eleven dead.
443
00:55:11,433 --> 00:55:15,144
Three hundred seventy-three
wounded or missing.
444
00:55:15,312 --> 00:55:18,981
And if l may ask, sir, how's your hand?
445
00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:24,153
Just a spent bullet. No more than
a scratch really, Mr. Pendleton.
446
00:55:24,321 --> 00:55:29,074
l'm more than pleased with the part
performed by the brigade during the action.
447
00:55:29,576 --> 00:55:31,744
Through the blessing of God. . .
448
00:55:33,038 --> 00:55:37,583
. ..they met the thus far victorious enemy
and turned the fortunes of the day.
449
00:55:40,378 --> 00:55:42,588
Good evening, gentlemen.
450
00:55:43,089 --> 00:55:44,965
Tomorrow's a new day.
451
00:55:45,592 --> 00:55:47,301
-Evening, general.
-Evening, sir.
452
00:55:47,469 --> 00:55:49,428
Oh, Mr. Pendleton?
453
00:55:49,596 --> 00:55:51,430
Thank you for the report.
454
00:55:54,517 --> 00:55:57,311
l will never forget these men.
455
00:56:14,954 --> 00:56:20,584
Which is it tonight, John?
Hamlet? Richard Ill? Or the Scottish play?
456
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,669
The schedule's posted.
457
00:56:22,837 --> 00:56:25,798
l'm relieved to see
you've prepared for your role.
458
00:56:26,758 --> 00:56:32,513
l admit, my concentration has been impaired
by the distractions of this war.
459
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,475
Mm.
Then think "winter of our discontent."
460
00:56:37,143 --> 00:56:39,478
And what a glorious summer it will be. . .
461
00:56:39,646 --> 00:56:42,731
. ..when the South is free
of these meddling Yankees.
462
00:56:51,324 --> 00:56:53,659
Sometimes when l'm up on that stage...
463
00:56:53,827 --> 00:56:57,871
. ..brandishing the prop sword
or threatening with the mock word...
464
00:56:58,498 --> 00:57:01,875
. .. l wonder if it's more farce
than tragedy.
465
00:57:02,043 --> 00:57:04,837
More posturing than art.
466
00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:07,756
Harrison.
467
00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:13,345
As we recite and declaim,
others march and die.
468
00:57:17,183 --> 00:57:18,517
Down in Mississippi. . .
469
00:57:18,685 --> 00:57:22,354
. ..when all the other boys went
hunting or fishing, l was reading books.. .
470
00:57:23,064 --> 00:57:26,066
. ..learning Shakespeare sonnets by heart.
471
00:57:27,193 --> 00:57:29,236
My daddy said art
was the hardest thing.
472
00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:31,989
That everything else seems
more important at the time. . .
473
00:57:32,532 --> 00:57:35,534
. ..but that we needed it more than air.
474
00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:37,369
More than food, even.
475
00:57:38,997 --> 00:57:41,665
So now it's politics instead of hunting.
476
00:57:43,209 --> 00:57:44,668
Same old thing.
477
00:57:45,712 --> 00:57:49,631
Gotta stay concentrated
on what really matters.
478
00:57:51,718 --> 00:57:53,886
Shakespeare matters.
479
00:57:58,808 --> 00:58:00,934
Acting matters.
480
00:58:18,119 --> 00:58:20,537
Gentlemen, new orders
from the War Department.
481
00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:26,919
The Confederate Army's been reorganized
into three districts.
482
00:58:27,253 --> 00:58:30,547
That of the Potomac will remain
under General Beauregard.
483
00:58:30,715 --> 00:58:33,258
The Aquia under General Holmes.
484
00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:39,264
Um, l've been promoted
to major general. . .
485
00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:43,685
. ..commanding all forces in and around
the Shenandoah Valley.
486
00:58:44,103 --> 00:58:49,149
The entire army together will now be known
as the Army of Northern Virginia.
487
00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:53,779
Although l am being transferred
to Winchester...
488
00:58:53,947 --> 00:58:57,449
. ..the brigade must remain here
at Centreville.
489
00:58:58,117 --> 00:58:59,785
Begging your pardon, sir. ..
490
00:58:59,953 --> 00:59:02,746
. ..but the men would prefer
remaining under your command.
491
00:59:03,289 --> 00:59:04,790
That's right, sir.
492
00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:08,126
Couldn't the entire brigade be transferred
with you to the Valley?
493
00:59:08,294 --> 00:59:13,006
Gentlemen, such a degree
of public respect, confidence...
494
00:59:13,174 --> 00:59:17,594
. ..as puts it in one's power to serve
his country must be accepted and prized.
495
00:59:17,929 --> 00:59:19,805
But apart from that. . .
496
00:59:20,098 --> 00:59:22,849
. ..promotion among men is only
a temptation and a trouble.
497
00:59:23,017 --> 00:59:26,812
Had this not come to me as an order,
l should instantly have declined it. . .
498
00:59:26,980 --> 00:59:30,399
. ..continued in command
of my brave old brigade.
499
00:59:31,025 --> 00:59:34,945
Sir, may we hope. ..
500
00:59:35,738 --> 00:59:39,449
. ..that a formal entreaty
to the authorities in Richmond. . .
501
00:59:39,617 --> 00:59:42,744
. ..may effect a transfer
of the entire brigade to the Valley?
502
00:59:42,912 --> 00:59:43,996
Hear, hear.
503
00:59:44,163 --> 00:59:47,332
l'll not stop you
from making such a request.
504
00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:51,169
But for now, we must prepare ourselves.
505
00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:56,174
We shall all have our labors to perform...
506
00:59:56,968 --> 01:00:02,347
. ..but with the help
of an ever-kindly heavenly father. . .
507
01:00:02,515 --> 01:00:05,809
. .. l trust he will enable us
to accomplish them.
508
01:00:07,228 --> 01:00:09,980
Forward!
509
01:00:10,148 --> 01:00:12,316
Rest!
510
01:00:18,323 --> 01:00:21,867
Throughout the broad extent
of the country...
511
01:00:22,035 --> 01:00:24,661
. ..through which you have marched. . .
512
01:00:25,872 --> 01:00:30,042
. ..by your respect for the rights
and property of others. ..
513
01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:34,421
. ..you have always shown you are soldiers,
not only to defend. . .
514
01:00:35,381 --> 01:00:39,176
. ..but able and willing
both to defend and protect.
515
01:00:39,344 --> 01:00:41,845
You've already won...
516
01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:46,850
. ..a brilliant reputation throughout the Army
of the whole Confederacy.
517
01:00:47,018 --> 01:00:50,562
And l trust in the future
by your deeds in the field...
518
01:00:51,898 --> 01:00:56,401
. ..and by the assistance of the same kind
providence who has favored our cause...
519
01:00:56,569 --> 01:01:02,240
. ..you will win more victories and add
luster to the reputation you now enjoy.
520
01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:07,412
You already gained a proud position. . .
521
01:01:07,872 --> 01:01:10,916
. ..in the future history of this. . .
522
01:01:11,084 --> 01:01:13,919
. ..our second war of independence.
523
01:01:17,590 --> 01:01:22,094
l shall look with anxiety
to your future movements...
524
01:01:22,553 --> 01:01:26,390
. ..and l trust whenever l shall hear
of the 1 st Brigade. . .
525
01:01:26,557 --> 01:01:28,725
. ..on the field of battle. . .
526
01:01:28,893 --> 01:01:34,606
. ..it will be of still nobler deeds achieved
and higher reputation won.
527
01:01:39,946 --> 01:01:45,409
ln the Army of the Shenandoah,
you were the 1 st Brigade.
528
01:01:45,910 --> 01:01:49,287
ln the Army of the Potomac,
you were the 1 st Brigade.
529
01:01:49,789 --> 01:01:53,959
ln the 2nd Corps of this Army,
you are the 1 st Brigade.
530
01:01:54,127 --> 01:01:58,714
You are the 1 st Brigade
in the affections of your general.
531
01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:04,845
And l hope by your future deeds and bearing
you will be handed down to posterity. . .
532
01:02:05,638 --> 01:02:08,098
. ..as the 1 st Brigade. . .
533
01:02:08,266 --> 01:02:11,727
. ..in this, our second war of independence.
534
01:02:17,734 --> 01:02:19,735
Farewell!
535
01:02:27,660 --> 01:02:31,913
Jackson! Jackson! Jackson! Jackson!
536
01:02:32,081 --> 01:02:35,041
Jackson! Jackson! Jackson!
537
01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:46,678
The universe itself
is subject to rules, to law.
538
01:02:46,846 --> 01:02:50,849
The super-abounding life lavished
on this world of ours.. .
539
01:02:51,392 --> 01:02:53,351
. ..is proof. . .
540
01:02:53,519 --> 01:02:56,313
. ..that the play of infinite freedom.. .
541
01:02:56,481 --> 01:03:01,318
. ..is here to help work out
the will of infinite law.
542
01:03:01,486 --> 01:03:06,823
The nature of the universe demonstrates. . .
543
01:03:06,991 --> 01:03:11,328
. ..that freedom can only exist...
544
01:03:11,496 --> 01:03:13,622
. ..as part of law.
545
01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:19,377
Pardon me, Professor Chamberlain. . .
546
01:03:19,545 --> 01:03:23,507
. ..but how does the study of philosophy
intersect with real life?
547
01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:28,428
lf freedom can only exist as a part of law. . .
548
01:03:28,596 --> 01:03:31,556
. ..how can we continue to tolerate slavery
protected by law?
549
01:03:47,198 --> 01:03:48,740
Lawrence, l know.
550
01:03:50,535 --> 01:03:51,576
How?
551
01:03:53,412 --> 01:03:57,249
l've noticed the way you've been looking
into the children's room each night.
552
01:04:14,308 --> 01:04:15,559
Blue.
553
01:04:15,726 --> 01:04:19,396
Why blue uniforms? lt should be red.
554
01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:24,234
-Like the English, the color of blood.
-Are you angry with me?
555
01:04:24,402 --> 01:04:26,111
Lawrence, my darling Lawrence.
556
01:04:26,779 --> 01:04:29,865
Do you remember when you were
thinking of being a missionary?
557
01:04:30,032 --> 01:04:32,951
And you wrote me saying
that you wished your little wife...
558
01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:36,288
. ..was willing for you to take
whatever course you thought best...
559
01:04:36,455 --> 01:04:39,791
. ..and was ready to help you
in it with all her heart?
560
01:04:39,959 --> 01:04:43,837
"Little wife."
How could l ever have called you that?
561
01:04:44,005 --> 01:04:46,464
Your spirit is vaster than oceans.
562
01:04:47,466 --> 01:04:49,968
Then you wrote back.
563
01:04:51,971 --> 01:04:55,515
And l have never forgotten
what you said.
564
01:04:56,350 --> 01:04:59,686
You said, "Well, dear, she is willing. . .
565
01:04:59,854 --> 01:05:05,150
. ..and she feels that you know better
about the matter than she does."
566
01:05:07,278 --> 01:05:09,321
But now. . .
567
01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:13,033
. .. l never think l know better than you.
568
01:05:14,619 --> 01:05:18,538
l couldn't bear for you to feel that you
must forever remain at a stand. . .
569
01:05:18,706 --> 01:05:20,498
. ..just because you're married.
570
01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:25,086
l always want to help you on
in your excelsior striving.
571
01:05:27,506 --> 01:05:33,511
But l had a dream about you, Lawrence.
Last night.
572
01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:37,515
While you were away,
offering your services to the governor.
573
01:05:39,268 --> 01:05:45,106
l saw you in my dream.
There were boys in blue marching past.
574
01:05:45,399 --> 01:05:50,028
Some of the boys that we know.
575
01:05:50,196 --> 01:05:53,198
And there you were. . .
576
01:05:53,366 --> 01:05:56,785
. ..riding ahead of them
on a great, white horse.
577
01:05:57,787 --> 01:06:02,540
Fanny, my love, l felt l had to go.
578
01:06:02,708 --> 01:06:06,753
l offered the governor my services,
wherever he wanted to place me.
579
01:06:07,046 --> 01:06:11,132
l thought he'd probably order me
to an officer.
580
01:06:11,300 --> 01:06:15,553
-Speeches, administration.
-Oh.
581
01:06:15,721 --> 01:06:17,347
Lawrence...
582
01:06:17,515 --> 01:06:20,809
. .. l know you.
When you do a thing, you do it à l'outrance.
583
01:06:22,144 --> 01:06:26,815
-So? He gave you a commission, didn't he?
-They need serving officers.
584
01:06:35,866 --> 01:06:38,493
Five new regiments are being formed now.
585
01:06:38,995 --> 01:06:43,081
Maine has already sent 1 5.
How could l refuse?
586
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:45,917
Poor Lawrence, damn you,
you'll be good at it too.
587
01:06:46,585 --> 01:06:50,630
You'll be good at soldiering just like
you're good at everything else. So go.
588
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:52,841
Go do your duty to your country's flag...
589
01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:56,761
. ..go on and get your medals for bravery,
go and get yourself killed.
590
01:07:24,665 --> 01:07:26,332
That poem of Lovelace.
591
01:07:29,462 --> 01:07:35,967
That beautiful, horrible, damnable,
lovely, sad poem.
592
01:07:36,135 --> 01:07:39,304
l think that you recited it in my dream.
593
01:07:40,931 --> 01:07:43,641
Lovelace. "Off to the English Civil War"?
594
01:07:47,438 --> 01:07:50,857
l would not dare presume
to quote it now.
595
01:08:00,659 --> 01:08:05,747
Tell me not, sweet, l am unkind
596
01:08:06,832 --> 01:08:11,086
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
597
01:08:11,253 --> 01:08:13,588
To warlike arms l fly.
598
01:08:14,882 --> 01:08:18,802
True, a new mistress now l serve
599
01:08:18,969 --> 01:08:21,763
The first foe in the field
600
01:08:21,931 --> 01:08:28,019
And with a sterner faith embrace
The sword, a horse, a shield.
601
01:08:32,691 --> 01:08:36,194
Yet this inconstancy is such
602
01:08:36,362 --> 01:08:39,572
As thou too shalt adore.
603
01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:47,997
l could not love thee, dear, so much
604
01:08:50,417 --> 01:08:53,545
Loved l not honor more.
605
01:09:04,890 --> 01:09:07,559
You will be wounded.
606
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:13,064
You will be changed by the horrors of it.
607
01:09:13,732 --> 01:09:16,151
But you will come home.
608
01:09:16,402 --> 01:09:20,697
l believe that, my love.
You will come home.
609
01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:36,254
Come in.
610
01:09:38,007 --> 01:09:40,758
You must be Mr. Lewis.
611
01:09:41,177 --> 01:09:44,637
Ha, ha.
There's some that calls me Uncle Jim.
612
01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:48,933
Some calls me Big Jim.
Some folks just calls me Jim.
613
01:09:49,143 --> 01:09:52,687
l don't suppose you've heard
any of the names l get called?
614
01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:56,024
l heard Stonewall once.
615
01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:59,777
That name properly belongs
to the 1 st Virginia Brigade, not to me.
616
01:09:59,945 --> 01:10:03,781
-They were the ones who earned it.
-Some folks says otherwise.
617
01:10:03,949 --> 01:10:10,455
Folks say men can't fight without
nobody up front to lead them on.
618
01:10:10,623 --> 01:10:14,918
-l'm told you're a first-rate cook.
-Ha, ha. Yes, sir.
619
01:10:15,085 --> 01:10:19,214
They wasn't lying, told you that.
Whatever you likes to eat, l can cook it.
620
01:10:19,423 --> 01:10:23,635
Pan-fry, griddle, boil, bake. Roasted.
621
01:10:24,929 --> 01:10:29,307
And l understand you're from Lexington.
You come highly recommended to me, Jim.
622
01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:34,479
Lexington is my home, general.
Same as yours.
623
01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:38,191
lf l could do my share
in defending my home...
624
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:40,652
. .. l'd be doing the same as you.
625
01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:44,822
l heard it was Napoleon hisself said:
626
01:10:44,990 --> 01:10:48,743
"An army can't march
but on its stomach."
627
01:10:52,581 --> 01:10:54,832
Well. . . .
628
01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,543
lf you love your country...
629
01:10:58,087 --> 01:11:00,129
. ..fear the Lord...
630
01:11:00,297 --> 01:11:04,592
. ..and have no trouble getting up at
4:00 in the morning, the job is yours.
631
01:11:08,347 --> 01:11:12,725
Yous got yourself a deal, general.
632
01:11:12,935 --> 01:11:15,311
Sir.
633
01:11:32,746 --> 01:11:35,873
My darling esposita.
634
01:11:39,878 --> 01:11:42,380
Welcome to Winchester.
635
01:11:42,548 --> 01:11:45,925
Thomas. Oh.
636
01:11:46,427 --> 01:11:49,637
-Come in out of the cold.
-Why, thank you.
637
01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:03,568
-l have been thinking, Thomas...
-Mm.
638
01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,738
. ..that it may have been a blessing. . .
639
01:12:06,905 --> 01:12:11,284
. ..that the Battle of Manassas
was fought on my birthday.
640
01:12:12,286 --> 01:12:14,412
Why is that?
641
01:12:15,205 --> 01:12:20,877
ln our old age, you will never forget it.
642
01:12:25,132 --> 01:12:30,011
l will forget my own
before l ever forget yours.
643
01:12:33,932 --> 01:12:35,808
Oh, Anna.
644
01:12:35,976 --> 01:12:37,852
Anna.
645
01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:41,731
What is it, Tom?
646
01:12:42,608 --> 01:12:44,442
What?
647
01:12:49,239 --> 01:12:55,661
Everything in this life seems so fragile.
648
01:12:56,288 --> 01:12:58,206
So temporary.
649
01:13:01,460 --> 01:13:05,630
When we are separated, l fear...
650
01:13:05,798 --> 01:13:08,591
. .. l will never see you again.
651
01:13:10,260 --> 01:13:13,429
l fear we may never have a child.
652
01:13:16,058 --> 01:13:20,520
l fear l may lose you
if we dare to have a child.
653
01:13:20,687 --> 01:13:24,649
l know l should trust in the Lord. . .
654
01:13:25,484 --> 01:13:31,614
. ..but then l see the face
of my dear mama. . .
655
01:13:33,742 --> 01:13:38,621
. ..of my first wife, dead and cold.
656
01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:41,040
With our dead darling.
657
01:13:42,376 --> 01:13:46,838
Dead before he could draw
his first breath in this world.
658
01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:49,674
And l am afraid.
659
01:13:51,718 --> 01:13:58,141
And l am afraid to feel happiness.
660
01:13:58,308 --> 01:14:02,520
Afraid to hope for it again.
661
01:14:02,896 --> 01:14:06,899
l am afraid of God's judgment.
662
01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:13,573
We serve a loving God, Thomas.
663
01:14:14,491 --> 01:14:18,035
We are in each other's arms.
664
01:14:18,787 --> 01:14:23,124
We are together,
and we are happy together.
665
01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:27,712
And is our love not proof of his?
666
01:14:29,047 --> 01:14:32,341
We must not fear, Thomas.
667
01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:36,345
We will survive this war.
668
01:14:37,097 --> 01:14:40,057
And we will have a child.
669
01:14:40,893 --> 01:14:43,478
So help us, God.
670
01:15:05,584 --> 01:15:08,044
-Major Gilmore, stop that damn drumming!
-Quiet!
671
01:15:08,212 --> 01:15:11,422
-Stop that damn drumming!
-Quiet!
672
01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,142
This is a hell of a regiment.
673
01:15:24,686 --> 01:15:28,481
Men of the 20th Maine Regiment
of Volunteers. . .
674
01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:32,485
. ..this is your commanding officer,
Colonel Adelbert Ames.
675
01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:35,738
Quiet! Quiet!
676
01:15:35,948 --> 01:15:39,367
You do not cheer an officer.
677
01:15:39,535 --> 01:15:40,826
You salute him.
678
01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:44,497
20th Maine, l commend you
for the enthusiasm...
679
01:15:44,665 --> 01:15:48,000
. ..that has made you volunteer
for service in Lincoln's Army.
680
01:15:48,835 --> 01:15:51,921
l can see that many of you
are strong and fit.
681
01:15:52,172 --> 01:15:55,633
We Maine men know that
life in the woods of Maine...
682
01:15:55,801 --> 01:15:58,636
. ..toughens the muscles
and stretches the sinews.
683
01:15:58,804 --> 01:16:02,223
l've no doubt many of you
have become good shots by hunting deer.
684
01:16:02,474 --> 01:16:07,311
But tough muscles and skillful shooting
are not enough to make a soldier.
685
01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:10,189
That requires discipline.
686
01:16:10,649 --> 01:16:14,694
Major Gilmore tells me you are in the habit
of holding discussions with your officers.
687
01:16:14,987 --> 01:16:17,446
That will cease from now.
688
01:16:17,656 --> 01:16:22,827
An officer's orders are to be obeyed
instantly and without question.
689
01:16:24,204 --> 01:16:27,748
This regiment must learn
to move as one man.
690
01:16:28,792 --> 01:16:31,711
Otherwise we will all be killed.
691
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:36,299
-See if you can teach them to march.
-Yes, sir.
692
01:16:36,466 --> 01:16:38,217
Colonel Chamberlain.
693
01:16:39,803 --> 01:16:41,262
Come with me.
694
01:16:45,684 --> 01:16:49,395
When l say, "20th Maine, attention". . .
695
01:16:49,563 --> 01:16:51,856
. ..you bring your feet together.
696
01:16:52,024 --> 01:16:54,442
Governor Washburn
and Adjutant General Hodgson. . .
697
01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:56,986
. ..have sent me
an impressive report about you.
698
01:16:57,154 --> 01:17:00,156
They say you will master
any assignment you're given.
699
01:17:00,532 --> 01:17:03,034
l shall certainly try, sir.
700
01:17:04,703 --> 01:17:07,788
l, uh, understand you were in
the Battle of Bull Run.
701
01:17:07,956 --> 01:17:11,751
Wounded too. lt taught me the need
for discipline and proper procedure.
702
01:17:11,918 --> 01:17:14,003
Take the act of shooting, for example.
703
01:17:14,171 --> 01:17:17,882
When you're hunting in the Maine woods
there's no difficulty in loading a rifle.
704
01:17:18,050 --> 01:17:20,593
But in the panic of war,
men act foolishly.
705
01:17:20,761 --> 01:17:24,221
ln Bull Run l saw a soldier forget
to remove his ramrod from the barrel.
706
01:17:24,389 --> 01:17:27,350
When he fired,
out it flew with a dismal twang.
707
01:17:27,517 --> 01:17:31,312
He lost the means of firing again
and was killed soon after by a Rebel bullet.
708
01:17:45,952 --> 01:17:48,496
Sergeant Tom Chamberlain
reporting for duty, sir.
709
01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:50,748
Tom, what on earth--?
What are you doing?
710
01:17:50,916 --> 01:17:54,502
l signed up, Lawrence, l'm in this regiment.
l'm coming with you.
711
01:17:54,670 --> 01:17:57,421
Did Father approve?
How will he run the farm?
712
01:17:57,589 --> 01:18:00,383
Once he heard you were colonel,
he couldn't say no.
713
01:18:00,550 --> 01:18:03,386
Besides, you know him,
he'll be all right. They both will.
714
01:18:03,553 --> 01:18:05,763
l'm giving them one less thing to cuss at.
715
01:18:05,931 --> 01:18:10,393
Mama said so many prayers for the both
of us, we got nothing to worry about.
716
01:18:10,894 --> 01:18:14,647
Well, l guess l have one more responsibility.
l have to look after you.
717
01:18:15,273 --> 01:18:16,357
Me?
718
01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:19,485
Lawrence, Mama told me
to watch after you.
719
01:18:43,969 --> 01:18:48,931
Just remember, lads, even a tin cup
is a great weight after 20 mile.
720
01:18:49,099 --> 01:18:53,060
Your precarious pegs won't last
if you turn yourselves into pack mules.
721
01:18:53,228 --> 01:18:56,105
And only one leg to a pant, if you please.
722
01:18:56,356 --> 01:18:58,190
You'll soon be at the worn end of it...
723
01:18:58,358 --> 01:19:01,736
. ..where your formal attire will be
your shirt collar and boots.
724
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:05,156
ln the U.S. Army we have
the School of the Soldier. . .
725
01:19:05,323 --> 01:19:08,075
. ..in which the soldier is trained
and by numbers drilled.
726
01:19:08,243 --> 01:19:10,703
Loading a musket
is done in nine movements. . .
727
01:19:10,871 --> 01:19:13,497
. ..performed over and over
until they become automatic. ..
728
01:19:13,665 --> 01:19:16,584
. ..or, as we call it, loading in nine times.
729
01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:18,461
Aah! l see. Sergeant Chamberlain.
730
01:19:18,628 --> 01:19:20,504
Loading in nine times. Demonstrate this.
731
01:19:20,839 --> 01:19:22,673
Assume the musket has just been fired.
732
01:19:22,841 --> 01:19:25,760
One, reach into cartridge box
and withdraw cartridge.
733
01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:28,888
Two, place cartridge between teeth.
734
01:19:29,055 --> 01:19:30,848
Three, tear paper open.
735
01:19:31,016 --> 01:19:34,685
Four, pour powder into barrel
and charge cartridge.
736
01:19:43,987 --> 01:19:47,865
Five, withdraw the ramrod.
Six, ram the ball home.
737
01:19:48,033 --> 01:19:49,867
Seven, return ramrod.
738
01:19:50,035 --> 01:19:52,369
Eight, half-cock the hammer...
739
01:19:52,537 --> 01:19:54,288
. ..remove old cap. ..
740
01:19:54,456 --> 01:19:57,041
. ..and put a new cap on the cone.
741
01:20:00,086 --> 01:20:02,254
Nine, shoulder arms.
742
01:20:02,923 --> 01:20:04,423
All right, you have the idea.
743
01:20:04,591 --> 01:20:08,677
But this must be done without thinking
and much, much faster.
744
01:20:08,845 --> 01:20:10,304
Here.
745
01:20:10,472 --> 01:20:13,015
One, two, three, four...
746
01:20:13,767 --> 01:20:15,434
. ..five...
747
01:20:16,728 --> 01:20:18,270
. ..six...
748
01:20:19,064 --> 01:20:20,898
. ..seven...
749
01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:24,360
. ..eight...
750
01:20:25,570 --> 01:20:26,987
. ..nine.
751
01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:29,782
Practice until you can do it
as fast as that.
752
01:20:29,950 --> 01:20:32,576
lt may save your lives. Colonel.
753
01:20:35,372 --> 01:20:38,791
Line of battle consists of two lines of men,
one behind the other. ..
754
01:20:38,959 --> 01:20:41,961
. ..so that while one line fires,
the other reloads.
755
01:20:42,128 --> 01:20:47,341
Behind them is a line of, uh, file closers.
Lieutenants and sergeants.
756
01:20:47,509 --> 01:20:50,094
But two lines make a regiment
unwieldy on the move...
757
01:20:50,262 --> 01:20:52,555
. ..so we need to switch to column of fours.
758
01:20:52,722 --> 01:20:56,267
We need to be able to change from
column of fours to line of battle. . .
759
01:20:56,434 --> 01:20:58,102
. ..and back again quickly.
760
01:20:58,270 --> 01:21:01,564
lt is not difficult to move from line of battle
into column of fours.
761
01:21:01,731 --> 01:21:05,025
lt is harder to move from
column of fours into line of battle...
762
01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:09,071
...and if we're called to make that move,
it will be when we're under fire.
763
01:21:09,239 --> 01:21:13,701
You understand how important it is that
these moves are learned so thoroughly...
764
01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:17,079
...that the men can perform them
in their sleep.
765
01:21:26,631 --> 01:21:28,966
Company. . .
766
01:21:29,634 --> 01:21:31,552
. ..halt!
767
01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:35,890
Company, front!
768
01:21:39,853 --> 01:21:42,313
Order arms!
769
01:21:52,282 --> 01:21:54,825
Well done, colonel. That's a beginning.
770
01:21:54,993 --> 01:21:58,287
But that move must be practiced
and practiced and practiced.
771
01:21:58,496 --> 01:22:00,372
Another month and we'll be ready.
772
01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:03,500
But we leave for Washington tomorrow.
773
01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:11,550
Shoulder arms!
774
01:22:13,803 --> 01:22:17,890
Company, forward march!
775
01:22:32,707 --> 01:22:36,060
it's only September.
Too soon for winter camp.
776
01:22:37,245 --> 01:22:39,580
We have the momentum.
777
01:22:39,956 --> 01:22:42,749
l propose we advance our army
north into Maryland...
778
01:22:42,917 --> 01:22:46,170
. ..because there the farms are plentiful
and nearly untouched.
779
01:22:46,421 --> 01:22:50,174
And with a fall harvest,
we could feed our troops very well indeed.
780
01:22:50,341 --> 01:22:52,759
And there is one other consideration.
781
01:22:52,927 --> 01:22:55,846
Maryland is being held in the Union
by force.
782
01:22:56,014 --> 01:23:00,100
Our arrival may be viewed as a liberation.
783
01:23:00,268 --> 01:23:03,061
We might receive some hospitality.
784
01:23:03,229 --> 01:23:07,191
Might even receive a number of volunteers
for service in the Army.
785
01:23:07,358 --> 01:23:11,361
General, might this not be considered
an invasion?
786
01:23:11,529 --> 01:23:14,198
l don't believe so, general. No, sir.
787
01:23:14,365 --> 01:23:16,283
With the Federal invasion of Virginia. . .
788
01:23:16,451 --> 01:23:19,119
. ..the Confederacy proved
who's the aggressor here.
789
01:23:19,287 --> 01:23:21,121
We did not bring this war...
790
01:23:21,289 --> 01:23:24,541
. ..and we fight now only to free the South
of Federal occupation.
791
01:23:26,419 --> 01:23:28,212
As l've said many times. . .
792
01:23:28,379 --> 01:23:32,674
. ..if Washington will end their side
of the fighting and recall their armies...
793
01:23:32,842 --> 01:23:34,635
. ..this war will be over.
794
01:23:35,261 --> 01:23:37,304
But in the meantime...
795
01:23:37,972 --> 01:23:40,724
. ..we must show the enemy
that they cannot win.
796
01:23:40,892 --> 01:23:42,768
Cannot win.
797
01:23:42,936 --> 01:23:47,022
Now, by moving into Maryland, we'd be
in a position to push into Pennsylvania.
798
01:23:47,190 --> 01:23:51,944
And so far, gentlemen,
the bloody fields are Southern fields.
799
01:23:52,570 --> 01:23:54,821
lf we threaten the Northern cities...
800
01:23:54,989 --> 01:23:58,325
. ..if we threaten to bring the blood
into the North. . .
801
01:24:00,036 --> 01:24:02,371
. ..there'll be pressure on Lincoln
to end this war.
802
01:24:02,538 --> 01:24:03,914
Amen.
803
01:24:05,208 --> 01:24:09,253
Our presence, just the threat,
could be sufficient.
804
01:24:09,420 --> 01:24:10,587
General Lee...
805
01:24:11,089 --> 01:24:15,884
. ..we'd be cutting ourselves off from
our base of supplies, communications.
806
01:24:16,052 --> 01:24:17,886
We'd be vulnerable from the rear, sir.
807
01:24:18,054 --> 01:24:21,348
General Longstreet, you marched
into Mexico with General Scott?
808
01:24:21,975 --> 01:24:23,058
Yes, sir.
809
01:24:23,226 --> 01:24:26,937
Did not General Scott cut himself off
from his supplies and communication?
810
01:24:27,522 --> 01:24:31,650
And by so doing,
did he not bring a rapid end to that war?
811
01:24:32,151 --> 01:24:34,903
And did he not accomplish all of that
in a foreign land?
812
01:24:35,905 --> 01:24:38,198
Well, this is not a foreign land.
813
01:24:38,366 --> 01:24:42,244
The citizens will see we're not coming
to vandalize as the Yankees did to us.
814
01:24:42,412 --> 01:24:44,371
We've come to end the war quickly. . .
815
01:24:44,539 --> 01:24:47,291
. ..and without any need
to conquer or subdue anyone.
816
01:24:50,044 --> 01:24:52,587
We proved our superiority
on the battlefield.
817
01:24:52,755 --> 01:24:56,008
That superiority may be
all we need, gentlemen.
818
01:24:56,175 --> 01:24:58,302
All we need.
819
01:24:58,469 --> 01:25:00,846
-General Lee?
-Yes.
820
01:25:01,014 --> 01:25:04,016
Pleased to hear we're finally
taking the war to the enemy.
821
01:25:04,183 --> 01:25:06,893
Let them feel the scourge
of this war that they began.
822
01:25:07,061 --> 01:25:08,645
Yes, sir.
823
01:25:09,022 --> 01:25:12,316
His torch is at thy temple door
824
01:25:12,734 --> 01:25:16,528
Maryland, my Maryland
825
01:25:16,696 --> 01:25:20,824
Avenge the patriotic gore
826
01:25:20,992 --> 01:25:24,703
That flecked the streets of Baltimore
827
01:25:24,871 --> 01:25:29,249
And be the battle queen of yore
828
01:25:29,417 --> 01:25:33,462
Maryland, my Maryland
829
01:25:45,475 --> 01:25:48,643
Morning to you, sir.
Colonel Ames sent me to get you.
830
01:25:48,811 --> 01:25:52,981
-Said you might be needing a drop of this.
-Ah. Thank you. ...
831
01:25:53,191 --> 01:25:58,362
Kilrain, sir. Sergeant Kilrain.
Glad to be of service.
832
01:25:59,364 --> 01:26:01,490
You know, colonel, uh...
833
01:26:01,657 --> 01:26:03,950
. ..the boys. . . .
834
01:26:04,118 --> 01:26:06,495
We've been watching you, sir,
that we have.
835
01:26:06,996 --> 01:26:10,749
You've learned fast.
Becoming a pleasure to serve under you.
836
01:26:10,917 --> 01:26:12,667
Yes, well, ahem....
837
01:26:12,835 --> 01:26:15,087
Are you a, uh, veteran, sergeant?
838
01:26:15,254 --> 01:26:18,006
Aye, sir. l suppose you could say that.
839
01:26:18,174 --> 01:26:20,675
Did me duty in the regular Army
for a while.
840
01:26:20,968 --> 01:26:25,680
Did the great long walk with General Scott,
down south of the Rio Grande.
841
01:26:26,182 --> 01:26:30,852
Uh, some men you fought with are on
the other side. Almost all of their generals.
842
01:26:31,145 --> 01:26:34,523
Oh, it gets worse than generals, colonel.
843
01:26:34,690 --> 01:26:39,986
Some of the lads that l left lreland with
are on the other side as well. lmagine that.
844
01:26:40,154 --> 01:26:42,531
We left together to escape a tyranny...
845
01:26:43,074 --> 01:26:47,035
. ..and end up shooting at one another
in the land of the free.
846
01:26:50,331 --> 01:26:53,500
l, too, have friends
on the other side, sergeant.
847
01:26:54,877 --> 01:26:56,211
And enemies.
848
01:26:57,213 --> 01:26:58,880
Yes, sir.
849
01:26:59,048 --> 01:27:02,676
No shortage of enemies, that's for sure.
850
01:27:10,518 --> 01:27:12,144
We're ordered to remain in place.
851
01:27:12,311 --> 01:27:14,604
The army is spreading out
a couple miles up.
852
01:27:14,772 --> 01:27:17,107
The enemy is dug in
behind a small creek.
853
01:27:17,275 --> 01:27:20,110
Antietam Creek,
just this side of Sharpsburg.
854
01:27:20,278 --> 01:27:22,529
We may be put into the battle
at any time.
855
01:27:22,697 --> 01:27:26,283
For now, get the men to step it up,
finish breakfast and wait for orders.
856
01:27:26,451 --> 01:27:28,535
-Got that?
-Certainly, colonel.
857
01:27:33,708 --> 01:27:37,043
Whose guns are those?
Has the attack begun?
858
01:27:37,753 --> 01:27:41,923
Likely it's the first feeling-out,
probing, testing of strength.
859
01:27:42,592 --> 01:27:44,885
lt's a game to the artillery boys. . .
860
01:27:45,052 --> 01:27:48,054
. ..letting you know they can hit you
when the time comes.
861
01:27:50,475 --> 01:27:53,518
Lawrence. Lawrence, lookie here.
862
01:27:53,769 --> 01:27:55,687
This is what we've been eating
every day.
863
01:27:56,564 --> 01:27:59,316
But you know what?
l've gained some weight.
864
01:27:59,484 --> 01:28:02,152
Hard to believe a man could
gain some weight on a diet of worms.
865
01:28:04,655 --> 01:28:07,532
Well, best eat up, sergeant.
We're moving out.
866
01:28:38,356 --> 01:28:39,981
Good morning, sir.
867
01:28:40,149 --> 01:28:43,109
The Yankees are coming thick and fast
in the woods before us.
868
01:28:43,903 --> 01:28:45,320
We're making it hot for them.
869
01:28:45,905 --> 01:28:48,281
We must hold this ridge. We must.
870
01:28:48,449 --> 01:28:49,783
So pour it to them, Reverend.
871
01:28:50,660 --> 01:28:51,826
Sir.
872
01:28:54,247 --> 01:28:56,748
Sir, it's me, Rob.
873
01:28:57,041 --> 01:28:59,042
My dear son. How are you, boy?
874
01:28:59,210 --> 01:29:00,460
l'm well, sir.
875
01:29:00,628 --> 01:29:04,214
l congratulate you for being
in the fight and unhurt.
876
01:29:04,382 --> 01:29:06,424
May God keep you so.
877
01:29:06,759 --> 01:29:10,262
And remember, son, we must do
all we can to drive these people back.
878
01:29:10,429 --> 01:29:13,098
Yes, sir. We'll do our best, sir.
879
01:29:13,432 --> 01:29:14,516
Fire!
880
01:29:53,806 --> 01:29:57,475
Mr. Pendleton, ride to General Hood,
ask him can he maintain his position?
881
01:29:57,643 --> 01:30:00,353
Yes, sir, can he maintain his position?
882
01:30:00,521 --> 01:30:02,939
Hyah, hyah!
883
01:30:09,864 --> 01:30:11,031
Fire!
884
01:30:15,786 --> 01:30:17,037
Reload!
885
01:30:18,623 --> 01:30:19,748
Fire!
886
01:30:21,876 --> 01:30:23,877
lt's good to be sergeant, isn't it?
887
01:30:24,045 --> 01:30:26,755
To shoot a sergeant,
you have to fire through two men.
888
01:30:26,922 --> 01:30:31,176
A sergeant never fires his weapon
until the men in front of him are killed. . .
889
01:30:31,344 --> 01:30:34,262
. ..and then only unless
you want to show off.
890
01:30:41,312 --> 01:30:44,314
Move the men into this field
and wait for further orders.
891
01:30:44,482 --> 01:30:45,940
We're part of the reserve.
892
01:30:47,276 --> 01:30:50,403
-Battalion, forward!
-Forward!
893
01:30:53,949 --> 01:30:55,408
March!
894
01:31:17,390 --> 01:31:18,932
Compliments from General Jackson.
895
01:31:19,100 --> 01:31:21,267
He wants to know,
can you maintain position?
896
01:31:21,435 --> 01:31:24,604
Tell General Jackson
unless l get reinforcements. . .
897
01:31:24,772 --> 01:31:26,272
. .. l must be forced back.
898
01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:28,692
But l'm going on while l can.
899
01:31:29,026 --> 01:31:31,277
Yes, sir. Reinforcements. Yes, sir.
900
01:31:39,286 --> 01:31:40,662
-Load!
-Load!
901
01:31:42,748 --> 01:31:44,374
Take aim!
902
01:31:44,834 --> 01:31:45,959
Fire!
903
01:31:49,046 --> 01:31:50,588
Forward, men, forward!
904
01:31:50,756 --> 01:31:51,881
Fire!
905
01:32:16,323 --> 01:32:19,117
-General McClellan, sir.
-General Hancock.
906
01:32:19,285 --> 01:32:21,953
Had you heard that General Richardson
had been wounded?
907
01:32:22,121 --> 01:32:23,329
l heard he'd been wounded.
908
01:32:23,622 --> 01:32:27,000
l'm sorry to tell you it is serious
and you will assume his command.
909
01:32:27,168 --> 01:32:29,836
Yes, sir. Of course, sir.
910
01:32:30,004 --> 01:32:31,755
l'm honored to accept the command.
911
01:32:32,173 --> 01:32:33,923
l'm sure you will perform this duty. ..
912
01:32:34,091 --> 01:32:36,634
. ..with the skill and courage
you have shown already.
913
01:32:37,011 --> 01:32:41,931
We are on the move now, and we will drive
the Rebels into the river before the sun sets.
914
01:32:42,099 --> 01:32:44,934
Hold this position against
any assault by the enemy.
915
01:32:57,323 --> 01:32:58,615
Reply from General Hood:
916
01:32:58,783 --> 01:33:02,118
"Tell Jackson unless l get reinforcements,
l must be forced back."
917
01:33:02,286 --> 01:33:04,537
-But he will go on while he can.
-Good, good.
918
01:33:04,705 --> 01:33:06,581
General McLaws, advance your--
919
01:33:17,510 --> 01:33:19,219
Captain Morrison.
920
01:33:19,386 --> 01:33:22,013
l think it advisable
you keep your distance from me.
921
01:33:22,181 --> 01:33:26,559
lt would not do for Anna to lose both
a husband and a brother on the same day.
922
01:33:38,155 --> 01:33:41,407
Battalion, halt!
923
01:33:44,912 --> 01:33:47,330
The battle may be moving our way.
Keep them ready.
924
01:33:47,498 --> 01:33:48,581
Yes, sir.
925
01:34:11,063 --> 01:34:14,190
Courtesy of a lady admirer in Sharpsburg.
926
01:34:26,245 --> 01:34:28,997
Think we can hold out
against another attack?
927
01:34:29,164 --> 01:34:31,374
l think they have done their worst.
928
01:34:32,209 --> 01:34:35,003
l think there's little danger
of our line being broken.
929
01:34:54,648 --> 01:34:56,858
We won't be needed today, colonel.
930
01:35:01,739 --> 01:35:06,951
The 5th Corps was not
needed today, gentlemen.
931
01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:14,250
Not according to the judgment
of our commanding general.
932
01:35:15,252 --> 01:35:18,004
The battle has been extremely costly.
933
01:35:18,422 --> 01:35:22,759
The enemy has been checked,
at great loss to both sides.
934
01:35:24,261 --> 01:35:28,222
From what we can observe so far,
we've gained little.
935
01:35:29,683 --> 01:35:32,060
lt's possible the fight
will resume tomorrow.
936
01:35:47,076 --> 01:35:50,703
He that created us
gave us such strong argument. . .
937
01:35:50,871 --> 01:35:55,875
. ..starting before and after,
gave us not capabilities...
938
01:35:56,043 --> 01:36:00,713
. ..and divine reason
to fust inside of us unused.
939
01:36:01,882 --> 01:36:06,511
Now, whether it be bestial oblivion,
or some craven scruple. . .
940
01:36:06,679 --> 01:36:08,888
. ..of thinking too precisely
on the event. ..
941
01:36:09,056 --> 01:36:12,058
. ..a thought which, quartered,
hath but one part one wisdom...
942
01:36:12,226 --> 01:36:14,644
. ..and ever three parts coward...
943
01:36:15,479 --> 01:36:20,817
. .. l do not know why yet l live to say
"This thing's to do"...
944
01:36:20,985 --> 01:36:27,240
. ..sith l have cause and will and strength
and means to do it.
945
01:36:27,408 --> 01:36:29,867
Examples gross as earth exhort me:
946
01:36:30,035 --> 01:36:34,497
Witness this army
of such mass and charge...
947
01:36:34,665 --> 01:36:38,001
...led by a delicate and tender prince...
948
01:36:38,377 --> 01:36:42,255
...whose spirit
with divine ambition puffed...
949
01:36:42,423 --> 01:36:46,259
...makes mouths at the invisible event...
950
01:36:46,427 --> 01:36:49,262
...exposing what is mortal and unsure...
951
01:36:49,430 --> 01:36:56,227
...to all that death and danger dare,
even for an egg-shell.
952
01:36:57,104 --> 01:36:59,939
Rightly to be great
is not to stir without great argument...
953
01:37:00,107 --> 01:37:04,402
...but greatly to find quarrel in a straw
when honor's at the stake.
954
01:37:04,570 --> 01:37:07,071
How stand l then...
955
01:37:07,990 --> 01:37:10,491
...that have a father killed...
956
01:37:11,076 --> 01:37:13,161
...a mother stained...
957
01:37:13,328 --> 01:37:15,747
...excitements of my reason
and my blood...
958
01:37:15,914 --> 01:37:18,666
...and let all sleep?
959
01:37:18,834 --> 01:37:21,794
While, to my shame, l see...
960
01:37:21,962 --> 01:37:26,382
. ..the imminent death of 20,000 men.. .
961
01:37:27,259 --> 01:37:29,844
. ..that, for a fantasy or trick of fame...
962
01:37:30,012 --> 01:37:34,766
. ..go to their graves like beds,
fight for a plot. . .
963
01:37:35,934 --> 01:37:38,227
. ..whereon the numbers
cannot try the cause...
964
01:37:40,481 --> 01:37:44,734
. ..which is not tomb enough or continent
to hide the slain?
965
01:37:45,277 --> 01:37:50,490
O, from this time forth...
966
01:37:52,117 --> 01:37:54,911
. ..my thoughts be bloody. . .
967
01:37:55,412 --> 01:37:58,331
. ..or be nothing worth.
968
01:38:06,632 --> 01:38:08,716
He's mad. Did you see this?
969
01:38:08,884 --> 01:38:11,511
lt's nothing less than a call
for a slave uprising.
970
01:38:11,678 --> 01:38:15,681
Darling, l hardly ever get to see you.
971
01:38:15,849 --> 01:38:18,351
Can't we put away the paper
this one evening?
972
01:38:18,519 --> 01:38:21,187
lt'll put you in the foulest mood.
lt always does.
973
01:38:21,355 --> 01:38:23,606
Well, here. Read it for yourself.
974
01:38:23,774 --> 01:38:27,276
Lincoln plans a general emancipation
on New Year's Day. . .
975
01:38:28,195 --> 01:38:30,738
. ..for all slaves
from states still in rebellion.
976
01:38:30,906 --> 01:38:36,327
Yet another page from the Constitution
torn to shreds.
977
01:38:36,829 --> 01:38:39,747
But this is harmless, John.
978
01:38:39,915 --> 01:38:41,999
See, it says right here:
979
01:38:42,167 --> 01:38:46,254
"An emancipation of all slaves
from the states still in rebellion."
980
01:38:46,421 --> 01:38:47,630
But can't you see?
981
01:38:47,881 --> 01:38:52,677
Those are the very states where the
president has no authority and no power.
982
01:38:54,304 --> 01:38:57,306
Why, yes. You're quite right.
983
01:38:57,683 --> 01:39:00,059
l hadn't considered it in that light.
984
01:39:00,644 --> 01:39:06,357
Now, can we fold up the paper
into a nice little square. . .
985
01:39:06,567 --> 01:39:09,777
. ..so that l can cut it up
into a hundred little pieces. . .
986
01:39:09,945 --> 01:39:11,737
. ..and throw it into the street?
987
01:39:13,448 --> 01:39:14,866
Hmm.
988
01:39:15,784 --> 01:39:19,787
Boyo, another round, if you please.
989
01:39:39,141 --> 01:39:43,603
Now, it says here in Blackmantle's
Art of Punning...
990
01:39:43,770 --> 01:39:48,774
. ..that "punning is an art of harmonious
jingling upon words...
991
01:39:48,942 --> 01:39:52,695
. ..which, passing in at the ears
and falling upon the diaphragm...
992
01:39:52,863 --> 01:39:56,657
. ..excites a titillary motion
in those parts. . .
993
01:39:58,285 --> 01:40:02,788
. ..and this, being conveyed by the
animal spirits into the muscles of the face.. .
994
01:40:02,956 --> 01:40:05,291
. ..raises the cockles of the heart."
995
01:40:07,461 --> 01:40:09,962
All right, then. ls everyone ready?
996
01:40:10,130 --> 01:40:12,465
-Sure, why not?
-Yes, sir.
997
01:40:12,633 --> 01:40:14,800
Counties of England.
998
01:40:14,968 --> 01:40:18,429
Who has the most dogs?
999
01:40:22,935 --> 01:40:24,477
Bark-shire.
1000
01:40:24,645 --> 01:40:27,271
-Ha, ha.
-Well done.
1001
01:40:27,981 --> 01:40:30,566
And from where did
the first hermaphrodites come from?
1002
01:40:32,236 --> 01:40:34,946
Oh. Um, Middlesex.
1003
01:40:36,073 --> 01:40:39,367
Yeah. And from whence
the first circus tumblers came?
1004
01:40:41,161 --> 01:40:43,162
Circus tumblers?
1005
01:40:45,666 --> 01:40:51,045
Somerset.
1006
01:40:51,213 --> 01:40:53,047
-Oh, Lord.
-Somerset.
1007
01:40:54,216 --> 01:40:56,676
Well, l can see you've all learned
rule number six:
1008
01:40:56,843 --> 01:40:59,929
Never speak well of another punster
and never laugh at his puns.
1009
01:41:02,015 --> 01:41:03,099
Somerset.
1010
01:41:06,019 --> 01:41:08,104
The Rebel sharpshooters
was in the house.
1011
01:41:08,272 --> 01:41:11,190
That's what made them Yankees
shell it so.
1012
01:41:11,692 --> 01:41:14,360
-Where was this?
-Outside Winchester.
1013
01:41:14,528 --> 01:41:19,073
Them Yankees been through that town
more times than there is flies on a mule.
1014
01:41:19,283 --> 01:41:20,700
Mm.
1015
01:41:21,034 --> 01:41:22,410
Where's your master now?
1016
01:41:24,037 --> 01:41:25,871
l ain't got no master no more.
1017
01:41:26,039 --> 01:41:27,790
Now he my boss.
1018
01:41:28,375 --> 01:41:31,711
See, l was sold at auction
over in Fredericksburg once...
1019
01:41:31,878 --> 01:41:35,089
. ..and he bought me for $1 200.
1020
01:41:35,799 --> 01:41:39,218
Then the war come,
that didn't set right with him...
1021
01:41:39,386 --> 01:41:41,262
. ..so he gave me my freedom papers.
1022
01:41:42,389 --> 01:41:44,724
Now he pays me wages.
1023
01:41:45,142 --> 01:41:47,935
-No, sir.
-Thirty dollars a month.
1024
01:41:48,437 --> 01:41:49,478
What he pay you for?
1025
01:41:50,314 --> 01:41:53,149
l can do anything l turn my hands to.
1026
01:41:53,442 --> 01:41:55,901
Then them Yankees come
and burned down his house...
1027
01:41:56,069 --> 01:41:59,238
. ..and the next thing you know,
the man who's paying me wages. ..
1028
01:41:59,406 --> 01:42:03,617
. ..is in the Confederate Army.
And so am l.
1029
01:42:07,664 --> 01:42:10,583
-Man, that's good!
-Let's do this thing right here.
1030
01:42:11,001 --> 01:42:13,711
Hey, come on. Check it.
1031
01:42:24,556 --> 01:42:26,349
No, no, no. Gentlemen.
1032
01:42:26,892 --> 01:42:28,517
Stay where you are.
1033
01:42:29,186 --> 01:42:30,895
Greetings.
1034
01:42:31,938 --> 01:42:33,481
General.
1035
01:42:37,527 --> 01:42:40,112
How is our fine Prussian officer
this evening?
1036
01:42:40,280 --> 01:42:43,491
l would've thought General Stuart
would've had you at least. . .
1037
01:42:43,658 --> 01:42:45,576
. ..20 miles behind enemy lines...
1038
01:42:45,744 --> 01:42:48,621
. ..creating havoc and bewilderment
in Washington.
1039
01:42:50,874 --> 01:42:54,001
l would certainly prefer such a mission.
1040
01:42:54,628 --> 01:42:56,379
But tonight. . .
1041
01:42:57,255 --> 01:43:01,759
. ..tonight, general,
l come bringing you a present.
1042
01:43:02,636 --> 01:43:04,470
General Jackson.. .
1043
01:43:04,638 --> 01:43:08,265
. .. l am greatly pleased to bring
this present from General Stuart.
1044
01:43:09,309 --> 01:43:15,398
The general has gone to great lengths
to secure for you this.
1045
01:43:17,150 --> 01:43:19,985
Would you like for me
to open that for you, sir?
1046
01:43:21,321 --> 01:43:22,822
Thank you.
1047
01:43:33,834 --> 01:43:35,167
General.
1048
01:43:36,670 --> 01:43:39,171
This is some fine material. Look here.
1049
01:43:40,507 --> 01:43:42,341
That's gold braid.
1050
01:43:48,014 --> 01:43:52,059
You may tell General Stuart
that l deeply appreciate this gift.
1051
01:43:52,227 --> 01:43:54,478
Please assure the general...
1052
01:43:54,646 --> 01:43:57,231
. .. l will treat it with the utmost of care.. .
1053
01:43:57,858 --> 01:44:00,317
. ..and see that no harm comes to it.
1054
01:44:06,366 --> 01:44:09,827
Mr. Pendleton, will you kindly
place that uniform in my tent.
1055
01:44:10,162 --> 01:44:13,164
-And keep it neatly folded.
-Sir.
1056
01:44:13,331 --> 01:44:15,374
No, general, no.
1057
01:44:16,418 --> 01:44:18,377
You do not understand.
1058
01:44:18,920 --> 01:44:22,506
General Stuart was most insistent.
1059
01:44:23,842 --> 01:44:27,511
He says now that you are
a leutnant general...
1060
01:44:28,346 --> 01:44:31,140
. ..corps commander,
you deserve a new uniform.
1061
01:44:31,433 --> 01:44:34,226
He was most insistent you try it on.
1062
01:44:34,769 --> 01:44:38,397
He will certainly ask, "How was the fit?"
1063
01:44:40,233 --> 01:44:42,651
Please, general.
1064
01:44:43,695 --> 01:44:44,945
Try it on.
1065
01:45:15,602 --> 01:45:19,772
General, that's some mighty fine coat.
Ha, ha.
1066
01:46:04,401 --> 01:46:07,778
That is the sweetest music l ever heard.
1067
01:46:27,841 --> 01:46:29,925
Ah, gentlemen.
1068
01:46:30,510 --> 01:46:32,094
Excuse us, General Burnside...
1069
01:46:32,262 --> 01:46:35,264
. ..General Hancock has information
you may find useful.
1070
01:46:35,432 --> 01:46:39,184
Yes, General Hancock, a pleasure.
Sumner, come.
1071
01:46:39,352 --> 01:46:40,769
We have visitors.
1072
01:46:40,937 --> 01:46:45,232
Sir, General Hancock reports the river
can be forded the short way upstream.
1073
01:46:45,400 --> 01:46:50,946
There'll be no difficulty crossing. With
your permission, we can move right away.
1074
01:46:51,114 --> 01:46:54,408
General Hancock, l appreciate your efforts
at reconnaissance...
1075
01:46:54,576 --> 01:46:58,203
. ..but this possibility has been
considered and rejected.
1076
01:46:58,371 --> 01:47:00,247
The pontoons will be here any time.
1077
01:47:00,415 --> 01:47:03,959
We'll cross with not only the men
but also the wagons and supplies.
1078
01:47:04,127 --> 01:47:07,963
lt would be foolhardy to send the men
without the wagons, the big guns--
1079
01:47:08,131 --> 01:47:10,549
Excuse me, am l correct
in my observation...
1080
01:47:10,717 --> 01:47:13,969
. ..that there's little force opposing us
across the river?
1081
01:47:14,137 --> 01:47:15,804
Yes, you're absolutely correct.
1082
01:47:15,972 --> 01:47:18,557
For once we seem to have caught
Lee by surprise.
1083
01:47:18,725 --> 01:47:23,896
Then, sir, if l may suggest,
isn't it possible Lee is moving this way?
1084
01:47:24,564 --> 01:47:29,026
Certainly he's aware of our intentions.
lf we could occupy the town with infantry...
1085
01:47:29,194 --> 01:47:32,738
. ..it would make our job much easier
when the bridges do arrive.
1086
01:47:32,906 --> 01:47:36,575
Yes, but that's risky. Those men
could be cut off. ln this weather?
1087
01:47:36,743 --> 01:47:40,412
lt snows one day, melts the next.
The river could rise unexpectedly.
1088
01:47:40,580 --> 01:47:45,376
lt will be best, l assure you, if we wait
until the entire Army can cross together.
1089
01:47:45,543 --> 01:47:48,420
General Burnside, if we don't cross
the river soon...
1090
01:47:48,588 --> 01:47:51,423
. ..General Lee will make every effort
to stop us.
1091
01:47:52,008 --> 01:47:54,760
He will not let us move
toward Richmond unopposed.
1092
01:47:54,928 --> 01:47:57,096
Where are General Jackson's forces now?
1093
01:47:57,263 --> 01:47:59,848
Shouldn't we attempt to occupy
Fredericksburg. . .
1094
01:48:00,016 --> 01:48:04,520
. ..and possibly the Heights beyond now,
while we have it for the taking?
1095
01:48:04,688 --> 01:48:10,234
Please allow me, sir, to at least send
General Hancock's division across the river.
1096
01:48:10,402 --> 01:48:13,445
Surely they can carry
enough supplies with them...
1097
01:48:13,613 --> 01:48:18,867
. ..and the artillery from this side can protect
them against any advance by Lee.
1098
01:48:20,704 --> 01:48:27,126
Gentlemen, we will cross this river
when the bridges arrive and not before.
1099
01:48:27,293 --> 01:48:30,921
l do not have the luxury of deviating
from the larger plan.
1100
01:48:31,089 --> 01:48:34,299
The president approved my strategy,
and l shall stick to it.
1101
01:48:34,467 --> 01:48:40,222
Once this Army is across the river,
we will advance on Richmond in force.
1102
01:48:41,725 --> 01:48:43,809
We must not allow him. ..
1103
01:48:43,977 --> 01:48:48,564
. ..the luxury of attacking us as divided and
separated units as he's done in the past.
1104
01:48:48,732 --> 01:48:52,151
And l will not make the same mistake
as my predecessors.
1105
01:48:52,318 --> 01:48:55,237
So no, General Hancock.
1106
01:48:55,405 --> 01:48:58,782
You will stay on this side
until the pontoons are in place. . .
1107
01:48:58,950 --> 01:49:02,578
. ..and the entire Army crosses together.
1108
01:49:02,746 --> 01:49:06,957
An irresistible, impregnable force.
1109
01:49:13,757 --> 01:49:18,010
Did you know George Washington
spent his boyhood not far from here?
1110
01:49:18,595 --> 01:49:22,598
And across that river, he's supposed
to have thrown that silver dollar...
1111
01:49:22,766 --> 01:49:25,684
. ..and cut down that cherry tree.
1112
01:49:26,102 --> 01:49:31,023
That may be so, Mr. Taylor, but it has
an even greater significance for me.
1113
01:49:31,274 --> 01:49:33,609
lt's where l met my wife.
1114
01:49:33,777 --> 01:49:37,571
That's something these Yankees
do not understand, will never understand.
1115
01:49:38,198 --> 01:49:41,533
You see these rivers and valleys
and streams...
1116
01:49:41,701 --> 01:49:44,369
. ..and fields, even towns?
1117
01:49:44,537 --> 01:49:49,208
They're just markings on a map to those
people in the war office in Washington.
1118
01:49:49,375 --> 01:49:54,713
But to us, my goodness,
they're birthplaces and burial grounds.
1119
01:49:54,881 --> 01:49:57,800
They're battlefields
where our ancestors fought...
1120
01:49:57,967 --> 01:50:01,512
. ..places where you and l learned
to walk, to talk and to pray.
1121
01:50:01,721 --> 01:50:07,392
Places where we made friendships
and, oh, yes, fell in love.
1122
01:50:08,645 --> 01:50:13,732
And they're the incarnation
of all our memories, Mr. Taylor. . .
1123
01:50:15,276 --> 01:50:17,820
. ..and all that we are.
1124
01:50:18,655 --> 01:50:21,156
All that we are.
1125
01:50:53,773 --> 01:50:57,776
-What place is this?
-Chancellor's Crossing.
1126
01:50:57,944 --> 01:51:01,363
We're another two hours or so
from Fredericksburg.
1127
01:51:02,031 --> 01:51:04,533
We'll rest here for a short time.
1128
01:51:04,701 --> 01:51:08,120
Yes, sir. l'll see what
the good folks can provide.
1129
01:51:16,963 --> 01:51:20,716
The general be fixing to eat
something warm?
1130
01:51:20,884 --> 01:51:22,634
No, no, Jim.
1131
01:51:22,802 --> 01:51:26,054
We gotta ride on straight
through to General Lee.
1132
01:51:26,222 --> 01:51:29,224
Don't want to get all warmed up
just to feel the cold all over again.
1133
01:51:31,811 --> 01:51:34,229
You never seem to mind the cold much.
1134
01:51:34,397 --> 01:51:38,901
Oh. l minds it. l just don't shows it.
1135
01:51:40,486 --> 01:51:43,989
Now, Little Sorrel,
l know this corn look poorly...
1136
01:51:44,157 --> 01:51:47,826
. ..but it sure beats no corn at all.
1137
01:51:55,251 --> 01:51:58,420
You heard from your family lately?
1138
01:51:59,255 --> 01:52:02,591
Ain't heared much for some time.
1139
01:52:02,759 --> 01:52:07,346
Yankee mail used to move
quicker than Secesh mail.
1140
01:52:10,850 --> 01:52:16,939
Lord, from where you sit
you can see the great distance...
1141
01:52:17,106 --> 01:52:20,525
. ..that separates our Southern men
from their wives and children.
1142
01:52:21,194 --> 01:52:24,780
We pray that you watch over our families.
1143
01:52:26,199 --> 01:52:29,451
Lord, l ask you to watch over
Jim Lewis' family...
1144
01:52:29,619 --> 01:52:33,538
. ..over his friends, his loved ones,
wherever they may be.
1145
01:52:33,706 --> 01:52:38,293
Lord, l know you sees
into the hearts of all men...
1146
01:52:38,461 --> 01:52:41,380
. ..just like you sees into the heart
of old Jim Lewis.
1147
01:52:43,633 --> 01:52:48,887
And, Lord, l know there's
no lying or deceitfulness. . .
1148
01:52:49,055 --> 01:52:51,056
. ..can hide from you.
1149
01:52:51,975 --> 01:52:53,141
You find the truth. ..
1150
01:52:53,309 --> 01:52:59,731
. ..in the bottom of the deepest pit
of darkness.
1151
01:52:59,899 --> 01:53:04,861
There be no hiding from your truth
and your ever-watchful eye.
1152
01:53:05,488 --> 01:53:07,322
Amen.
1153
01:53:07,490 --> 01:53:09,074
How is it, Lord?
1154
01:53:10,159 --> 01:53:14,329
Can you explain something
to this old Virginia man?
1155
01:53:14,998 --> 01:53:19,251
How is it a good Christian man. . .
1156
01:53:19,419 --> 01:53:21,503
. ..like some folks l know...
1157
01:53:21,671 --> 01:53:25,549
. ..can tolerate their black brothers
in bondage?
1158
01:53:26,342 --> 01:53:30,262
How is it, Lord, they don't just...
1159
01:53:30,930 --> 01:53:33,849
. ..break them chains?
1160
01:53:35,018 --> 01:53:37,602
How is it, Lord?
1161
01:53:37,770 --> 01:53:42,274
My heart is open and aching.
1162
01:53:42,442 --> 01:53:44,234
And l wants to know.
1163
01:53:49,949 --> 01:53:52,034
Lord, speak to us.
1164
01:53:52,201 --> 01:53:53,452
Speak to your children.
1165
01:53:53,619 --> 01:53:59,374
Speak to Jim Lewis and Thomas Jackson,
your humble and obedient servants.
1166
01:53:59,542 --> 01:54:02,127
Speak to all of us.
1167
01:54:02,545 --> 01:54:05,380
Our hearts are open.
1168
01:54:06,049 --> 01:54:08,467
Lord, you show us the way,
we will follow.
1169
01:54:14,057 --> 01:54:19,144
Amen.
1170
01:54:30,740 --> 01:54:33,158
-Jim?
-Yeah.
1171
01:54:34,994 --> 01:54:36,870
What is the status of your family?
1172
01:54:37,330 --> 01:54:41,083
About half is free, half slave.
1173
01:54:41,250 --> 01:54:45,087
That's counting all the cousins and such.
1174
01:54:45,755 --> 01:54:48,924
You must know that there are
some officers in this Army. . .
1175
01:54:49,092 --> 01:54:51,593
. ..who are of the opinion that...
1176
01:54:51,761 --> 01:54:55,680
. ..we should be enlisting Negroes
as a condition for freedom.
1177
01:54:56,682 --> 01:54:59,059
That's what they says around the camp.
1178
01:54:59,227 --> 01:55:04,064
Your people will be free,
one way or another.
1179
01:55:04,232 --> 01:55:07,234
The question is,
if the Southern government will have. . .
1180
01:55:07,401 --> 01:55:10,695
. ..the good sense to do it first and soon.
1181
01:55:10,863 --> 01:55:14,741
And in so doing seal a bond
of enduring friendship between us.
1182
01:55:17,703 --> 01:55:20,705
That's what they says, general.
1183
01:55:21,874 --> 01:55:25,210
God's plan is a great mystery.
1184
01:55:25,753 --> 01:55:28,880
lt will be revealed to us.
1185
01:55:37,932 --> 01:55:41,226
That's all the fodder you get tonight.
1186
01:55:41,394 --> 01:55:45,564
We's going to a country where there's
nothing more for an animal to eat...
1187
01:55:45,731 --> 01:55:49,901
. ..than there is what's in the palm
of my hand. Ha, ha.
1188
01:56:02,039 --> 01:56:04,791
General Lee, fine day, sir.
1189
01:56:04,959 --> 01:56:08,962
We got batteries all along that hill,
covering our front to the river.
1190
01:56:09,130 --> 01:56:10,630
Strong anchor on the north.
1191
01:56:10,798 --> 01:56:14,050
Tomorrow, guns will be positioned
in those trees to the south.
1192
01:56:14,302 --> 01:56:18,263
We'll be able to cover the entire
open ground, all of it.
1193
01:56:18,431 --> 01:56:22,976
General, they gonna come at us here?
1194
01:56:23,144 --> 01:56:25,478
Colonel Alexander...
1195
01:56:25,646 --> 01:56:29,691
. ..Federal troops amassed across that river
are watching us prepare for them.
1196
01:56:29,859 --> 01:56:32,527
lf l were General Burnside,
l wouldn't attack here.
1197
01:56:32,695 --> 01:56:35,822
l'd move back upstream,
come across from above us.
1198
01:56:35,990 --> 01:56:38,783
Burnside is not a man
with the luxury of flexibility.
1199
01:56:38,951 --> 01:56:42,329
He's being pushed from behind
by loud voices in Washington. . .
1200
01:56:42,496 --> 01:56:45,957
. ..by newspapers
who demand quick action.
1201
01:56:46,125 --> 01:56:49,461
But we're here,
and so he will attack us here.
1202
01:56:49,629 --> 01:56:52,214
We got batteries pointing from all angles.
1203
01:56:52,381 --> 01:56:54,883
They cross that canal,
that'll slow them down.
1204
01:56:55,468 --> 01:56:57,636
We shall hit them from all sides.
1205
01:56:57,803 --> 01:57:00,680
No, sir, a chicken couldn't live
on that field.
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