1 00:00:02,553 --> 00:00:04,221 I beg your pardon, general. 2 00:00:05,723 --> 00:00:09,518 That bloody damned hill was bare as his bloody damned head! 3 00:00:09,685 --> 00:00:12,271 We all saw it, as God is my witness. 4 00:00:12,438 --> 00:00:14,440 We were all there. 5 00:00:14,607 --> 00:00:19,737 I said to him, "General Ewell, we have got to take that hill." 6 00:00:19,904 --> 00:00:22,823 General Jackson wouldn't have stopped with them on the run… 7 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,201 … and plenty of light on a hill like that empty. 8 00:00:25,951 --> 00:00:27,995 God help us! 9 00:00:28,746 --> 00:00:30,289 I don't know- 10 00:00:30,456 --> 00:00:32,917 I don't know why I… 11 00:00:33,083 --> 00:00:35,377 Do please continue, general. 12 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:37,880 Yes, sir. 13 00:00:39,757 --> 00:00:41,258 Sir. 14 00:00:42,176 --> 00:00:44,929 I said to General Ewell these words… 15 00:00:45,095 --> 00:00:47,056 I said to him: 16 00:00:47,223 --> 00:00:52,019 "Sir, give me one division and I will take that hill." 17 00:00:53,103 --> 00:00:57,525 He said nothing. He just stood there and stared at me. 18 00:00:57,691 --> 00:01:01,612 I said, "General Ewell, give me one brigade… 19 00:01:01,779 --> 00:01:04,365 … and I will take that hill." 20 00:01:05,282 --> 00:01:07,451 I was becoming disturbed, sir. 21 00:01:07,618 --> 00:01:12,790 And General Ewell put his arms behind him and blinked. 22 00:01:12,957 --> 00:01:17,753 So I said, "General, give me one regiment… 23 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,673 … and I will take that hill." 24 00:01:21,257 --> 00:01:23,634 And he said nothing. 25 00:01:23,801 --> 00:01:25,970 He just stood there. 26 00:01:26,136 --> 00:01:29,765 I threw down my sword. Down on the ground in front of him. 27 00:01:39,149 --> 00:01:41,443 We could have done it, sir. 28 00:01:41,610 --> 00:01:44,154 A blind man should have seen it. 29 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:47,992 Now they're working up there. 30 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:52,246 You can hear the axes of the Federal troops. 31 00:01:52,413 --> 00:01:54,123 And so in the morning… 32 00:01:54,290 --> 00:01:57,251 … many a good boy will die… 33 00:01:57,418 --> 00:01:59,336 … taking that hill. 34 00:02:01,797 --> 00:02:03,424 Sir. 35 00:02:04,341 --> 00:02:07,177 I must request another assignment. 36 00:02:15,352 --> 00:02:18,480 No, sir. That won't be necessary. 37 00:02:19,481 --> 00:02:21,692 You will be of great service. 38 00:02:21,859 --> 00:02:24,361 And I do thank you. 39 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:16,080 General Meade, sir. 40 00:03:16,246 --> 00:03:20,876 Hancock. It's so damn dark out there I can't see a thing. 41 00:03:22,419 --> 00:03:23,754 Well, gentlemen. 42 00:03:25,923 --> 00:03:28,550 I hope to God that this is… 43 00:03:28,717 --> 00:03:31,095 … good ground. 44 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:37,017 Is this good ground, general? 45 00:03:37,768 --> 00:03:39,978 Is this the place to have an army? 46 00:03:40,145 --> 00:03:43,982 Very good ground, sir. Very good ground. 47 00:03:44,149 --> 00:03:46,443 I hope you are right. 48 00:03:46,610 --> 00:03:50,823 Because we are going to have a fight here sure enough in the morning. 49 00:03:54,785 --> 00:03:59,123 General Ewell, I had hoped that after moving through the town… 50 00:03:59,289 --> 00:04:01,542 … you would've taken that hill. 51 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,752 I didn't think it was practical. 52 00:04:04,294 --> 00:04:06,630 Well, for many reasons. 53 00:04:06,797 --> 00:04:09,341 We marched all day, and we'd fought. 54 00:04:09,508 --> 00:04:13,137 And your orders were to caution against bringing on a general engagement. 55 00:04:13,303 --> 00:04:17,307 There were reports of Federal troops in the north, sir. 56 00:04:17,474 --> 00:04:20,310 We couldn't bring sufficient artillery to bear on that hill. 57 00:04:21,145 --> 00:04:26,150 We decided it was best to wait for another of our divisions, Johnson's. 58 00:04:26,316 --> 00:04:30,988 Yes, sir. Johnson didn't arrive till after dark, just a while ago. 59 00:04:31,905 --> 00:04:34,742 He's out there now, looking over the terrain. 60 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:38,787 General Early, do you think you can attack on your flank in the morning? 61 00:04:41,039 --> 00:04:43,959 That hill will be a very strong position once it's fortified… 62 00:04:44,126 --> 00:04:46,044 … which is what they're doing right now, sir. 63 00:04:46,211 --> 00:04:49,506 I am very much aware of that, general. 64 00:04:49,673 --> 00:04:51,675 Have you looked over the ground yourself, sir? 65 00:04:51,842 --> 00:04:53,260 From a distance only. 66 00:04:55,012 --> 00:04:57,598 I do not think we should attack this point. 67 00:04:57,765 --> 00:05:00,100 This will be the strong point. 68 00:05:01,018 --> 00:05:04,897 Our troops have marched hard and fought hard today. 69 00:05:05,063 --> 00:05:10,444 I suggest we hold here while the rest of the army attacks the other flank. 70 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:13,363 Do you think an attack on your flank will succeed? 71 00:05:14,698 --> 00:05:16,867 I think it would be very costly. 72 00:05:17,034 --> 00:05:18,368 Very costly, sir. 73 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:22,581 General Rodes? 74 00:05:24,041 --> 00:05:27,503 We, uh, could attack of course, general… 75 00:05:27,669 --> 00:05:32,049 … but the boys have had a good fight and that will be a strong position. 76 00:05:35,052 --> 00:05:38,263 General, I am sorry we didn't take that hill today. 77 00:05:39,431 --> 00:05:42,935 Well, this day is done. 78 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:48,982 You know, General Longstreet proposes that we move our army around to the right… 79 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:51,235 … and flank the Federal army… 80 00:05:51,401 --> 00:05:54,404 … and interpose between Meade and Washington. 81 00:05:54,571 --> 00:05:56,490 And to vacate this position? 82 00:05:56,657 --> 00:05:59,076 To leave this town we've just captured, sir? 83 00:05:59,243 --> 00:06:02,746 This town is of no military significance whatsoever, general. 84 00:06:02,913 --> 00:06:06,625 To move this entire corps in the face of a fortified enemy? 85 00:06:06,792 --> 00:06:10,379 And yet you tell me that you cannot attack in the morning? 86 00:06:10,546 --> 00:06:16,385 Gentlemen, if we do not withdraw and if we do not maneuver in the face of the enemy… 87 00:06:16,552 --> 00:06:20,389 … then we must attack. Is there any other alternative? 88 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:27,145 - General Hill? - No, sir. 89 00:06:29,773 --> 00:06:31,441 Very well. 90 00:06:32,359 --> 00:06:34,444 I do thank you gentlemen. 91 00:06:51,295 --> 00:06:53,255 General… 92 00:06:54,965 --> 00:06:58,468 … I believe I may have been too slow today. 93 00:06:59,177 --> 00:07:01,305 I regret that very much. 94 00:07:02,389 --> 00:07:04,975 I was trying to be careful. 95 00:07:06,518 --> 00:07:07,811 May have been too careful. 96 00:07:08,979 --> 00:07:12,107 You won a victory this day, general. 97 00:07:12,274 --> 00:07:16,320 It was not a large victory. It could have been larger. 98 00:07:16,486 --> 00:07:18,530 Perhaps we could've pushed harder. 99 00:07:18,697 --> 00:07:21,617 But it was a victory nonetheless. 100 00:07:21,783 --> 00:07:24,369 And your people fought valiantly. 101 00:07:24,536 --> 00:07:27,456 This was your first campaign commanding a corps. 102 00:07:27,623 --> 00:07:31,960 Now you know it's not always as simple as it sometimes appears. 103 00:07:32,753 --> 00:07:34,254 Go and rest now for tomorrow. 104 00:08:03,575 --> 00:08:06,411 - Will there be anything else, sir? - No, thank you, major. 105 00:08:06,703 --> 00:08:08,455 Very well. 106 00:08:37,401 --> 00:08:40,320 In the morning is the great battle. 107 00:08:40,487 --> 00:08:44,991 Tomorrow or the next day will determine the war. 108 00:08:45,158 --> 00:08:47,244 Virginia is here. 109 00:08:47,411 --> 00:08:49,913 All the South is here. 110 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,749 What will you do tomorrow? 111 00:08:53,792 --> 00:08:55,252 In the morning… 112 00:08:55,919 --> 00:09:00,006 … the enemy will be up in fortified positions on high ground. 113 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:03,135 Longstreet's corps will be coming up… 114 00:09:03,301 --> 00:09:06,263 … and my boys will be ready to finish the job. 115 00:09:07,264 --> 00:09:11,435 If I tell them to withdraw now? No, sir. 116 00:09:11,601 --> 00:09:14,730 They've been patient for far too long. 117 00:09:14,896 --> 00:09:17,774 With the enemy out there up on the hill… 118 00:09:17,941 --> 00:09:20,819 … they'll be ready to finish the job. 119 00:09:20,986 --> 00:09:24,114 But I don't even know how much is up there. 120 00:09:24,281 --> 00:09:27,200 How many men? How many cannon? 121 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:30,829 / don't know the ground on the flanks. 122 00:09:30,996 --> 00:09:33,123 / don't know. 123 00:09:33,290 --> 00:09:36,668 If I wait in the morning, the early morning… 124 00:09:36,835 --> 00:09:40,964 … maybe Meade, under pressure, will attack. Hm. 125 00:09:41,131 --> 00:09:44,426 That would make General Longstreet very happy. 126 00:09:44,968 --> 00:09:48,180 But I don't think Meade will come down. 127 00:09:48,722 --> 00:09:53,643 And I don't think I can withdraw, so… 128 00:09:54,936 --> 00:09:59,274 … God's will, thy will be done. 129 00:10:00,817 --> 00:10:02,652 Major Sorrel, you've met before. 130 00:10:02,819 --> 00:10:04,613 Thank you, general. 131 00:10:05,363 --> 00:10:08,950 The Federal position was scouted during the last several hours. 132 00:10:09,117 --> 00:10:10,619 We've drawn it up here. 133 00:10:10,786 --> 00:10:12,496 Now, this is the situation. 134 00:10:12,662 --> 00:10:16,333 The position of the Federal army is in the shape of a fishhook. 135 00:10:16,541 --> 00:10:18,710 It starts here. You see these two hills? 136 00:10:18,877 --> 00:10:21,171 This one and the one with the cemetery. 137 00:10:21,338 --> 00:10:24,049 That is where they have concentrated their troops. 138 00:10:24,216 --> 00:10:26,843 The hook starts there. 139 00:10:27,010 --> 00:10:30,347 Now, it curves around and comes down this low ridge to the south… 140 00:10:30,514 --> 00:10:33,517 … ending before two round hills of high elevation. 141 00:10:33,683 --> 00:10:36,728 The Federals have no troops on those two hills. 142 00:10:36,895 --> 00:10:39,481 - Carry on. - Thank you. 143 00:10:39,648 --> 00:10:43,860 We now know that General Hancock is in charge of the Union center. 144 00:10:44,027 --> 00:10:47,614 There are now perhaps 60,000 to 70,000 men already in position. 145 00:10:47,781 --> 00:10:49,533 Perhaps as high as 90,000. 146 00:10:53,995 --> 00:10:56,706 I spoke with General Ewell of your suggestion… 147 00:10:56,998 --> 00:10:59,835 … that we move around to the right to flank the Federal army. 148 00:11:00,752 --> 00:11:04,256 And he is of the opinion that withdrawing from Gettysburg… 149 00:11:04,422 --> 00:11:08,009 … and giving it back to the enemy would be very bad for morale. 150 00:11:08,176 --> 00:11:11,138 It is unnecessary. It might even be dangerous. 151 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,098 Do you disagree? 152 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,893 We must attack. 153 00:11:18,061 --> 00:11:20,313 I would prefer not to fight upon this ground… 154 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,067 … but every moment we delay the enemy uses to reinforce himself. 155 00:11:24,234 --> 00:11:27,028 We cannot support ourselves for long in this country. 156 00:11:27,195 --> 00:11:30,282 We must not allow the Federal army to move around behind… 157 00:11:30,448 --> 00:11:32,367 … and cut us off from home. No, sir. 158 00:11:32,534 --> 00:11:34,578 We must strike him now. 159 00:11:38,582 --> 00:11:41,793 We pushed him yesterday and he will remember it. 160 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:47,132 The men are ready and they are eager. I see no useful alternative. 161 00:11:47,299 --> 00:11:48,425 Yes, sir. 162 00:11:48,592 --> 00:11:49,843 Very well. 163 00:11:51,845 --> 00:11:53,346 Gentlemen. 164 00:11:54,264 --> 00:11:56,766 - Good morning, all. - Good morning, sir. 165 00:11:56,933 --> 00:12:00,604 Longstreet will attack on the right with the First Corps. 166 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:03,690 Hill will support… 167 00:12:03,857 --> 00:12:05,901 … with Heth in reserve. 168 00:12:07,277 --> 00:12:10,447 Ewell's people on the left will demonstrate to keep the enemy… 169 00:12:10,614 --> 00:12:12,866 … from reinforcing against our right flank. 170 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:15,285 Yes, sir. But I still don't have Pickett. 171 00:12:15,452 --> 00:12:17,746 He's at the rear of column, a full day's march. 172 00:12:17,913 --> 00:12:20,457 All I've got is Hood and McLaws. 173 00:12:20,624 --> 00:12:25,337 I do believe that Hood's and McLaws' divisions will be sufficient. 174 00:12:25,795 --> 00:12:28,798 - With the general's permission. - General Hood? 175 00:12:28,965 --> 00:12:33,470 Moving in front of those rocky heights, we'll have enfilade fire… 176 00:12:33,637 --> 00:12:34,763 … coming down on us. 177 00:12:34,930 --> 00:12:37,140 Perhaps, but not for long. Your division… 178 00:12:37,307 --> 00:12:40,602 … will be up over this unoccupied hill, the little, rocky one. 179 00:12:40,769 --> 00:12:42,896 From there you will threaten the enemy flank. 180 00:12:43,063 --> 00:12:46,149 When you're heavily engaged, General Ewell will strike from the left. 181 00:12:46,650 --> 00:12:47,943 Very well, sir. 182 00:12:49,236 --> 00:12:51,321 - General? - Let's move out, gentlemen. 183 00:12:52,697 --> 00:12:54,407 Sir. 184 00:12:57,661 --> 00:13:00,247 General Barksdale, is Mississippi ready for this day? 185 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:02,082 - Mississippi is ready. - Very well, sir. 186 00:13:02,666 --> 00:13:04,668 Let's go to it, Sam. 187 00:13:08,129 --> 00:13:10,590 If he's right, General Lee… 188 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:13,510 … then the war is over by sundown. 189 00:13:13,677 --> 00:13:16,471 Hm. We'll see. 190 00:13:16,638 --> 00:13:19,015 I don't like going in without Pickett. 191 00:13:19,182 --> 00:13:21,351 It's like going in with one boot off. 192 00:13:21,893 --> 00:13:24,187 I'll wait as long as I can. 193 00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:27,816 Do you have any idea of the force? 194 00:13:29,025 --> 00:13:33,697 We counted five corps, including the two involved in yesterday's action. 195 00:13:33,863 --> 00:13:35,865 That don't mean how many might be… 196 00:13:36,032 --> 00:13:38,159 .. hidden behind those hills there. 197 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,415 And, damn it, with Stuart gone there ain't no way of knowing for sure. 198 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,375 Hey, Sam. 199 00:13:45,542 --> 00:13:47,961 Take good care of yourself today, you hear? 200 00:13:49,212 --> 00:13:50,505 You, too, Pete. 201 00:14:01,391 --> 00:14:02,809 With your permission, sir. 202 00:14:15,572 --> 00:14:17,490 I don't believe I've had the pleasure. 203 00:14:18,783 --> 00:14:22,287 That's Major General John Bell Hood, but we call him Sam. 204 00:14:22,495 --> 00:14:26,708 One of my three division commanders. Fellows from Texas and Alabama. 205 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,711 Oh, you've been to Texas, as I recall. 206 00:14:29,919 --> 00:14:32,756 Yes. Actually that's where I came through. 207 00:14:32,922 --> 00:14:36,634 Courtesy of the Yankee Navy who denied me any other point of entry. 208 00:14:38,928 --> 00:14:41,431 It's a marvelous place, Texas. 209 00:14:41,598 --> 00:14:44,351 Full of red Indians and Mexicans… 210 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:47,812 … cowboys, bandits and desperados. 211 00:14:48,605 --> 00:14:51,024 Even hotter and more humid than this place. 212 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:52,901 If that's possible. 213 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:55,695 That fellow Hood… 214 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:58,740 … does his performance in battle match his appearance? 215 00:14:58,907 --> 00:15:01,076 He really does look the part. 216 00:15:01,242 --> 00:15:03,119 He does his job. 217 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,664 Most interesting army, I must say. 218 00:15:07,248 --> 00:15:11,002 Virginia gentlemen fighting alongside Texas frontiersmen… 219 00:15:11,169 --> 00:15:14,464 … and bayou bushwhackers from Louisiana. 220 00:15:14,631 --> 00:15:17,133 Drawn together from across a continent. 221 00:15:18,676 --> 00:15:22,305 Having traveled a good piece of it myself, I feel a part… 222 00:15:22,472 --> 00:15:25,892 … or almost a member of this enterprise. 223 00:15:27,018 --> 00:15:31,481 You call yourselves Americans, but you're really transplanted Englishmen. 224 00:15:31,648 --> 00:15:34,818 Look at your names, Lee, Hood… 225 00:15:34,984 --> 00:15:37,278 … Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart. 226 00:15:37,445 --> 00:15:38,655 My people were Dutch. 227 00:15:38,822 --> 00:15:43,576 And the same for your adversaries. Meade, Hooker, Hancock, and… 228 00:15:44,285 --> 00:15:48,248 … shall I say? Lincoln. 229 00:15:49,666 --> 00:15:54,295 The same God. Same language. Same culture and history. 230 00:15:54,462 --> 00:15:58,925 The same songs, stories, legends, myths. 231 00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:02,011 But different dreams. 232 00:16:03,012 --> 00:16:04,889 Different dreams. 233 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:08,643 It's so very sad. Very sad. 234 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:12,856 You English had your own civil war once, didn't you? 235 00:16:13,022 --> 00:16:15,900 That was ages ago. We wouldn't dream of it now. 236 00:16:16,067 --> 00:16:18,153 Cavaliers and Roundheads. 237 00:16:18,319 --> 00:16:20,363 "Off with his head! Off with his head!" 238 00:16:22,198 --> 00:16:23,366 Heads lying everywhere. 239 00:16:23,533 --> 00:16:27,036 One could hardly take a step without tripping over a fallen crown. 240 00:16:27,203 --> 00:16:30,832 We're much more civilized now, I assure you. 241 00:16:31,833 --> 00:16:34,460 We have so much in common, your country and mine. 242 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:38,006 I earnestly hope that we shall become allies. 243 00:16:38,590 --> 00:16:42,635 Your government would never ally itself with a Confederacy… 244 00:16:42,886 --> 00:16:46,431 … that had the institution of slavery. You know that. So do I. 245 00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:56,900 We should have freed the slaves, then fired on Fort Sumter. 246 00:17:01,446 --> 00:17:06,743 I guess we Southerners and you English have at least one thing in common. 247 00:17:06,910 --> 00:17:09,746 We'd rather lose the war than admit to the mistake. 248 00:17:11,623 --> 00:17:14,375 We whupped you British twice as I recollect. 249 00:17:16,878 --> 00:17:20,590 Your candor is admirable, if somewhat eccentric. 250 00:17:21,257 --> 00:17:23,593 A little eccentricity is good for a general. 251 00:17:24,302 --> 00:17:28,556 We Southerners like our men religious and a little bit mad. 252 00:17:29,432 --> 00:17:33,311 I suspect that's why the women fall in love with preachers. 253 00:17:37,273 --> 00:17:39,943 If I may be so bold… 254 00:17:40,109 --> 00:17:43,112 … what's to prevent the Yankees from attacking us here? 255 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:47,951 I notice you haven't bothered to entrench or build a fortified perimeter. 256 00:17:48,117 --> 00:17:50,954 Ohh. We were alert today. 257 00:17:52,497 --> 00:17:57,961 But old George Meade ain't gonna do us any favors. 258 00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:02,590 What we must do is we must make him attack us. 259 00:18:03,424 --> 00:18:06,135 And in order to do that, we have to occupy dangerous ground… 260 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:07,804 … between him and Washington. 261 00:18:07,971 --> 00:18:13,142 Then- Then the politicians will press him to attack us. 262 00:18:13,935 --> 00:18:16,980 Which he will most certainly do, given time. 263 00:18:17,981 --> 00:18:21,943 Oh, I see. Very clever. Very clever. 264 00:18:22,110 --> 00:18:24,070 So Lee doesn't dig in… 265 00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:27,031 … knowing with certainty that Meade will not attack him here. 266 00:18:27,198 --> 00:18:30,368 Meade will expect him to swing around to the south… 267 00:18:30,535 --> 00:18:34,831 … in an attempt to cut him off from the capital, his supplies and reserves. 268 00:18:34,998 --> 00:18:39,460 So while Meade ponders his own position, for fear he'll be flanked… 269 00:18:39,627 --> 00:18:42,672 … Lee will actually attack him here, where he least suspects it. 270 00:18:42,839 --> 00:18:45,967 Lulled as he is by his own false feeling of security… 271 00:18:46,134 --> 00:18:50,513 … derived by his holding the seemingly superior topographical battlefield position… 272 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,432 … in short, the higher ground. 273 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:55,935 Brilliant. Sheer military brilliance. 274 00:18:56,102 --> 00:19:00,231 General Lee is the ultimate strategist, a master deceiver. 275 00:19:00,398 --> 00:19:04,777 Sir, it is exhilarating to be upon this field. 276 00:19:06,195 --> 00:19:08,823 Well, I will pass on… 277 00:19:08,990 --> 00:19:12,410 … your complimentary sentiments to the general. 278 00:19:14,996 --> 00:19:17,540 Good morning, Colonel Freemantle. 279 00:20:11,969 --> 00:20:13,012 Amen. 280 00:20:13,763 --> 00:20:15,890 General Longstreet. 281 00:20:16,474 --> 00:20:18,393 Do you mind if I accompany you? 282 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:21,771 Not at all. I'm very glad to have you with us, sir. 283 00:20:22,939 --> 00:20:25,274 The heat reminds me of Mexico. 284 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:28,111 Yes, but there it was very dry. 285 00:20:28,277 --> 00:20:30,154 That was a good outfit. 286 00:20:31,155 --> 00:20:35,118 I remember storming the ramparts of Chapultapec with old George Pickett. 287 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:40,164 Reynolds… My old friend, Ulysses Sam Grant. 288 00:20:40,331 --> 00:20:43,126 - There was some good men in that army. - Yes, indeed. 289 00:20:43,292 --> 00:20:46,712 Some of those men are waiting for us now up ahead on those ridges. 290 00:20:48,548 --> 00:20:52,051 I don't know. I sometimes feel troubled. 291 00:20:53,302 --> 00:20:56,806 Those fellows, those boys in blue, they never quite seem the enemy. 292 00:20:56,973 --> 00:20:58,599 I know. 293 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:03,312 I used to command some of those boys. Swore an oath too. 294 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:09,652 I couldn't fight against Georgia and South Carolina. 295 00:21:10,194 --> 00:21:11,612 Not against my own family. 296 00:21:11,779 --> 00:21:15,324 No, sir. There was always a higher duty to Virginia. 297 00:21:15,491 --> 00:21:17,034 That was our first duty. 298 00:21:17,201 --> 00:21:19,454 There was never any question about that. 299 00:21:19,620 --> 00:21:22,165 - I guess so. - Let us not think about that now. 300 00:21:22,331 --> 00:21:24,500 The issue is in God's hands. 301 00:21:24,667 --> 00:21:26,669 We can only do our duty. 302 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:29,589 General? 303 00:21:30,173 --> 00:21:32,467 Soldiering has one great trap. 304 00:21:33,676 --> 00:21:36,053 To be a good soldier you must love the army. 305 00:21:36,596 --> 00:21:40,349 To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death… 306 00:21:40,516 --> 00:21:42,310 … of the thing you love. 307 00:21:42,477 --> 00:21:45,062 We do not fear our own death, you and I. 308 00:21:45,229 --> 00:21:47,523 But there comes a time… 309 00:21:48,524 --> 00:21:51,694 We are never quite prepared for so many to die. 310 00:21:51,861 --> 00:21:57,158 We do expect the occasional empty chair. A salute to fallen comrades… 311 00:21:57,575 --> 00:22:00,286 … but this war goes on and on and the men die… 312 00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:02,705 … and the price gets ever higher. 313 00:22:02,872 --> 00:22:08,544 We are prepared to lose some of us, but we are never prepared to lose all of us. 314 00:22:08,711 --> 00:22:10,755 And there is the great trap, general. 315 00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:13,758 When you attack, you must hold nothing back. 316 00:22:13,925 --> 00:22:15,718 You must commit yourself totally. 317 00:22:15,885 --> 00:22:18,763 We are adrift here in a sea of blood, and I want it to end. 318 00:22:21,724 --> 00:22:24,143 I want this to be the final battle. 319 00:22:30,066 --> 00:22:33,444 I woke up this morning and I half thought he'd be gone, George Meade. 320 00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:36,489 That he would not want to fight here. Yes, sir. 321 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:39,742 I woke up and I thought, "Meade will be gone… 322 00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:42,745 … and this war will go on and on and on." 323 00:22:43,454 --> 00:22:45,289 Well, sir… 324 00:22:45,998 --> 00:22:47,750 … we'll make him sorry he stayed. 325 00:22:51,754 --> 00:22:53,130 God go with you, general. 326 00:22:53,297 --> 00:22:54,674 And with you, general. 327 00:23:03,266 --> 00:23:04,767 That's mostly to the south. 328 00:23:04,934 --> 00:23:08,855 I thought the rebs were all in Gettysburg. You don't suppose they're flanking again? 329 00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:11,941 Mama's favorite. Let's go. 330 00:23:12,108 --> 00:23:14,110 Lawrence, what's happening? 331 00:23:14,277 --> 00:23:17,113 Sir, Corporal Estabrook reporting back, sir. 332 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,948 Brook, I thought you were on sick call. 333 00:23:19,115 --> 00:23:21,284 - Yes, sir. - How are you now? 334 00:23:21,450 --> 00:23:23,494 It's my stomach. I've been vomiting. 335 00:23:23,661 --> 00:23:24,954 It's something you ate. 336 00:23:25,121 --> 00:23:27,790 - Finish up. We're about to move out. - Yes, sir. 337 00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:31,502 - Col. Chamberlain. - Col. Vincent. 338 00:23:31,669 --> 00:23:34,297 Form your men. Follow me and prepare to double-quick. 339 00:23:34,463 --> 00:23:36,799 We're going to the top of that hill, right there. 340 00:23:36,966 --> 00:23:39,093 - Hear that? - Yes. I'll set it up. 341 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:41,596 The rebels are stacking up on our left flank. 342 00:23:41,762 --> 00:23:43,306 And we've got to follow them. 343 00:23:43,472 --> 00:23:44,974 - Make haste. - Yes. 344 00:23:45,474 --> 00:23:46,809 Sound the assembly! 345 00:23:49,312 --> 00:23:50,521 Follow me. 346 00:23:55,818 --> 00:23:57,653 Powder in! Load! 347 00:24:06,829 --> 00:24:08,414 General. 348 00:24:09,498 --> 00:24:13,044 Look here, the ground is strewn with boulders. 349 00:24:13,669 --> 00:24:16,464 The soldiers up there are entrenched all over the ground. 350 00:24:16,631 --> 00:24:18,716 And there are guns in the rocks. 351 00:24:18,883 --> 00:24:21,469 Every move I make is observed. 352 00:24:23,012 --> 00:24:26,807 If I attack as ordered, I lose half my division. 353 00:24:26,974 --> 00:24:31,687 And they'll be looking down our throats at us from that hill right there. 354 00:24:32,229 --> 00:24:34,565 We must move around to the right, sir. 355 00:24:34,732 --> 00:24:37,401 - And take them from the rear. - Sam… 356 00:24:37,568 --> 00:24:41,864 … the commanding general will not allow a flanking movement around those hills. 357 00:24:42,031 --> 00:24:45,034 I argued it yesterday. I argued it all morning. 358 00:24:45,201 --> 00:24:47,536 I've been arguing against any attack at all. 359 00:24:47,703 --> 00:24:50,289 I can't call this one off. You know it. 360 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:54,377 Let me move up the big round hill to the south. 361 00:24:54,585 --> 00:24:57,088 Nobody is on that. If I could get a battery up there- 362 00:24:57,254 --> 00:24:58,756 There ain't enough time. 363 00:24:58,923 --> 00:25:01,509 You'd have to cut down trees to place your artillery. 364 00:25:01,676 --> 00:25:04,345 It would be dark before you were in action. 365 00:25:04,512 --> 00:25:07,640 One the other hand, if they get batteries up there… 366 00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:11,227 … we'll need buckets to catch the lead. You've got to take that hill. 367 00:25:11,936 --> 00:25:14,522 They don't even need guns to defend that. 368 00:25:14,689 --> 00:25:16,941 All they need to do is roll rocks down on you. 369 00:25:17,108 --> 00:25:18,484 Just take it. 370 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:21,904 General, I do this under protest. 371 00:25:22,071 --> 00:25:23,948 Sam, you are the best I got. 372 00:25:24,949 --> 00:25:28,327 Now, sir, if you are ready, why don't you take that hill? 373 00:25:31,414 --> 00:25:33,457 Hyah! 374 00:25:46,095 --> 00:25:47,596 They're overshooting again. 375 00:25:47,805 --> 00:25:51,434 Hey, fellows, you notice how that reb artillery always overshoots? 376 00:25:52,101 --> 00:25:53,477 - Tom? - Yes, sir. 377 00:25:53,644 --> 00:25:56,605 Another one closer and it could be hard day for Mother. 378 00:25:56,772 --> 00:25:58,941 Go back to the rear. Watch out for stragglers. 379 00:25:59,108 --> 00:26:00,651 Keep your distance from me. 380 00:26:01,569 --> 00:26:03,112 Lawrence, I don't… 381 00:26:45,488 --> 00:26:47,865 The whole damn reb army is down there… 382 00:26:48,032 --> 00:26:51,494 … and coming up around our flanks. They could be here any minute. 383 00:26:52,203 --> 00:26:55,790 We've got to hold this place. We've got to hold it. 384 00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,127 Well, all right. I place you here. 385 00:27:00,294 --> 00:27:04,131 Put your colors here, and set your regiment to the left of this line. 386 00:27:04,298 --> 00:27:07,593 The rest of the brigade will form on your right. Understood? 387 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,845 - Yes. Ellis, this is the point. - Sir. 388 00:27:10,054 --> 00:27:12,181 Your regiment is to the left of this point. 389 00:27:12,890 --> 00:27:16,560 - Colonel, sir. You're the end of the line. - Yes. 390 00:27:16,727 --> 00:27:21,190 You're the extreme left of the Union army. Understood? 391 00:27:21,732 --> 00:27:24,193 The line runs from here back to Cemetery Hill… 392 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:26,904 - … but it ends here. - Understood. 393 00:27:27,071 --> 00:27:29,782 You can't withdraw under any condition. 394 00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:33,035 If you go, this line will be flanked. 395 00:27:33,202 --> 00:27:36,080 If you go, the enemy will sweep up over the hillside… 396 00:27:36,247 --> 00:27:38,833 … and take this entire army from the rear. 397 00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:43,045 - You must defend this place to the last. - Yes, sir. 398 00:27:45,172 --> 00:27:47,550 Now we'll see how professors fight. 399 00:27:49,218 --> 00:27:52,054 Ellis, position the regiment. All company commanders here. 400 00:27:52,221 --> 00:27:53,222 Yes, sir. 401 00:27:53,389 --> 00:27:54,890 Sharpshooters to the left! 402 00:27:55,933 --> 00:27:58,102 Battalion on the right! 403 00:27:58,269 --> 00:28:01,063 Now file into line. March. 404 00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:10,531 Bugler, sound the officer's call. 405 00:28:16,912 --> 00:28:21,000 "Hold to the last." To the last what? 406 00:28:21,917 --> 00:28:23,919 Exercise in rhetoric. 407 00:28:24,086 --> 00:28:27,089 Last shell? Last man? 408 00:28:27,256 --> 00:28:31,093 Last foot of ground? Last reb? 409 00:28:43,105 --> 00:28:44,940 Advance! 410 00:28:45,941 --> 00:28:47,735 Move out! 411 00:29:28,317 --> 00:29:30,194 Turn those guns around! 412 00:29:34,323 --> 00:29:38,827 Gentlemen, the 83rd Pennsylvania, 44th New York, and 16th Michigan… 413 00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:42,414 … will be moving in to our right. But if you look left, you will see… 414 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:44,333 … that there is no one there. 415 00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:47,753 Because we're the end of the line. The Union army stops here. 416 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,171 We are the flank. 417 00:29:50,214 --> 00:29:51,507 Do you understand, gentlemen? 418 00:29:51,674 --> 00:29:55,010 We cannot retreat. We cannot withdraw. 419 00:29:55,177 --> 00:29:58,472 We are going to have to be stubborn today. 420 00:29:59,890 --> 00:30:02,351 Put the boys in position, tell them to stay down. 421 00:30:02,518 --> 00:30:05,354 Pile the rocks up high for the best protection you can. 422 00:30:05,521 --> 00:30:08,023 I want the reserve pulled back about 20 yards. 423 00:30:08,190 --> 00:30:09,942 Sloping ground is good ground. 424 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:13,195 If you have any breakthroughs, men wounded, a hole in the line… 425 00:30:13,362 --> 00:30:15,906 … plug it with the reserve. How's our ammunition? 426 00:30:16,073 --> 00:30:18,158 Sir, I think about 60 rounds per man. 427 00:30:18,325 --> 00:30:21,370 That's good. 60 rounds. I think… Yes, that's adequate. 428 00:30:21,537 --> 00:30:23,330 - Any questions? - Colonel. 429 00:30:23,497 --> 00:30:27,084 It seems to me the fighting is on that side of the hill. 430 00:30:27,251 --> 00:30:29,461 It seems to me that we're the back door. 431 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:32,381 And everything's going on at the front door. 432 00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:38,345 That hill is steep and rocky. It's bare. To come straight up it is impossible. 433 00:30:38,512 --> 00:30:40,389 The reb army is going to swing around it. 434 00:30:40,556 --> 00:30:43,767 It'll come up through that notch right over there. 435 00:30:43,934 --> 00:30:47,438 It'll move under the cover of trees, trying to get around the flank. 436 00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:50,399 And gentlemen… 437 00:30:51,233 --> 00:30:52,776 … we are the flank. 438 00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:56,739 Gentlemen. 439 00:31:05,247 --> 00:31:06,582 God go with you. 440 00:31:32,941 --> 00:31:35,611 Captain Clark, take the right side from the 83rd… 441 00:31:35,778 --> 00:31:37,780 … over in this direction to the center. 442 00:31:37,946 --> 00:31:41,658 Ellis, take the left but be watchful. Your flank will be in the air. 443 00:31:44,286 --> 00:31:46,580 - Colonel, sir. - Corporal Estabrook? 444 00:31:46,747 --> 00:31:50,793 What do I do with these prisoners? The hardheads of the Second Maine. 445 00:31:54,671 --> 00:31:56,924 Any of you care to join us? 446 00:31:57,091 --> 00:32:00,302 - The rebs really coming? - They're coming. 447 00:32:00,469 --> 00:32:03,931 Well, it's kind of dull just sitting here watching, sir. 448 00:32:04,098 --> 00:32:07,518 For any man who joins us, there will be no court martial. 449 00:32:13,482 --> 00:32:15,150 No man will call me a coward. 450 00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,533 Why not? 451 00:32:28,247 --> 00:32:31,834 I'll waste no man to guard you. I expect you to be here when this is over. 452 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,337 - Let's get these fellows some muskets. - There are no muskets, sir. 453 00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:39,842 Wait here for a bit. 454 00:32:40,008 --> 00:32:42,344 There will be guns available in a little while. 455 00:32:46,682 --> 00:32:49,393 That's the New York boys. The rebs are getting closer. 456 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,019 Must be moving this way. 457 00:32:52,563 --> 00:32:54,731 Sir, Private Foss is praying. 458 00:32:59,236 --> 00:33:02,698 - Will you put in a kind word for me? - Yes, sir. 459 00:33:09,538 --> 00:33:11,790 - You're the Merrill brothers, right? - Yes, sir. 460 00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:13,750 Boys, why aren't you on the ground? 461 00:33:13,917 --> 00:33:16,378 Sir, I can't shoot worth a darn lying down. 462 00:33:16,545 --> 00:33:19,715 Never could. Bill neither. We like to fight standing. 463 00:33:19,882 --> 00:33:21,550 I suggest you find a thicker tree. 464 00:33:21,717 --> 00:33:22,885 Here they come! 465 00:33:27,890 --> 00:33:30,726 I want you to stay with me, but you keep down. 466 00:33:30,934 --> 00:33:32,060 Buster! 467 00:33:32,936 --> 00:33:35,397 I bet the whole reb army is coming this way. 468 00:33:35,564 --> 00:33:38,150 Walk down the line. Tell the boys to get good cover. 469 00:33:38,317 --> 00:33:40,527 Pile the rocks high and fire carefully. 470 00:33:40,694 --> 00:33:42,571 - Go down and come back. - Right. 471 00:33:42,738 --> 00:33:44,406 You got to keep an eye on them. 472 00:33:44,573 --> 00:33:47,618 Some of them load but never fire. They just keep right on loading. 473 00:33:47,784 --> 00:33:50,329 Some come home with eight bullets rammed up the barrel. 474 00:33:50,496 --> 00:33:51,914 Never fired a shot. 475 00:33:54,541 --> 00:33:56,001 Sir. 476 00:34:00,088 --> 00:34:01,507 Fire! 477 00:34:54,810 --> 00:34:56,812 Keep up your fire, boys! 478 00:35:01,984 --> 00:35:03,485 Keep your head down. 479 00:35:03,652 --> 00:35:05,195 Watch your left side. 480 00:35:12,995 --> 00:35:14,663 Keep up your fire! 481 00:36:12,220 --> 00:36:13,764 They're falling back. 482 00:36:13,930 --> 00:36:15,641 They'll be back in a minute. 483 00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:19,019 - How are we doing? - Fine. Fine. 484 00:36:19,186 --> 00:36:21,063 - Colonel. - Captain Clark, anybody hurt? 485 00:36:21,229 --> 00:36:23,732 - Head and shoulder wounds. - They didn't hit the left. 486 00:36:23,899 --> 00:36:26,568 They're moving out that way. Can you see them, sir? 487 00:36:26,735 --> 00:36:28,945 They're coming again, boys! 488 00:37:43,979 --> 00:37:46,314 Colonel, look there. 489 00:37:46,648 --> 00:37:49,651 A new regiment has arrived that's moving against the left. 490 00:37:49,818 --> 00:37:51,403 It's out there. Do you see them? 491 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:53,864 Double-quick! 492 00:37:54,823 --> 00:37:57,534 I don't think we'll be able to hold another one. 493 00:37:57,701 --> 00:38:00,370 - Get all company commanders up here. - On the double. 494 00:38:02,539 --> 00:38:05,167 - Sergeant Owen! - Yes, sir. 495 00:38:06,042 --> 00:38:09,546 Get up to the top of that hill and report me the situation from up there. 496 00:38:09,713 --> 00:38:10,797 Yes, sir. 497 00:38:28,690 --> 00:38:31,735 We'll soon be flanked. Here's what we'll do. 498 00:38:31,902 --> 00:38:34,237 I want you to keep up a good hot masking fire. 499 00:38:34,529 --> 00:38:37,532 Keep a tight hold on the 83rd, on old Pennsylvania over there. 500 00:38:39,242 --> 00:38:40,869 I want no break in the line. 501 00:38:41,036 --> 00:38:44,372 Captain Clark, that's you. You understand? No breaks. 502 00:38:44,539 --> 00:38:47,876 Right wing will sidestep to the left… 503 00:38:48,043 --> 00:38:50,337 … thinning out to twice the present distance. 504 00:38:50,504 --> 00:38:53,840 You see the colors? They will end up down to the extreme left. 505 00:38:54,007 --> 00:38:58,553 When you reach that point, we are going to refuse the line. 506 00:38:58,720 --> 00:38:59,805 Understand? 507 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:01,932 We'll form a new line at right angles. 508 00:39:02,098 --> 00:39:04,059 We'll pull up as much of a reserve as possible. 509 00:39:04,226 --> 00:39:07,521 We've got to be able to counter-attack whenever there's a hole. 510 00:39:07,687 --> 00:39:09,356 - Any questions? - No, sir. 511 00:39:09,523 --> 00:39:11,233 Fine. Move! 512 00:39:12,234 --> 00:39:14,569 Lieutenant. You fellows, on the double. 513 00:39:27,249 --> 00:39:28,667 Come on! 514 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,296 - How are you, Andrew? - I'm fine, sir. And you? 515 00:40:14,462 --> 00:40:15,880 A bit worn. 516 00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:20,010 - The boys are putting up a hell of a fight. - They are indeed. 517 00:41:29,037 --> 00:41:31,998 I got me one. I got me a reb. 518 00:41:32,165 --> 00:41:33,917 Buster! Are you all right? 519 00:41:34,084 --> 00:41:37,212 I'll be fine in a minute, but plays hell with me target practice. 520 00:41:37,379 --> 00:41:38,797 The surgeon will see to it. 521 00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:41,257 No. A little bandage is all I'll be needing. 522 00:41:41,424 --> 00:41:43,927 A few minutes off my feet. My brogans are killing me. 523 00:41:44,094 --> 00:41:46,429 Colonel, my men are getting low on ammunition. 524 00:41:46,805 --> 00:41:49,265 Go over to the 83rd. Ask them to send what they can. 525 00:41:49,432 --> 00:41:53,061 Lieutenant, go get from the wounded and from the others anything you can. 526 00:41:53,228 --> 00:41:56,564 - Pick up what you can from anywhere. - Here they come, sir! 527 00:42:43,445 --> 00:42:46,072 Keep up the fire! Fill your holes down here! 528 00:43:06,301 --> 00:43:08,678 Colonel? Colonel? 529 00:43:27,864 --> 00:43:29,199 There they go! 530 00:43:41,753 --> 00:43:43,171 I'll be damned. 531 00:43:45,173 --> 00:43:48,259 They keep coming! How long will they keep coming? 532 00:43:49,052 --> 00:43:52,388 I don't have much left. Two shots. That's what I got. 533 00:43:52,555 --> 00:43:56,017 They keep coming on the flanks. They keep moving to the left more. 534 00:43:56,184 --> 00:43:59,896 They can't send help from the 83rd. They say they got their own troubles. 535 00:44:00,063 --> 00:44:03,483 - Colonel, sir! We'd like to report. - What? 536 00:44:03,650 --> 00:44:05,527 Vincent is badly wounded. 537 00:44:06,236 --> 00:44:08,863 He got hit a few minutes after the fight started. 538 00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:12,158 We've been reinforced at the top of the hill by Weed's brigade up front. 539 00:44:12,325 --> 00:44:14,410 This is what they tell me. But Weed is dead. 540 00:44:14,577 --> 00:44:17,121 So they moved Hazlett's battery of artillery up there. 541 00:44:17,288 --> 00:44:19,290 But Hazlett's dead. Far as I can tell— 542 00:44:19,457 --> 00:44:21,459 Can you can get ammunition from up there? 543 00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:24,129 I don't know. It's a mess. But they're holding good. 544 00:44:24,295 --> 00:44:26,339 The rebs are having a hard time climbing. 545 00:44:26,506 --> 00:44:28,800 - It's a steep hill. - We'll need the ammunition. 546 00:44:28,967 --> 00:44:31,553 Colonel, sir, the better of my men are wounded. 547 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,973 If the rebs come up that hill any stronger, we can't stop them. 548 00:44:35,140 --> 00:44:37,600 Send out word to take ammunition from the wounded. 549 00:44:37,767 --> 00:44:39,936 - Make every round count. Go! - Here they come again! 550 00:44:42,021 --> 00:44:44,023 Ready, boys! 551 00:45:04,919 --> 00:45:07,046 Come on, keep it coming! Keep it up, lads! 552 00:45:42,290 --> 00:45:43,666 Ready! 553 00:45:43,833 --> 00:45:45,627 Aim! 554 00:45:46,461 --> 00:45:47,545 Pour it on, boys! 555 00:45:58,389 --> 00:46:00,642 Keep at them! Keep up your fire! 556 00:46:17,867 --> 00:46:20,495 Here they come, boys! 557 00:47:38,740 --> 00:47:40,283 Go plug that hole over there! 558 00:47:52,962 --> 00:47:54,797 Tom. Tom! 559 00:48:10,772 --> 00:48:12,106 Tom! 560 00:48:13,983 --> 00:48:15,109 Tom! 561 00:48:39,801 --> 00:48:42,303 Colonel, sir. Sir, half my men are down. 562 00:48:42,470 --> 00:48:44,931 Most of the rest are wounded. The left is too thin. 563 00:48:45,098 --> 00:48:46,891 - How is our ammunition? - Almost gone. 564 00:48:47,058 --> 00:48:51,062 Sir, we're running out. We don't have much left to shoot with. 565 00:48:51,229 --> 00:48:52,814 Some boys got nothing at all. 566 00:48:53,022 --> 00:48:54,690 What do we do for ammunition? 567 00:48:54,857 --> 00:48:57,610 My boys picked up reb muskets and fired back with them. 568 00:48:57,777 --> 00:48:59,904 - We ought to pull out. - No, we can't do that. 569 00:49:00,071 --> 00:49:01,989 We can't hold them again, sir. 570 00:49:02,156 --> 00:49:04,826 If we don't, they go right over the hill and the flank caves in. 571 00:49:08,329 --> 00:49:09,497 Sir. 572 00:49:10,206 --> 00:49:11,249 Here they come. 573 00:49:16,212 --> 00:49:18,923 We can't run away. If we stay here, we can't shoot. 574 00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:20,383 So let's fix bayonets. 575 00:49:24,178 --> 00:49:27,014 We'll have the advantage moving down the hill. 576 00:49:28,850 --> 00:49:31,602 They must be tired if we are. So fix bayonets. 577 00:49:31,769 --> 00:49:34,522 Ellis, you take the left wing. I'll take the right. 578 00:49:34,689 --> 00:49:36,232 Right wheel forward, the whole regiment. 579 00:49:36,399 --> 00:49:38,693 - You mean charge? - Here's what we do. 580 00:49:38,860 --> 00:49:41,195 We're going to charge swinging down the hill. 581 00:49:41,362 --> 00:49:43,531 Just like we pulled back to the left side… 582 00:49:43,698 --> 00:49:45,700 … we'll swing it down like a door. 583 00:49:45,867 --> 00:49:49,370 We'll sweep them down the hill as they come up. Understand? 584 00:49:49,537 --> 00:49:51,581 - Does everybody understand? - Yes, sir. 585 00:49:51,747 --> 00:49:53,416 Ellis, take the left wing. 586 00:49:53,583 --> 00:49:57,253 When I command, the whole regiment goes forward swinging down to the right. 587 00:49:57,795 --> 00:49:59,422 All right, sir. Fine. 588 00:50:01,466 --> 00:50:02,884 Move. 589 00:50:05,720 --> 00:50:07,388 Bayonets! 590 00:50:32,580 --> 00:50:35,124 Come on! Let's go! Move! 591 00:50:35,291 --> 00:50:36,918 Quickly, boys! Quickly! 592 00:50:45,968 --> 00:50:48,137 Let's go! 593 00:50:49,931 --> 00:50:52,099 Bayonets! 594 00:50:59,607 --> 00:51:00,858 Draw! 595 00:51:02,318 --> 00:51:03,444 Bayonets! 596 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:07,657 Left swing, right wheel. 597 00:51:07,949 --> 00:51:09,158 Right wheel! 598 00:51:10,493 --> 00:51:11,577 Charge! 599 00:51:14,997 --> 00:51:16,374 Charge! 600 00:51:34,684 --> 00:51:36,894 Charge! 601 00:52:51,927 --> 00:52:53,554 The pistol. 602 00:52:54,096 --> 00:52:55,473 Your prisoner, sir. 603 00:52:59,101 --> 00:53:00,895 Wait here. 604 00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,298 By God, colonel, the boys are still advancing. 605 00:53:29,757 --> 00:53:32,593 - You better stop them. - They're on their way to Richmond. 606 00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:35,388 - Richmond! - They've done enough for today. 607 00:53:35,554 --> 00:53:38,099 I want you to meet this fellow from Alabama. 608 00:53:38,265 --> 00:53:41,685 Captain Hawkins, this is my brother, Colonel Chamberlain. 609 00:53:42,436 --> 00:53:43,938 Sir. 610 00:53:44,814 --> 00:53:46,357 May I have some water? 611 00:53:46,524 --> 00:53:47,942 Yes. 612 00:53:49,527 --> 00:53:51,487 Sure. Tom, get this man a canteen. 613 00:53:51,654 --> 00:53:53,823 Yes, sir. Right this way. 614 00:54:13,968 --> 00:54:15,344 How you doing? 615 00:54:15,803 --> 00:54:17,304 Twice. 616 00:54:17,471 --> 00:54:19,974 Would you believe, for the love of Mary? 617 00:54:20,141 --> 00:54:21,392 Twice. 618 00:54:27,648 --> 00:54:31,444 And how are you, colonel, darling, this fine day? 619 00:54:33,529 --> 00:54:35,656 I got it in the armpit. 620 00:54:36,490 --> 00:54:39,326 For the love of God, in the bloody armpit. 621 00:54:40,035 --> 00:54:42,747 - How is he? - It's an arm. 622 00:54:42,913 --> 00:54:44,832 Only an arm. You got to lose something. 623 00:54:45,666 --> 00:54:47,168 It might as well be an arm. 624 00:54:47,334 --> 00:54:50,838 I can part with that easier than other mechanics of nature, and that's the truth. 625 00:54:57,011 --> 00:54:58,679 I could do with a nip right now. 626 00:54:58,846 --> 00:55:01,098 I'll see what I can do. 627 00:55:01,265 --> 00:55:03,225 You do pretty good. 628 00:55:07,188 --> 00:55:09,523 Colonel. Colonel? 629 00:55:10,107 --> 00:55:12,193 I'm right here, Buster. I'm right here. 630 00:55:15,529 --> 00:55:17,114 The army was blessed. 631 00:55:20,201 --> 00:55:24,955 I want to tell you, just in case… 632 00:55:27,374 --> 00:55:29,001 … that I never served… 633 00:55:34,673 --> 00:55:36,884 I've never served with a better man. 634 00:55:43,516 --> 00:55:44,892 Don't worry, sir. 635 00:55:45,309 --> 00:55:47,645 He'll make it. He's a tough old mick. 636 00:56:23,639 --> 00:56:27,768 Colonel, sir. If you would so honor me. 637 00:56:37,528 --> 00:56:41,490 Colonel, sir. I've been moving these rebs with an empty musket. 638 00:56:42,700 --> 00:56:45,244 Not so loud. 639 00:56:46,871 --> 00:56:48,831 Colonel. 640 00:56:50,207 --> 00:56:52,376 You're ordered to go to the top of the big hill. 641 00:56:52,543 --> 00:56:54,545 My New Yorkers will take your prisoners. 642 00:56:54,712 --> 00:56:56,005 Yes, sir. 643 00:56:56,171 --> 00:56:58,132 We watched from our position above. 644 00:56:58,632 --> 00:57:00,801 It's the damnedest thing I ever saw. 645 00:57:00,968 --> 00:57:04,638 May I-? May I shake your hand, sir? 646 00:57:07,141 --> 00:57:12,271 Colonel, one thing. The name of this place, this hill… 647 00:57:12,438 --> 00:57:13,731 Has it got a name, this hill? 648 00:57:14,231 --> 00:57:18,027 This is Little Round Top. That's the name of the hill you defended. 649 00:57:18,193 --> 00:57:21,530 The big one you're going up to, that's Big Round Top. 650 00:57:23,073 --> 00:57:26,827 Is that so? I guess I'll remember that. 651 00:57:36,503 --> 00:57:39,882 Ellis, move the men out. I'm going to go ahead. 652 00:58:50,285 --> 00:58:51,412 Sam? 653 00:58:52,287 --> 00:58:54,123 We drugged him, sir. 654 00:58:54,289 --> 00:58:56,458 It'd be better if he slept. 655 00:58:57,710 --> 00:58:59,670 Didn't see much. 656 00:59:00,337 --> 00:59:03,007 The boys went in. Hit the rocks. 657 00:59:06,593 --> 00:59:08,095 How did it go, Pete? 658 00:59:10,723 --> 00:59:12,182 Fine, Sam. 659 00:59:12,683 --> 00:59:14,643 We take those rocks? 660 00:59:15,561 --> 00:59:16,770 Most of them. 661 00:59:16,937 --> 00:59:18,772 Worst… 662 00:59:19,356 --> 00:59:22,234 … ground I ever saw. 663 00:59:22,401 --> 00:59:23,944 You know that? 664 00:59:26,071 --> 00:59:27,948 They call it… 665 00:59:28,115 --> 00:59:31,285 … Devil's Den. It's a good name for it. 666 00:59:37,875 --> 00:59:39,460 What casualties? 667 00:59:39,626 --> 00:59:40,794 Don't know yet. 668 00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:44,465 Got to give my boys credit. 669 00:59:49,011 --> 00:59:53,682 You should've let me go to the right. 670 00:59:54,808 --> 00:59:59,605 We should've gone to the right. 671 00:59:59,772 --> 01:00:02,191 He needs to rest some. 672 01:01:03,335 --> 01:01:05,129 You summoned me, sir? 673 01:01:07,047 --> 01:01:08,382 Harrison. 674 01:01:10,717 --> 01:01:12,261 I did. 675 01:01:15,430 --> 01:01:16,974 I've got some night work. 676 01:01:17,141 --> 01:01:18,392 Are you up to it? 677 01:01:18,559 --> 01:01:21,562 "All the world will be in love with night… 678 01:01:21,728 --> 01:01:25,023 … and pay no worship to the garish sun." 679 01:01:25,983 --> 01:01:29,903 When this is all over, I do look forward to seeing you on stage. 680 01:01:32,072 --> 01:01:34,408 What are the general's wishes? 681 01:01:41,498 --> 01:01:44,751 I want you to go out on the right, scout the Federal position. 682 01:01:44,918 --> 01:01:48,714 Their condition, what they've got in reserve, what they're bringing up. 683 01:01:48,881 --> 01:01:51,258 It'll probably take all night. But I want it right and clear. 684 01:01:51,425 --> 01:01:54,178 - Your obedient servant. - Good. 685 01:01:54,344 --> 01:01:59,057 Now, Harrison, it'll be dangerous. And I do appreciate this. 686 01:01:59,224 --> 01:02:01,393 Thank you, sir. 687 01:02:02,102 --> 01:02:05,022 But I must confess, the thing that bothers me about this job… 688 01:02:05,188 --> 01:02:07,024 … is the absence of an audience. 689 01:02:07,191 --> 01:02:09,151 When you do it right, no one knows it. 690 01:02:09,318 --> 01:02:12,029 Nobody ever watches your work. Do you see? 691 01:02:12,863 --> 01:02:15,282 That's very hard on an actor. 692 01:02:20,329 --> 01:02:23,123 This current creation is marvelous. 693 01:02:23,582 --> 01:02:25,959 I'm a poor half-witted farmer, do you see… 694 01:02:26,126 --> 01:02:30,339 … terrified of soldiers. And me lovely young wife has run off with a corporal. 695 01:02:30,505 --> 01:02:32,633 And I'm out scouring the countryside for her. 696 01:02:33,050 --> 01:02:36,637 Sorrowful, pitiful sight I am. People looking down their noses… 697 01:02:36,803 --> 01:02:38,555 … grinning behind me back. 698 01:02:39,473 --> 01:02:41,975 And the whole time telling me exactly what I wanna know… 699 01:02:42,142 --> 01:02:44,728 … about who's where, how many, how long ago. 700 01:02:44,895 --> 01:02:47,439 And them not even knowing they're doing it. 701 01:02:47,606 --> 01:02:49,483 Too busy feeling contemptuous. 702 01:02:51,735 --> 01:02:55,072 There are many people, general, don't give a damn for a human soul, you know that? 703 01:02:55,697 --> 01:02:57,532 Strange thing is… 704 01:02:57,699 --> 01:03:02,454 … after playing this poor fool farmer for a while, I can't help but feel sorry for him… 705 01:03:02,913 --> 01:03:05,207 … because no one cares. 706 01:03:05,958 --> 01:03:07,501 No one cares. 707 01:03:09,795 --> 01:03:11,546 Well… 708 01:03:12,339 --> 01:03:14,841 … we all have our sacrifices to make, don't we? 709 01:03:15,008 --> 01:03:17,594 Indeed we do, sir. 710 01:03:21,014 --> 01:03:23,850 All right, Harrison, on your horse, get going. 711 01:03:24,685 --> 01:03:26,269 - And, Harrison… - Sir? 712 01:03:26,436 --> 01:03:28,897 … you be real careful, you hear? 713 01:03:29,356 --> 01:03:31,066 Thank you, sir. 714 01:03:31,692 --> 01:03:33,360 Go on. 715 01:03:54,172 --> 01:03:56,383 General, I'm very glad to see you well. 716 01:03:56,550 --> 01:03:59,052 I've just come by for my orders, sir. 717 01:04:06,643 --> 01:04:09,021 It would appear that General Stuart has returned. 718 01:04:11,273 --> 01:04:12,774 The prodigal son. 719 01:04:41,553 --> 01:04:44,931 It was very close this afternoon. 720 01:04:48,477 --> 01:04:49,603 Sir? 721 01:04:49,770 --> 01:04:51,730 They nearly broke. 722 01:04:52,230 --> 01:04:54,524 I could feel them breaking. 723 01:04:55,150 --> 01:04:58,779 There for a moment I thought I saw our flags go up the hill. 724 01:05:07,913 --> 01:05:10,123 It wasn't that close. 725 01:05:10,290 --> 01:05:14,294 The attacks were not properly coordinated. I do not know why. 726 01:05:14,461 --> 01:05:16,797 And nevertheless, we nearly won the day. 727 01:05:18,131 --> 01:05:21,385 I could see a clear road all the way to Washington. 728 01:05:26,848 --> 01:05:28,475 How is it with General Hood? 729 01:05:30,852 --> 01:05:33,480 I think he'll live. May lose an arm. 730 01:05:33,647 --> 01:05:34,981 Dear God. 731 01:05:35,649 --> 01:05:38,485 I couldn't spare General Hood. 732 01:05:39,486 --> 01:05:42,948 So many good men were lost this day. 733 01:05:44,074 --> 01:05:45,700 Sir? 734 01:05:46,785 --> 01:05:49,996 Lo did take the peach orchard and wheat field. 735 01:05:50,163 --> 01:05:52,416 But he couldn't get up that ridge. 736 01:05:53,375 --> 01:05:58,046 And Hood, he seized the Devil's Den, but he couldn't take the little rocky hill. 737 01:05:59,381 --> 01:06:02,551 The Federals still hold the heights. And they're reinforced. 738 01:06:03,885 --> 01:06:05,429 General? 739 01:06:06,346 --> 01:06:08,890 That way around to the right is still open. 740 01:06:16,273 --> 01:06:18,108 I will think on it, general. 741 01:06:18,275 --> 01:06:22,529 We have enough artillery for one more good fight, but just one. 742 01:06:22,696 --> 01:06:25,448 I know. Let me think on it. 743 01:06:25,907 --> 01:06:28,368 - General- - I am glad to see you well. 744 01:06:28,535 --> 01:06:30,537 We will speak again in the morning. 745 01:06:52,809 --> 01:06:55,270 You know, hearing you talk about monkeys and trees… 746 01:06:55,437 --> 01:06:58,148 … I remember the time during a cannonade on the peninsula. 747 01:06:58,315 --> 01:07:00,817 There was one tree for the men to hide behind. 748 01:07:00,984 --> 01:07:04,738 It was a skinny little tree and the boys, they fell in behind it… 749 01:07:04,905 --> 01:07:08,200 … in a long thin line which moved just like a pigtail. 750 01:07:08,366 --> 01:07:10,243 It swayed to one side, then the other. 751 01:07:10,410 --> 01:07:12,704 A shell came this way, the line swayed that way. 752 01:07:12,871 --> 01:07:15,415 A cannonball came that way, the line swayed this way. 753 01:07:15,582 --> 01:07:16,917 It was a thing to see. 754 01:07:17,083 --> 01:07:20,378 George, what has that got to do with what we're talking about? 755 01:07:26,468 --> 01:07:28,178 General. 756 01:07:30,138 --> 01:07:32,891 Carry on, gentlemen. Don't let me interrupt the revival. 757 01:07:33,058 --> 01:07:35,977 General, you're just in time. 758 01:07:36,144 --> 01:07:40,523 I've been trying to persuade George here of the modern, scientific… 759 01:07:40,690 --> 01:07:43,276 … theories of Charles Darwin. The theory of evolution. 760 01:07:43,443 --> 01:07:46,571 The notion that all mankind is descended from the ape. 761 01:07:47,239 --> 01:07:48,907 He does not subscribe. 762 01:07:49,074 --> 01:07:50,617 - That so? - I do not. 763 01:07:50,784 --> 01:07:54,621 I've ordered General Armistead to stop filling his head with heathen blasphemies. 764 01:07:54,788 --> 01:07:57,540 Now, you are to devote your reflective moments to study… 765 01:07:57,707 --> 01:07:59,960 … in matters of military significance. 766 01:08:00,126 --> 01:08:01,461 Ordered me. 767 01:08:01,628 --> 01:08:05,215 Or perhaps appropriating some more of this fine whiskey here. 768 01:08:05,382 --> 01:08:07,425 - Absolutely. - Would you care for? 769 01:08:07,592 --> 01:08:08,635 No, thank you. 770 01:08:08,802 --> 01:08:11,888 Surely the commanding general shares my deep feelings of disgust… 771 01:08:12,055 --> 01:08:14,808 … at this simian suggestion. 772 01:08:16,101 --> 01:08:20,522 I suppose there's some pretty smart folk that take Darwin for the Gospel. 773 01:08:20,689 --> 01:08:25,443 They would not be invited to join George's ever-shrinking circle of friends. 774 01:08:25,610 --> 01:08:27,362 General Longstreet, sir. 775 01:08:27,529 --> 01:08:31,157 I intend to lay this matter to rest for once and for all time. 776 01:08:31,324 --> 01:08:32,909 Good. 777 01:08:36,955 --> 01:08:39,457 Sirs, perhaps there are those among you… 778 01:08:39,624 --> 01:08:42,377 … who think that you are descended from an ape. 779 01:08:44,212 --> 01:08:46,339 I suppose it's possible there are those of you… 780 01:08:46,506 --> 01:08:49,342 … who believe that I'm descended from an ape… 781 01:08:49,509 --> 01:08:52,429 … but I challenge the man to step forward… 782 01:08:52,596 --> 01:08:55,473 … who believes that General Lee is descended from an ape. 783 01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:57,892 - Here, here. - Not likely. 784 01:08:58,059 --> 01:09:03,815 George, all science trembles before the searing logic of your fiery intellect. 785 01:09:14,117 --> 01:09:17,704 So exactly how many of your relatives are there that are apes? 786 01:09:24,669 --> 01:09:26,504 Well… 787 01:09:27,797 --> 01:09:30,258 What do you hear about Sam Hood? 788 01:09:30,717 --> 01:09:32,552 He may lose an arm. 789 01:09:33,845 --> 01:09:37,015 Dick Garnett ain't fit. Can't hardly walk. 790 01:09:37,182 --> 01:09:40,894 Thing is, if there's a fight, he can't stand to stay out of it. 791 01:09:41,436 --> 01:09:44,105 But if you ordered him to stay out… 792 01:09:47,275 --> 01:09:49,402 I don't suppose you could do that. 793 01:10:19,099 --> 01:10:22,143 Mm-hm. That boy can sing. 794 01:10:23,561 --> 01:10:26,064 That's "Kathleen Mavourneen." 795 01:10:32,028 --> 01:10:34,322 What do you hear about Hancock? 796 01:10:35,156 --> 01:10:37,158 Ran into him today. 797 01:10:38,952 --> 01:10:40,912 He's out there about a mile or so. 798 01:10:41,079 --> 01:10:45,792 Just a mile or so. And he was tough. 799 01:10:45,959 --> 01:10:47,627 Very tough today. 800 01:10:47,794 --> 01:10:49,587 He's the best they got. 801 01:10:49,754 --> 01:10:52,632 God don't make them any better. And that's a fact. 802 01:10:54,968 --> 01:10:56,928 Well… 803 01:10:57,887 --> 01:11:01,141 I'd like to go over to see him as soon as I can. 804 01:11:03,518 --> 01:11:05,645 The last time I saw Winn… 805 01:11:07,856 --> 01:11:11,067 … we played that song. That very song. 806 01:11:12,819 --> 01:11:16,281 Back in California, we were all together for the last time. 807 01:11:17,115 --> 01:11:18,825 Before we broke up. 808 01:11:19,784 --> 01:11:21,953 Spring of '61. 809 01:11:28,835 --> 01:11:30,670 Almira Hancock. 810 01:11:30,837 --> 01:11:33,506 Do you remember Almira, Hancock's wife? 811 01:11:34,090 --> 01:11:35,675 Beautiful woman. 812 01:11:35,842 --> 01:11:39,679 Most perfect woman I ever saw. 813 01:11:41,598 --> 01:11:43,016 They were a beautiful couple. 814 01:11:44,851 --> 01:11:46,019 Beautiful. 815 01:11:49,689 --> 01:11:52,192 Garnett was with me that night. 816 01:11:53,735 --> 01:11:58,156 A lot of fellows from the old outfit. People standing around singing… 817 01:11:58,323 --> 01:12:00,200 … in the blue uniform. 818 01:12:00,366 --> 01:12:03,870 We were leaving the next day. 819 01:12:04,037 --> 01:12:07,373 Some going north. Some going south. 820 01:12:08,792 --> 01:12:10,668 Splitting up. 821 01:12:13,296 --> 01:12:14,798 A soldier's farewell. 822 01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:17,842 "Goodbye. Good luck. 823 01:12:18,843 --> 01:12:20,220 I'll see you in hell." 824 01:12:21,888 --> 01:12:23,431 Do you remember that? 825 01:12:31,439 --> 01:12:33,483 Towards the end of the evening… 826 01:12:34,692 --> 01:12:36,986 … we all sat around the piano. 827 01:12:38,530 --> 01:12:40,740 Almira played… 828 01:12:41,950 --> 01:12:45,912 … that song there, that was the one she played. 829 01:12:47,914 --> 01:12:51,417 Maybe for years, maybe forever… 830 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:56,047 I'll never forget that. 831 01:13:01,427 --> 01:13:03,304 You know how it was, Pete. 832 01:13:12,063 --> 01:13:15,191 Winn was like a brother to me. Remember? 833 01:13:17,443 --> 01:13:19,320 Towards the end of the evening… 834 01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:24,117 … things got a little rough. 835 01:13:24,284 --> 01:13:26,494 We all began to… 836 01:13:28,454 --> 01:13:30,373 Well… 837 01:13:31,499 --> 01:13:33,543 … there were a lot of tears. 838 01:13:37,171 --> 01:13:39,632 I went over to Hancock. 839 01:13:40,383 --> 01:13:43,970 I took him by the shoulder. I said, "Winn… 840 01:13:45,763 --> 01:13:47,473 … so help me… 841 01:13:48,516 --> 01:13:51,728 … if I ever raise my hand against you… 842 01:13:51,894 --> 01:13:53,605 … may God strike me dead." 843 01:14:02,155 --> 01:14:04,407 Ain't seen him since. 844 01:14:05,158 --> 01:14:07,118 He was at Malvern Hill… 845 01:14:07,535 --> 01:14:12,332 … White Oak Swamp, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg. 846 01:14:16,210 --> 01:14:20,840 One of these days I will see him, I'm afraid. 847 01:14:21,007 --> 01:14:23,343 Across that… 848 01:14:23,509 --> 01:14:27,180 … small deadly space. 849 01:14:35,104 --> 01:14:38,524 I thought about sitting this one out. 850 01:14:38,691 --> 01:14:40,401 But I can't do that. 851 01:14:42,111 --> 01:14:44,989 That wouldn't be right either. 852 01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:52,789 I guess not. 853 01:14:57,585 --> 01:14:59,545 Thank you, Peter. 854 01:15:03,549 --> 01:15:05,385 I had to talk about that. 855 01:15:12,934 --> 01:15:16,646 I'm sending Almira Hancock… 856 01:15:17,355 --> 01:15:20,900 … a small package to be opened… 857 01:15:21,067 --> 01:15:23,861 … in the event of my death. 858 01:15:28,366 --> 01:15:30,159 You'll drop by and see her… 859 01:15:30,702 --> 01:15:32,620 … after this is over. 860 01:15:32,787 --> 01:15:34,580 Won't you, Pete? 861 01:15:43,464 --> 01:15:45,091 Thank you. 862 01:15:48,261 --> 01:15:50,555 What day is it now, major? 863 01:15:53,266 --> 01:15:55,226 It's long after midnight, sir. 864 01:15:55,393 --> 01:15:56,811 It's already Friday. 865 01:15:57,020 --> 01:16:00,314 - Friday, July 3? - Yes, sir. 866 01:16:00,481 --> 01:16:03,985 - Then tomorrow is the Fourth of July. - Sir? 867 01:16:04,152 --> 01:16:06,279 Independence Day. 868 01:16:07,113 --> 01:16:08,573 Huh. 869 01:16:08,740 --> 01:16:12,201 - I'd quite forgotten. - The good Lord has a sense of humor. 870 01:16:12,827 --> 01:16:15,037 I'm very sorry to keep you up so late. 871 01:16:15,204 --> 01:16:16,539 It is my pleasure. 872 01:16:16,706 --> 01:16:18,791 We should have a larger staff. 873 01:16:18,958 --> 01:16:21,627 I'd be offended, sir. 874 01:16:21,794 --> 01:16:23,337 I can do the work. 875 01:16:23,504 --> 01:16:24,964 Very well. 876 01:16:27,050 --> 01:16:29,719 General Stuart is waiting to see you, sir. 877 01:16:30,595 --> 01:16:34,098 - Shall I bring him in? - Of course. 878 01:16:36,601 --> 01:16:38,352 - Major? - Yes, sir. 879 01:16:38,728 --> 01:16:41,564 General Stuart and I must not be disturbed. 880 01:16:42,857 --> 01:16:44,859 - Very well, sir. - Thank you. 881 01:16:48,404 --> 01:16:50,865 General Lee will see you now, sir. 882 01:17:02,376 --> 01:17:03,836 You wish to see me, sir. 883 01:17:09,258 --> 01:17:15,598 It is the opinion of some excellent officers that you have let us all down. 884 01:17:15,765 --> 01:17:18,518 Sir, if you will please tell me who these gentlemen are? 885 01:17:18,684 --> 01:17:20,645 There will be none of that. There is no time. 886 01:17:20,812 --> 01:17:22,980 I ask that I be allowed to defend my- 887 01:17:23,147 --> 01:17:24,857 There is no time. 888 01:17:26,359 --> 01:17:28,152 General Stuart. 889 01:17:30,488 --> 01:17:34,367 Your mission was to free this army… 890 01:17:34,534 --> 01:17:36,202 … from the enemy cavalry. 891 01:17:36,369 --> 01:17:39,789 And to report any movement by the enemy's main body. 892 01:17:40,039 --> 01:17:42,041 That mission was not fulfilled. 893 01:17:42,208 --> 01:17:43,918 You left here… 894 01:17:44,085 --> 01:17:48,172 … with no word of your movement or movement of the enemy for days. 895 01:17:48,339 --> 01:17:50,883 Meanwhile we were engaged and drawn into battle… 896 01:17:51,050 --> 01:17:54,554 … without adequate knowledge of the enemy's strength or position. 897 01:17:54,720 --> 01:17:56,305 Without knowledge of the ground. 898 01:17:56,472 --> 01:18:00,726 So it is only by God's grace that we did not meet disaster here. 899 01:18:00,893 --> 01:18:02,562 General Lee, there were reasons. 900 01:18:02,728 --> 01:18:06,065 Perhaps you misunderstood my orders. 901 01:18:06,774 --> 01:18:09,277 Perhaps I did not make myself clear. 902 01:18:09,944 --> 01:18:13,865 Well, sir, this must be made very clear. 903 01:18:14,699 --> 01:18:16,242 You, sir… 904 01:18:16,409 --> 01:18:19,954 … with your cavalry, are the eyes of this army. 905 01:18:20,121 --> 01:18:23,040 Without your cavalry, we are made blind. 906 01:18:23,207 --> 01:18:25,293 That has already happened once. 907 01:18:25,459 --> 01:18:29,422 It must never, never happen again. 908 01:18:37,972 --> 01:18:41,851 - Since I no longer hold the general's-- - I told you there is no time for that! 909 01:18:42,018 --> 01:18:43,144 There is no time. 910 01:18:59,952 --> 01:19:03,205 There is another fight coming tomorrow and we need you. 911 01:19:03,372 --> 01:19:06,292 We need every man. God knows. 912 01:19:08,336 --> 01:19:11,255 You must take what I have told you… 913 01:19:11,422 --> 01:19:14,675 … and learn from it as a man does. 914 01:19:16,177 --> 01:19:17,637 There has been a mistake. 915 01:19:17,803 --> 01:19:20,806 It will not happen again. I know your quality. 916 01:19:20,973 --> 01:19:24,393 You are one of the finest cavalry officers I have ever known… 917 01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:28,272 … and your service to this army has been invaluable. 918 01:19:29,857 --> 01:19:31,734 Now… 919 01:19:34,278 --> 01:19:37,073 … let us speak no more of this. 920 01:19:45,289 --> 01:19:48,501 The matter is concluded. Goodnight, general. 921 01:20:28,958 --> 01:20:30,418 Colonel, sir. 922 01:20:34,588 --> 01:20:36,882 What are you doing up here? 923 01:20:37,049 --> 01:20:39,093 I'm just resting my leg. 924 01:20:43,764 --> 01:20:45,099 All right. 925 01:20:47,685 --> 01:20:49,645 You sure can see a ways from here. 926 01:20:51,772 --> 01:20:53,441 Where have you been? 927 01:20:54,108 --> 01:20:55,776 We sent out a detail… 928 01:20:55,943 --> 01:20:58,404 … and found some more departed souls down there… 929 01:20:58,571 --> 01:21:01,741 … and they were carrying coffee for which they had no more use for. 930 01:21:01,907 --> 01:21:02,950 You're a ghoul. 931 01:21:04,577 --> 01:21:05,661 Lawrence. 932 01:21:08,122 --> 01:21:10,124 You did real good yesterday. 933 01:21:11,500 --> 01:21:14,211 The way them rebs just kept coming. 934 01:21:15,504 --> 01:21:17,757 You had to admire them. 935 01:21:19,383 --> 01:21:21,677 You think they'll come again today? 936 01:21:22,386 --> 01:21:25,014 It doesn't look like they're planning to leave. 937 01:21:26,140 --> 01:21:27,683 We don't have but 100 men. 938 01:21:27,850 --> 01:21:30,603 Even with the whole flock from the Second Maine. 939 01:21:30,770 --> 01:21:32,897 This position's good. 940 01:21:38,277 --> 01:21:39,403 Diversion. 941 01:21:41,822 --> 01:21:43,407 Go alert the pickets. 942 01:21:43,574 --> 01:21:46,285 That may be a diversion. They may be coming this way again. 943 01:21:46,452 --> 01:21:48,454 Where's the ammunition I asked for? 944 01:21:48,621 --> 01:21:51,374 Go check the hospital, see about the boys. Check on Buster. 945 01:21:51,540 --> 01:21:53,084 Very well, sir. 946 01:21:53,250 --> 01:21:54,794 We need another runner. 947 01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:58,839 I keep going up and down this hill, my legs are going to fall off. 948 01:22:04,512 --> 01:22:06,639 - Morning, General. - Morning, sir. 949 01:22:06,806 --> 01:22:10,184 - Ride with me, if you will. - Yes, sir. 950 01:22:39,672 --> 01:22:42,883 General Longstreet, you have General Pickett now and he is fresh. 951 01:22:43,384 --> 01:22:45,636 I want you to bring your corps forward. 952 01:22:45,886 --> 01:22:49,723 Take those heights in the center and split the Federal line. 953 01:22:55,354 --> 01:22:56,480 Sir, uh… 954 01:22:57,857 --> 01:23:00,443 … my two divisions, Hood's and McLaws'… 955 01:23:00,943 --> 01:23:04,780 They executed a forced march yesterday and went straight into the fight. 956 01:23:05,030 --> 01:23:06,824 Lost half of their strength. 957 01:23:07,700 --> 01:23:09,910 Sustained 50 percent casualties, sir. 958 01:23:10,077 --> 01:23:12,246 They are tired and need rest. 959 01:23:14,248 --> 01:23:15,416 There are… 960 01:23:16,125 --> 01:23:19,795 … now three Federal corps on those two rocky hills on our right flank. 961 01:23:19,962 --> 01:23:22,298 If I move all my people forward… 962 01:23:22,548 --> 01:23:24,925 … we won't have a flank at all. 963 01:23:25,092 --> 01:23:27,219 They'll simply swing around and crush us. 964 01:23:29,472 --> 01:23:32,224 They are well entrenched up there. They aim to fight. 965 01:23:32,391 --> 01:23:35,144 They got good artillery and plenty of it. 966 01:23:35,603 --> 01:23:38,564 Sir, any attack we make will be uphill over open ground. 967 01:23:39,899 --> 01:23:42,943 How do we communicate? How do we coordinate attack? 968 01:23:43,152 --> 01:23:46,030 They're all massed together, damned near in a circle. 969 01:23:46,197 --> 01:23:47,740 Good interior lines. 970 01:23:48,407 --> 01:23:51,619 Anywhere we hit them, they'll bring up reinforcements in minutes. 971 01:23:52,286 --> 01:23:56,207 But we try to bring up support, it has to come from miles away. 972 01:23:56,790 --> 01:23:58,417 Their cannon will see every move. 973 01:23:59,919 --> 01:24:02,963 Hell, their cannon are looking down on us right now. 974 01:24:03,714 --> 01:24:05,549 In the center, they will break. 975 01:24:05,716 --> 01:24:06,800 Sir? 976 01:24:06,967 --> 01:24:08,761 They will break in the center. 977 01:24:08,928 --> 01:24:12,723 They'll be gaining men from all directions, guns by the thousands… 978 01:24:12,890 --> 01:24:16,352 … and Richmond has nothing left to send us. So, if we stay, we fight. 979 01:24:16,977 --> 01:24:20,481 If we retreat now, we will have fought here for two days… 980 01:24:20,731 --> 01:24:23,442 … and will leave knowing we could not drive him off. 981 01:24:24,276 --> 01:24:28,822 And I have never yet left the enemy in command of the field. No, sir. 982 01:24:29,156 --> 01:24:32,159 Retreat is no longer an option. 983 01:24:32,326 --> 01:24:34,620 The enemy has been attacked on both wings. 984 01:24:34,787 --> 01:24:36,205 He has reinforced there… 985 01:24:36,372 --> 01:24:39,458 … and is strongest there on the wings. The hills and the rocks. 986 01:24:39,625 --> 01:24:41,126 So the weak point is in the center. 987 01:24:41,293 --> 01:24:43,587 They have command of the high ground. 988 01:24:43,754 --> 01:24:46,173 But in that long slope, you see there? 989 01:24:46,382 --> 01:24:50,219 The long slope in the center, there's where he's most vulnerable. 990 01:24:50,678 --> 01:24:54,723 General Pickett's Virginians are the only people not yet engaged. Yes? 991 01:24:56,475 --> 01:24:59,520 With General Longstreet in command, my old warhorse… 992 01:24:59,770 --> 01:25:02,898 … meeting the enemy face to face on ground of his choosing… 993 01:25:03,065 --> 01:25:05,317 … and with honor, we will prevail. 994 01:25:25,045 --> 01:25:27,464 Sir, a courier from Colonel Rice. 995 01:25:30,968 --> 01:25:32,219 Colonel Chamberlain. 996 01:25:35,723 --> 01:25:37,141 That's some climb, sir. 997 01:25:37,391 --> 01:25:38,976 My men need rations, lieutenant. 998 01:25:39,143 --> 01:25:42,938 Colonel Rice has entrusted me to tell you that you're relieved, sir. 999 01:25:44,481 --> 01:25:45,566 Relieved? 1000 01:25:45,733 --> 01:25:49,153 Fresh troops are on their way up and they'll take over here, sir. 1001 01:25:49,820 --> 01:25:52,406 Colonel Rice wants to give your people a rest. 1002 01:25:52,698 --> 01:25:55,075 He wants you to fall back, and I'm to show you the way. 1003 01:25:55,451 --> 01:25:58,162 Fall back. Yeah. 1004 01:25:59,413 --> 01:26:01,623 Ellis, have the men fall in. We're moving out. 1005 01:26:01,790 --> 01:26:02,875 Yes, sir. 1006 01:26:03,751 --> 01:26:04,793 Where are we going? 1007 01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:07,755 Oh, sir. Lovely spot. 1008 01:26:08,005 --> 01:26:10,299 Very quiet. Safest place on the battlefield. 1009 01:26:10,591 --> 01:26:12,468 Right smack-dab in the center. 1010 01:26:57,596 --> 01:26:59,098 Yes, sir, general. 1011 01:26:59,682 --> 01:27:01,225 We will attack the center. 1012 01:27:01,892 --> 01:27:04,103 But I think you are right about the flank. 1013 01:27:05,354 --> 01:27:08,649 Hood and McLaws were both very badly damaged yesterday. 1014 01:27:09,483 --> 01:27:13,904 I'll give you two other divisions: General Pettigrew and General Trimble. 1015 01:27:14,071 --> 01:27:15,572 They are stronger and rested. 1016 01:27:15,739 --> 01:27:19,910 Now you will have nearly three divisions at your command, including Pickett. 1017 01:27:20,160 --> 01:27:23,163 Your objective will be that clump of trees yonder. 1018 01:27:25,749 --> 01:27:28,502 The attack will be preceded by massed artillery. 1019 01:27:28,669 --> 01:27:32,005 We'll concentrate all of our guns on that one small area. 1020 01:27:32,256 --> 01:27:35,050 A feu d'enfer, as Napoleon would call it. 1021 01:27:35,717 --> 01:27:39,513 When the artillery has had its effect, your charge will break the line. 1022 01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:43,183 You will have nearly 15,000 men at your command, general. 1023 01:27:43,517 --> 01:27:45,561 You may begin whenever you're ready. 1024 01:27:45,728 --> 01:27:48,522 But plan it well. Do plan it well, I pray you, sir. 1025 01:27:48,730 --> 01:27:49,982 We stake everything on this. 1026 01:27:50,149 --> 01:27:52,693 Sir, with your permission. 1027 01:27:57,406 --> 01:27:59,741 Sir, I've been a soldier all my life. 1028 01:28:00,033 --> 01:28:03,162 I have served from the ranks on up. You know my service. 1029 01:28:07,541 --> 01:28:11,128 I must tell you now, I believe this attack will fail. 1030 01:28:16,008 --> 01:28:19,678 No 15,000 men ever made can take that ridge. 1031 01:28:20,220 --> 01:28:22,848 It's a distance of more than a mile over open ground. 1032 01:28:23,015 --> 01:28:25,392 When the men come out of the trees they will be… 1033 01:28:25,767 --> 01:28:28,937 … under fire of Yankee artillery from all over the field. 1034 01:28:29,104 --> 01:28:30,522 Those are Hancock's boys. 1035 01:28:30,689 --> 01:28:34,943 And now they have the stone wall like we did at Fredericksburg. 1036 01:28:35,778 --> 01:28:37,738 We do our duty, general. 1037 01:28:38,572 --> 01:28:41,033 We do what we must do. 1038 01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:42,659 Yes, sir. 1039 01:28:44,578 --> 01:28:48,373 Colonel Alexander is in charge of the artillery and he is very good. 1040 01:28:49,583 --> 01:28:54,087 We will depend on him to drive them off the ridge before your divisions get there. 1041 01:28:54,588 --> 01:28:57,591 And the men will know what to do. All 15,000… 1042 01:28:57,758 --> 01:29:01,720 … will concentrate squarely on the center of that line. That lower ridge there. 1043 01:29:01,929 --> 01:29:04,097 The line is not strong there. 1044 01:29:04,348 --> 01:29:07,434 General Meade has great strength on both flanks. 1045 01:29:07,893 --> 01:29:09,811 He must be weak in the center. 1046 01:29:09,978 --> 01:29:14,024 I estimate his strength in the center not to be more than 5,000 men. 1047 01:29:14,274 --> 01:29:18,570 And Colonel Alexander's artillery will break them up like at Fredericksburg. 1048 01:29:19,071 --> 01:29:20,822 - Yes, sir. - Farewell. 1049 01:29:29,206 --> 01:29:30,749 What are you thinking, general? 1050 01:29:33,752 --> 01:29:35,712 Well, sir… 1051 01:29:35,879 --> 01:29:38,423 … Pickett's division is from my corps. 1052 01:29:38,590 --> 01:29:41,593 But the other two units are of A. P. Hill's corps. 1053 01:29:45,973 --> 01:29:47,766 Shouldn't General Hill lead the attack, sir? 1054 01:29:49,226 --> 01:29:50,269 Say again? 1055 01:29:52,479 --> 01:29:55,107 Shouldn't General Hill lead the attack? 1056 01:30:04,324 --> 01:30:05,617 My apologies, sir. 1057 01:30:10,414 --> 01:30:12,791 I've always been very cautious. 1058 01:30:13,208 --> 01:30:14,418 Very cautious. 1059 01:30:14,585 --> 01:30:16,628 There is no one I trust more. 1060 01:30:23,510 --> 01:30:26,638 Sir, if we can take that ridge… 1061 01:30:26,805 --> 01:30:29,182 We can. And we will. 1062 01:30:36,356 --> 01:30:39,359 General, God go with you. 1063 01:30:59,796 --> 01:31:01,632 George, you are leading attack. 1064 01:31:01,798 --> 01:31:03,342 Now get ready, George. 1065 01:31:03,508 --> 01:31:06,345 Take your men behind the line of trees. I'll give you details later. 1066 01:31:06,511 --> 01:31:08,347 Now, move, George!