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<i>In June 1863, after more
than two years of bloody conflict…</i>

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<i>… the Confederate army of Northern
Virginia, Robert E. Lee commanding…</i>

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<i>… slips across the Potomac
to begin the invasion of the North.</i>

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<i>It is an army of 70,000 men.</i>

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<i>They move slowly behind the Blue Ridge…</i>

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<i>… using the mountains
to screen their movements.</i>

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<i>Their objective is to draw
the Union army out into the open…</i>

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<i>… where it can be destroyed.</i>

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<i>Late in June, the Union army
of the Potomac, 80,000 men…</i>

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<i>… turns north from Virginia to begin
the great pursuit up the narrow roads…</i>

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<i>… across Maryland and into Pennsylvania.</i>

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<i>General Lee knows that a letter has been
prepared by the Southern government.</i>

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<i>A letter which offers peace.</i>

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<i>It is to be placed on the desk
of Abraham Lincoln, President of the U. S…</i>

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<i>… the day after Lee has destroyed
the Army of the Potomac…</i>

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<i>… somewhere north of Washington.</i>

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Federal cavalry. Two brigades.

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Howdy, friend. Where you headed?

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- General Longstreet. I must see him.
- Is that a fact?

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I know General Lee's headquarters
are up here a little ways.

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Wherever he is, Longstreet is nearby.

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- Take me that way. It's urgent.
-  Let me put it to you like this.

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You're not in a uniform
and you're coming through my picket line.

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I'll take you up there,
but if nobody there knows you…

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… I guess, unfortunately,
you'll have to be hanged.

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Sir. General, sir.

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I'm sorry, excuse me, sir,
but Harrison is back.

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- Harrison?
-  Yes, sir.

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The scout, Harrison, sir.

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I knew you'd want to know that
as soon as possible.

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He's right outside here, sir.

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Your servant, general.

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Didn't expect to see me, did you?

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I paid you in gold three weeks ago.
What do you got?

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I don't suppose you got
another one of those.

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That good southern tobacco.

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What do you got?

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I got the position of the Yankee army.
They're only a few miles down the road.

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The whole Yankee army coming this way.
Seven corps.

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A few miles?

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Yes. Two brigades
of Yankee cavalry down that road about…

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… two, four hours away.

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Behind that there's seven corps.

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I put it all on a map, if you'd like to see it.
About 80,000 men.

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All seven corps.

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You didn't know any of that?

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You didn't know they were on the move.

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You wouldn't be spread so thin
if you'd known.

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How do you know we're spread out?

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Listen, general. I'm good at this business.

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Sir, I beg your pardon,
but if this man's story is true…

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… why haven't we heard about it?

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General Stuart's cavalry is out there.
He would have reported.

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- What do you know about Jeb Stuart?
- He's out there all right.

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He's riding up north somewhere
getting his name in the papers.

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He hasn't caused anything
but a little fuss.

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If the Federal army was moving that fast,
as close as you say…

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- … I believe General Stuart—
Look here.

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I came within an angry mule's kick
of the whole Yankee cavalry.

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And all the way through a picket line.

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Hazardous too.

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I don't know what Jeb Stuart's doing.

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I don't care. I do my job.

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Yankee cavalry's down the road,
thick as fleas…

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… not two hours hard ride
from this here now spot.

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And that, by God, is the Lord's truth.

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- Major Sorrel.
- Yes, sir.

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Will you go to General Lee's headquarters
and notify him about this?

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Yes, sir.

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- Captain Goree.
-  Yes, sir.

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Get this man a tent.

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And a cigar.

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Sir.

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He says the lead
element is here with the Third Corps…

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… the Sixth right behind…

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… supported by
a column of Federal cavalry.

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Seven corps all together.

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The First and Eleventh
are above Taneytown.

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And there's more cavalry two hours east.

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There may be as many
as 100,000 altogether.

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Do you believe the man,
this Mr. Harrison?

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No choice. You remember him, sir,
the actor from Mississippi?

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An actor?
We move on the word of an actor?

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Can't afford not to.

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There would be some word
from General Stuart.

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General Stuart would not leave us blind.

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Oh. One other thing.
Hooker's been replaced.

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George Meade's the new commander.
Harrison read it in the Yankee papers.

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George Meade, Pennsylvania man.

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Meade would be cautious, I think.

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Take him some time to get organized.

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Perhaps we should move more swiftly.

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There may be an opportunity here.

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Yes, sir.

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No reason to delay.

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I think we should concentrate here.

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All the roads converge
just east of this gap.

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- This junction will be necessary.
- Yes, sir.

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I left my spectacles over there.
What is the name of this town?

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-  Gettysburg.
-  Very well.

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Message for Colonel Chamberlain.

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Colonel.

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Colonel, darling. Rise up, me bucko.

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I'm sorry, darling,
but we got a bit of a problem here.

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Would you like to hear about it?

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Would you wake up, sir?

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We got a whole company coming, sir.

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This way. I'll give you time to wake up,
but we've got quite a problem.

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Altogether, 120 men are coming.
We're to be having them as guests.

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What?

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Should be here any minute.

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- Who?
- Mutineers.

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Mutineers, colonel, me lad.

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A hundred and twenty men from the old
Second Maine, which has been disbanded.

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A hundred and twenty mutineers?

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Yes, sir.

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You see, what happened was
the enlistment papers…

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… on the old Second Maine run out.

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They were sent home,
all except these 120 fellows…

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… who foolishly signed three-year papers.

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Three years, that is.

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So these poor fellows
got one more year to serve.

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Only they thought they were signing
to fight only with the Second Maine…

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… and the Second Maine only.

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So they, uh, quit.

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They resigned, you see. 120 men.

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- Colonel, are you all right?
- Yeah.

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The point is,
these Maine fellows won't fight no more.

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Nobody can send them home
and nobody knows what to do with them.

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Until they thought of us…

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… being as we are the only other
Maine regiment in the Fifth Corps.

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So they've been assigned to us.

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Yes, sir.

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I have a message here
from the new commanding general.

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George Meade, sir. That's right.

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Our very own general
of our very own corps…

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… has been promoted
to command of the whole army.

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The latest, if you keep track of them
as they go by.

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The message says they'll be arriving
this morning and they are to join us.

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Oh. "And if they refuse to follow orders,
please feel free to shoot them."

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- To shoot them?
- Yes.

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- These Maine men?
- Mm.

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"You are hereby authorized to shoot
any man who refuses to do his duty."

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Are these all Maine men?

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Yes, sir.
And fine big fellows they are too.

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Mutiny. I thought that was
a word for the Navy.

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We'll move at sunrise.

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It's a good time of the day.

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I always do enjoy this time,
just before the dawn.

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When all this is over,
I shall miss it very much.

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Sir?

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I didn't mean the fighting.

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Well…

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… it's all in God's hands now.

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Good day, sir.

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Good day to you.

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General, sir.

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Should I wake them up, sir? Should I
get them waked up and get going?

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No, Moxley.

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Let the boys sleep a little longer.
They'll need it.

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Yes, sir.

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Prisoners, mark file, left!

163
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How many men do we have now
in the 20th Maine?

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Somewhere around 250, sir,
counting the officers.

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How the heck are we supposed
to take care of 120 men?

166
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Colonel, it's going to be a hot day today.

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Seeing as you already been down
with the heat, will you ride the horse…

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… that the good Lord provided,
instead of marching in the dirty dust?

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You walked.

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Darling, I've been in the infantry
since you was in books.

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After the first few thousand miles,
a man gets limber with his feet.

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Morning, Lawrence.

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How are you?
You're looking kind of peaked.

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Darn it, Tom. Don't call me Lawrence.

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It doesn't make sense.

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Hold a gun on a man to get him to fight.

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Detail, about face.

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Attention, detail!

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You heard the captain.
Stand at attention!

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Guards, get these men back
on their feet!

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I'm looking
for commanding officer, 20th Maine.

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You found him.

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-  That's him.
- You're Chamberlain?

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Colonel Chamberlain to you.

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Captain Brewer, sir.

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118th Pennsylvania.

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If you're the commanding officer,
I present you with these prisoners.

188
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You're welcome to them.

189
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Lord knows, I had to use the bayonet
to keep them moving.

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You have to sign for them.

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Sign it, lieutenant.

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You are relieved, captain.

193
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You are authorized to use
whatever force necessary.

194
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You want to shoot them…

195
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… go right ahead.

196
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Won't nobody say nothing.

197
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I said you are relieved, captain.

198
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You men can leave now.
We won't need any guards.

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My name is Chamberlain.
I'm the colonel of the 20th Maine.

200
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When did you have something to eat?

201
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They're trying to break us
by not feeding us.

202
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We ain't broke yet.

203
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They just told me you were coming
a little while ago.

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I'll get the cook going.

205
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The meat may be raw,
but there's no time to cook.

206
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We've got quite a ways to go today.
You'll be coming with us, so eat hearty.

207
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We'll set you up in those trees.
Sergeant Tozier, see to it.

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Yes, sir.

209
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Well.

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You boys go eat, then I'll come over
and hear what you have to say.

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Colonel.

212
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Colonel, we've got grievances.

213
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The men elected me to talk for them.

214
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All right. You come along with me.

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The rest of you boys go eat.
We're gonna get moving in a little bit.

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All right, men, on your feet.

217
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- Gosh, Lawrence.
- Smile. Don't call me Lawrence.

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- Are they moving?
- Yes, sir.

219
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Forward, march.

220
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What's your name?

221
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I don't feel too kindly, colonel.

222
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Yes, well,
I'm usually not this informal.

223
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I just took command
of this regiment a few days ago.

224
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Somebody ought to welcome you
to my, uh- To our outfit.

225
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They tell me they're holding you fellows
because you signed three-year papers.

226
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I'm sorry. Would you like some coffee?

227
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Are you sure?

228
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- Go ahead. Sit down, Mister…
- Bucklin.

229
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Joseph Bucklin.

230
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Listen, Colonel.
I've been in 11 different engagements.

231
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How many have you been in?

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Not that many.

233
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It ain't the papers.

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I done my share. We all have.

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Damn good men.
Shouldn't be used this way.

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Look here.

237
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It went clean through.

238
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Colonel, we got a courier coming.

239
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Listen, colonel. I'm tired.

240
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You know what I mean? I'm tired.

241
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I've had all this army, all these officers…
This damn Hooker, this damn idiot Meade.

242
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All of them. The whole bloody, lousy mess
of sick-brained, potbellied scareheads.

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They ain't fit to lead a johnny detail.

244
00:23:12,975 --> 00:23:17,605
They ain't fit to pour pee out of a boot
with instructions written under the heel.

245
00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:19,815
I'm tired.

246
00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:23,986
We are good men
and we had our own good flag.

247
00:23:24,153 --> 00:23:28,157
These damn idiots used us
like we were cows or dogs or worse.

248
00:23:28,324 --> 00:23:29,950
We ain't gonna win this war.

249
00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:33,454
We can't win with these
lame-brained bastards from West Point.

250
00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:36,832
These damn gentlemen. These officers!

251
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:39,752
The courier, sir.

252
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,257
Don't go away.

253
00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:49,136
Colonel Chamberlain, sir.

254
00:23:49,303 --> 00:23:52,514
Colonel Vincent wishes to inform you
the Fifth Corps is moving out.

255
00:23:52,681 --> 00:23:55,351
You and the 20th Maine Regiment
are instructed to lead.

256
00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:59,521
20th Maine's assigned first position in line.
Send out advanced guards and flankers.

257
00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,024
-  Flankers?
- Yes, flankers.

258
00:24:02,191 --> 00:24:05,319
Right, yes.
My compliments to the colonel.

259
00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:08,113
Captain Clark, you heard him.
Get the regiment up.

260
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,324
Sound the assembly. Strike the tents.

261
00:24:12,368 --> 00:24:15,537
You better get something to eat.
Looks like you could use it.

262
00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:17,373
Tell your men I'm coming.

263
00:24:17,539 --> 00:24:20,167
The boys from the Second Maine
are being fed, Lawrence.

264
00:24:20,334 --> 00:24:21,960
Don't call me Lawrence.

265
00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:24,672
Damn it, Lawrence. I'm your brother.

266
00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:27,383
Be careful about the name business
in front of the men.

267
00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:29,718
Because we're brothers,
it looks like favoritism.

268
00:24:29,885 --> 00:24:32,346
General Meade got his own son
as his aide-de-camp.

269
00:24:32,513 --> 00:24:35,307
That's different.
Generals can do anything.

270
00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:39,395
Nothing quite so much like God on earth
as a general on battlefield.

271
00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:43,816
What are you going to do with them?
Colonel, sir.

272
00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:46,777
You can't shoot them.
You never go back to Maine if you do.

273
00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:48,320
I know that.

274
00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,490
I wonder if they do.

275
00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:59,248
Colonel, sir. You know who this man is?

276
00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:01,917
Dan Burns, from Orono.
I know his daddy, the preacher.

277
00:25:02,084 --> 00:25:03,585
Best cusser I ever heard.

278
00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:06,588
Knows more fine swear words
than any man in Maine.

279
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:28,110
You men gather around.

280
00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:45,127
I've been talking with Private Bucklin.
He's told me about your problem.

281
00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:48,130
There's nothing I can do today.

282
00:25:48,297 --> 00:25:51,133
We're moving out in a few minutes.
We'll be moving all day.

283
00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,094
I've been ordered
to take you men with me.

284
00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:56,055
I'm told that…

285
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,435
… if you don't come, I can shoot you.

286
00:26:02,311 --> 00:26:04,396
Well, you know I won't do that.

287
00:26:04,980 --> 00:26:07,399
Maybe somebody else will, but I won't.

288
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,401
So that's that.

289
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,654
Here's the, uh, situation.

290
00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:16,658
The whole reb army is up that road
a ways waiting for us.

291
00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,535
This is no time for an argument.

292
00:26:18,702 --> 00:26:20,829
I tell you,
we could surely use you fellows.

293
00:26:20,996 --> 00:26:22,998
We're now well below half strength.

294
00:26:23,165 --> 00:26:26,919
Whether you fight or not,
that's up to you.

295
00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:31,715
Whether you come along is…
Well, you're coming.

296
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:33,759
You know who we are,
what we're doing here.

297
00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,970
If you fight alongside us,
there's a few things you must know.

298
00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:42,017
This regiment was formed
last summer in Maine.

299
00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:44,853
There were 1,000 of us then.

300
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:48,065
There are less than 300 of us now.

301
00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:56,031
All of us volunteered to fight
for the Union, just as you did.

302
00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,411
Some came mainly because
we were bored at home.

303
00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:04,832
Thought this looked like it might be fun.

304
00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:08,710
Some came because
we were ashamed not to.

305
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:15,843
Many of us came
because it was the right thing to do.

306
00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:20,722
And all of us have seen men die.

307
00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:25,185
This is a different kind of army.

308
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:28,522
If you look back through history,
you'll see men fighting for pay…

309
00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:31,233
… for women, for some other kind of loot.

310
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,403
They fight for land, power.

311
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:40,033
Because a king leads them,
or just because they like killing.

312
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,578
We are here for something new.

313
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:47,040
This has not happened much
in the history of the world.

314
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:52,421
We are an army out to set other men free.

315
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:57,384
America should be free ground.

316
00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,636
All of it.

317
00:27:59,803 --> 00:28:02,973
Not divided by a line
between slave state and free.

318
00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:08,020
All the way from here
to the Pacific Ocean.

319
00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:12,357
No man has to bow.

320
00:28:13,483 --> 00:28:15,485
No man born to royalty.

321
00:28:15,652 --> 00:28:19,573
Here we judge you by what you do,
not by who your father was.

322
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,036
Here you can be something.

323
00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:27,956
Here is the place to build a home.

324
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,044
But it's not the land.

325
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,380
There's always more land.

326
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:42,012
It's the idea that we all have value.

327
00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:45,641
You and me.

328
00:28:49,770 --> 00:28:55,150
What we're fighting for, in the end…

329
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,405
… we're fighting for each other.

330
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:15,212
Sorry.

331
00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:17,589
I didn't mean to preach.

332
00:29:20,342 --> 00:29:22,219
You go ahead.

333
00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:25,597
You talk for a while.
Uh, if you, uh…

334
00:29:27,516 --> 00:29:31,603
If you choose to join us and want
your muskets back, you can have them.

335
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:34,773
Nothing more will be said
by anybody, anywhere.

336
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:39,528
If you choose not to join us,
you can come along under guard.

337
00:29:39,695 --> 00:29:41,697
When this is over, I'll do what I can…

338
00:29:41,863 --> 00:29:44,741
… to see you get a fair treatment,
but for now, we're moving out.

339
00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:52,708
Gentlemen.

340
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:56,378
I think if we lose this fight…

341
00:29:58,588 --> 00:30:00,299
… we lose the war.

342
00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:06,847
So, if you choose to join us,
I'll be personally very grateful.

343
00:30:31,413 --> 00:30:33,290
Colonel, it's a fine morning.

344
00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:35,876
- Captain, are we ready?
- That we are.

345
00:30:36,043 --> 00:30:37,836
Then let's move out.

346
00:30:38,128 --> 00:30:39,755
20th Maine!

347
00:30:40,589 --> 00:30:41,673
Forward!

348
00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:44,885
March!

349
00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:49,176
That's infantry, all right.

350
00:32:49,342 --> 00:32:52,095
At least a whole brigade.

351
00:32:52,262 --> 00:32:53,638
Any sign of cavalry?

352
00:32:54,514 --> 00:32:55,932
Not a lick, sir.

353
00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:57,893
That's strange.

354
00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:00,562
Infantry moving alone
in enemy country, blind.

355
00:33:00,729 --> 00:33:03,023
Very strange, sir.

356
00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:04,649
What do you make of that?

357
00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:06,902
He's headed this way.

358
00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:08,320
Sir?

359
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,572
Lee's turned. That's the main body.

360
00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:12,032
You think so?

361
00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,203
- I thought they were going to Harrisburg.
- He was.

362
00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:19,414
That's too many troops
to be a raiding party.

363
00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:21,500
There's power behind it.

364
00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:25,295
Sir, if you want to fight here,
this is such lovely ground.

365
00:33:26,046 --> 00:33:28,256
It's the best damn ground
I've seen all day.

366
00:33:28,423 --> 00:33:29,716
It is that.

367
00:33:35,055 --> 00:33:37,557
We'll move both brigades
into town.

368
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,602
That'll make the good citizens happy.

369
00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:43,355
Let's go down and have a look.

370
00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:45,774
Sir.

371
00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:34,155
- Soldier, your shirt needs mending.
- I thought the war was in Virginia.

372
00:34:36,616 --> 00:34:38,326
What division are you boys with?

373
00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:49,879
Colonel, do you mind?

374
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:53,633
A good officer doesn't ride all day.
I've been sitting too long anyway.

375
00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:55,385
What do you think?

376
00:34:55,552 --> 00:34:58,138
- What do you think?
- About what?

377
00:34:58,305 --> 00:35:00,348
About the Second Maine boys, what else?

378
00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:04,686
- Are any of them going to join us?
- Would you believe it? All but six!

379
00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:05,854
What?

380
00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:09,024
I counted by actual vote.
114 voted to pick up the rifle.

381
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:12,193
- Well, I'll be.
- You did good, brother, real good!

382
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,362
Good. See to it they march together.

383
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:17,282
Yes. Glazier's got the hardheads in tow.
There are six.

384
00:35:17,449 --> 00:35:19,701
Get the names.
Put them in different companies.

385
00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:22,037
I want them spread out,
not bunched together.

386
00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:25,790
- I'll see about their muskets.
- Colonel, sir.

387
00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:34,632
Keep the patrols out.
Scout this bunch in front of us.

388
00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:39,346
Also scout up north. They'll be
coming over that way from Carlisle.

389
00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:42,057
I think Lee's turned the whole army…

390
00:35:42,223 --> 00:35:44,225
… headed this way,
trying to get around us…

391
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:46,561
… get between Meade and Washington.

392
00:35:49,731 --> 00:35:53,193
If I'm right, there'll be a lot
of troops up this road…

393
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,737
… and down that northern road too,
so hop to it.

394
00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:56,946
Sir.

395
00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:11,670
By God, I can't believe
they're coming this far north.

396
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,589
Can I have a ride on your pony?

397
00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:20,970
There's Johnny Rebs everywhere.

398
00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:22,722
Sure am glad to see you fellas.

399
00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:24,182
Your servant, ma'am.

400
00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:26,518
Is there going to be a disturbance
in our town?

401
00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:28,728
Nothing the cavalry can't handle.

402
00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:35,944
Never knew you were such a cavalier.

403
00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:40,407
I'm just not as shy and reserved
as you, sir. Beg your pardon.

404
00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:43,827
Yeah, I'm about as shy as
a regiment at full gallop.

405
00:36:43,993 --> 00:36:46,579
Rebel raiding parties
have been here for days.

406
00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:50,083
Peeled the land of every cow,
chicken and hog.

407
00:36:50,250 --> 00:36:53,545
Can't chew a plow horse with
what they didn't take.

408
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,798
Bobby Lee's up this road
a piece.

409
00:36:56,965 --> 00:37:00,760
Got the whole army of
Northern Virginia with him.

410
00:37:00,927 --> 00:37:04,305
I recommend you good folks get back
to your homes and stay indoors.

411
00:37:04,472 --> 00:37:05,932
Yeah, for how long?

412
00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:08,601
Till the shooting stops.

413
00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:17,360
Something about the mayor and politicians
and dignitaries that troubles me a bit.

414
00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:20,280
They're too fat and they talk too much.

415
00:37:20,447 --> 00:37:24,075
And they never think twice
about asking a man to die for them.

416
00:38:39,526 --> 00:38:41,611
You know what's happening here
in the morning?

417
00:38:41,778 --> 00:38:42,904
Sir?

418
00:38:43,071 --> 00:38:46,157
The whole damn rebel army
is gonna be here.

419
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,619
They'll move through this town,
occupy the hills on the other side.

420
00:38:49,786 --> 00:38:53,998
When our people arrive, Lee'll have
high ground. There'll be the devil to pay.

421
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:55,750
The high ground!

422
00:38:57,919 --> 00:39:03,758
Meade will come in slowly, cautiously,
new to command.

423
00:39:03,925 --> 00:39:06,886
They'll be on his back from Washington.

424
00:39:07,053 --> 00:39:11,307
Wires hot with messages. Attack! Attack!

425
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:16,104
So he will set up a ring
around these hills.

426
00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:21,484
And when Lee's army is nicely entrenched
behind fat rocks on the high ground…

427
00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:24,529
… Meade will finally attack,
if he can coordinate the army.

428
00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:28,157
Straight up the hillside, out in the open…

429
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:31,578
… in that gorgeous field of fire.

430
00:39:32,579 --> 00:39:37,667
We will charge valiantly
and be butchered valiantly.

431
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:46,634
And afterward, men in tall hats and
gold watch fobs will thump their chest…

432
00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:49,846
… and say what a brave charge it was.

433
00:39:58,146 --> 00:40:00,982
- Devin, I've led a soldier's life…

434
00:40:01,149 --> 00:40:04,986
… and I've never seen anything
as brutally clear as this.

435
00:40:05,153 --> 00:40:09,824
It's as if I can actually see the blue troops
in one long bloody moment…

436
00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:13,411
… going up the long slope
to the stony top…

437
00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:17,040
… as if it were already done…

438
00:40:17,206 --> 00:40:19,542
… and already a memory.

439
00:40:19,709 --> 00:40:22,879
An odd, set…

440
00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:25,798
… stony quality to it.

441
00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:31,137
As if tomorrow has already happened
and there's nothing you can do about it.

442
00:40:32,180 --> 00:40:35,099
The way you sometimes feel
before an ill-considered attack…

443
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:39,854
… knowing it will fail,
but you cannot stop it.

444
00:40:40,021 --> 00:40:43,691
You must even take part and help it fail.

445
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:45,943
Sir.

446
00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:50,949
We have 2,500 men.

447
00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:54,202
They'll be coming in force.

448
00:40:54,369 --> 00:40:58,247
There could be 20,000
coming down that road in the morning.

449
00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:05,546
If we hold this ridge for a couple of hours,
we can keep them away.

450
00:41:05,713 --> 00:41:08,257
We can block that road
until our main body gets here.

451
00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:11,219
We can deprive the enemy
of the high ground!

452
00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:14,889
The boys are ready for a brawl.
No doubt of that.

453
00:41:15,056 --> 00:41:17,100
We'll force the reb to deploy.

454
00:41:17,266 --> 00:41:20,019
That's a narrow road
they'll be coming down.

455
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:24,899
If we stack them up, it will take them a
while to get on track to get into position.

456
00:41:25,692 --> 00:41:27,068
Is Calef's battery up yet?

457
00:41:27,735 --> 00:41:29,737
His six guns are deploying now.

458
00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:32,115
How far back is Reynolds
with the main force?

459
00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:34,867
About 10 miles, sir. Not much more.

460
00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:48,548
Sir, you were right.

461
00:41:48,715 --> 00:41:51,843
My scouts report the rebel army
is coming this way for sure.

462
00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:54,595
They're all concentrating in this direction.

463
00:42:04,105 --> 00:42:06,858
We'll hold here in the morning.

464
00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:10,570
Long enough for Reynolds
and the infantry to arrive.

465
00:42:10,737 --> 00:42:13,448
If we hang on to the high ground,
we have a chance…

466
00:42:13,614 --> 00:42:15,950
… to win this fight that's coming.

467
00:42:16,117 --> 00:42:18,619
- Understood?
-  Yes, sir.

468
00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:22,749
Post the cannon along this road,
the Chambersburg Pike.

469
00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:27,295
The rebels will hit us at dawn.
I think we can hold them at least 2 hours.

470
00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,131
Hell, general,
we can hold them all the livelong day.

471
00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:31,591
He's right, sir.

472
00:42:31,758 --> 00:42:34,052
At Thoroughfare Gap,
you held against Longstreet.

473
00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:35,386
You held for six hours.

474
00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:37,180
They never came. We held for nothing.

475
00:42:44,812 --> 00:42:47,857
The rebs will hit us just about first light.

476
00:42:48,024 --> 00:42:50,568
Keep a clear eye.

477
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:53,488
Have the pickets give us a good warning.

478
00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:55,490
All right, gentlemen.

479
00:42:55,656 --> 00:42:58,868
- Let's get posted.
- Sir.

480
00:43:31,567 --> 00:43:35,196
<i>Gen. Reynolds,
my troops are deployed on good ground…</i>

481
00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:38,699
<i>… west of Gettysburg
on the Chambersburg Pike.</i>

482
00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:43,538
<i>I've sent reconnaissance parties
in every direction…</i>

483
00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:46,207
<i>… from which the enemy
might be approaching.</i>

484
00:43:46,374 --> 00:43:49,544
<i>I'm satisfied A. P. Hill's corps
is massed just west of here…</i>

485
00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:51,379
<i>… back of Cashtown.</i>

486
00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:55,299
<i>The enemy's pickets
are within four miles of my position.</i>

487
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:59,387
<i>Rumor says Ewell's coming
over the mountains from Carlisle.</i>

488
00:44:04,016 --> 00:44:07,478
<i>If true, two Confederate corps
will converge upon us in the morning.</i>

489
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:09,939
<i>One from the west
and one from the north.</i>

490
00:44:10,106 --> 00:44:13,067
<i>Do you want me to hold
this position if attacked?</i>

491
00:44:13,234 --> 00:44:15,736
<i>Confirmation requested.</i>

492
00:44:16,571 --> 00:44:18,698
<i>J. N. O. Buford.</i>

493
00:44:41,262 --> 00:44:43,514
<i>"Bow down thy heaven, O Lord.</i>

494
00:44:44,265 --> 00:44:48,936
<i>Come down and touch the mountains
and they shall smoke.</i>

495
00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:54,859
<i>Blessed be the Lord, my strength,
which teaches my fingers to fight…</i>

496
00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:59,447
<i>and my hands to war. Amen."</i>

497
00:45:00,948 --> 00:45:02,658
Good morning, Lucy.

498
00:45:04,285 --> 00:45:06,454
Traveler, good morning to you, sir.

499
00:45:10,124 --> 00:45:11,792
Good morning, sir.

500
00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:13,419
Good morning, Major Taylor.

501
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:17,215
How are you this morning, sir?
How you feeling, sir?

502
00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:19,800
Is there any word from General Stuart?

503
00:45:19,967 --> 00:45:23,429
No, sir. I would have
wakened you, sir, if…

504
00:45:23,596 --> 00:45:25,222
There was no report at all, sir.

505
00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:28,893
If I don't hear from General Stuart by this
evening, I'm gonna send word out to him.

506
00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:32,897
Yes, sir. I have a message
from General Hill, sir.

507
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,650
- Yes?
- General Hill wishes to inform you that…

508
00:45:35,816 --> 00:45:39,070
… he is going to Gettysburg this morning
with his lead division general, Heth.

509
00:45:39,236 --> 00:45:41,322
- For what purpose?
- He advises me that there is…

510
00:45:41,489 --> 00:45:46,077
… a supply of shoes in the town, and he
intends to requisition some footgear.

511
00:45:46,244 --> 00:45:49,080
General Hill knows I want no fight
till this army is concentrated?

512
00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:50,873
General Hill expects no opposition…

513
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,334
… except for some local militia
with shotguns and such.

514
00:45:53,501 --> 00:45:54,585
Very well.

515
00:45:54,752 --> 00:45:57,546
- Will the general have breakfast?
-  No, thanks.

516
00:45:57,713 --> 00:45:59,715
We have flapjacks in small mountains.

517
00:45:59,882 --> 00:46:03,636
Fresh butter, bacon, wagons of ham,
apple butter, ripe cherries.

518
00:46:03,803 --> 00:46:05,680
You really ought to pitch in, sir.

519
00:46:05,846 --> 00:46:08,933
Courtesy of our host,
the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

520
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:11,352
Has there been any trouble
from the local population?

521
00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:13,104
Oh, no, sir. No trouble with them.

522
00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:15,189
The men are behaving very well.

523
00:46:15,356 --> 00:46:18,943
But there are some local women
who claim we have taken all their food.

524
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:21,404
And though they don't complain of
our having paid for it…

525
00:46:21,570 --> 00:46:23,823
… in the good dear coin
of mighty Virginia…

526
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:26,617
… well, sir, they do object to starving.

527
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:29,286
We must be charitable
to these people, major.

528
00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,622
- We have enough enemies.
- Yes, sir.

529
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:34,208
The men have their strict orders.

530
00:46:34,375 --> 00:46:36,877
But I must admit those orders would be
easier to follow…

531
00:46:37,044 --> 00:46:39,422
… had the Yankees showed charity
when they were in Virginia.

532
00:46:39,588 --> 00:46:43,384
Major, this army
will conduct itself properly…

533
00:46:43,551 --> 00:46:47,304
… and with respect to all civilian population
at all times.

534
00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:49,849
And you will personally report to me
any infraction…

535
00:46:50,016 --> 00:46:52,601
… no matter how minor or trivial
they may appear.

536
00:46:52,768 --> 00:46:55,062
- Yes, sir.
- Very well.

537
00:47:08,409 --> 00:47:09,952
Good morning, sir.

538
00:47:10,119 --> 00:47:12,580
General Longstreet, good morning.

539
00:47:16,417 --> 00:47:18,127
Federal forces are concentrating.

540
00:47:18,294 --> 00:47:21,464
Yes, and I've confirmed
some of your man Harrison's information.

541
00:47:21,630 --> 00:47:24,925
Their new commander
is definitely George Meade.

542
00:47:27,470 --> 00:47:30,097
I have reports of Union cavalry
in Gettysburg.

543
00:47:30,264 --> 00:47:31,932
- Cavalry?
- Mm-hm.

544
00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:34,435
General Hill reports only militia.

545
00:47:34,602 --> 00:47:36,854
- He did?
- Mm.

546
00:47:37,438 --> 00:47:38,773
Well, it's cavalry.

547
00:47:38,939 --> 00:47:41,609
Where there's cavalry,
infantry will be close behind.

548
00:47:41,776 --> 00:47:42,902
Meade's closing fast.

549
00:47:43,069 --> 00:47:45,613
It could be he's thinking
of swinging around behind us.

550
00:47:45,780 --> 00:47:49,784
Behind, in front, direction does not matter.
We'll fight him wherever he is.

551
00:47:49,950 --> 00:47:53,704
Probably got old Abe Lincoln on his back
frantic to throw us out of Pennsylvania.

552
00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:55,956
We may have an opportunity here.

553
00:47:56,123 --> 00:47:57,958
I agree.

554
00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:01,670
Our objective was to get their army
out of Virginia and into the open.

555
00:48:01,837 --> 00:48:03,756
Now they are in the open.

556
00:48:03,923 --> 00:48:06,300
General Meade has been forcing
the march.

557
00:48:06,467 --> 00:48:08,219
The weather has been unusually hot.

558
00:48:08,385 --> 00:48:12,348
He will probably arrive here worn out
and weary, piece by piece.

559
00:48:12,515 --> 00:48:15,518
If we concentrate,
we can hit him as he comes up.

560
00:48:15,684 --> 00:48:18,395
If we can take out a few of his corps,
we can even the odds.

561
00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:21,482
But we must strike hard
and we must strike quickly.

562
00:48:22,942 --> 00:48:24,693
What artillery is that, major?

563
00:48:24,860 --> 00:48:26,487
I don't know, sir.

564
00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:28,114
General Heth is in front.

565
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,575
- My instructions were clear?
- Yes, sir. To all commanders.

566
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:34,829
Avoid contact with the enemy
until the army's up and concentrated.

567
00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:35,996
And General Heth?

568
00:48:36,163 --> 00:48:38,332
He has instructions
not to force major action.

569
00:48:38,499 --> 00:48:40,126
I told him this morning.

570
00:48:40,292 --> 00:48:42,962
We should move closer to the front.
Send for General Heth.

571
00:48:43,129 --> 00:48:45,423
- I must know what is going on.
- Yes, sir.

572
00:48:46,924 --> 00:48:48,509
General…

573
00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:53,305
… in the fight that is coming,
I want you to stay back from the main line.

574
00:48:53,472 --> 00:48:56,350
This army has lost too many
of its veteran commanders…

575
00:48:56,517 --> 00:49:00,688
… and you, sir, have a very bad habit
of moving too far forward.

576
00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:05,067
Can't lead from behind.

577
00:49:05,234 --> 00:49:07,153
May I say it plainly, sir.

578
00:49:07,319 --> 00:49:09,572
I cannot afford to lose you.

579
00:49:10,573 --> 00:49:14,743
General, let's look to this day.
You may bring up your corps.

580
00:49:16,996 --> 00:49:18,539
Sir.

581
00:49:21,041 --> 00:49:24,712
Major Taylor, have Traveler saddled up.

582
00:49:24,879 --> 00:49:28,424
- I'm gonna look around for myself.
- Yes, sir.

583
00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:45,918
They've got a brigade in position
and that's all.

584
00:50:46,085 --> 00:50:50,214
We've got the best damn ground around,
and they're hitting me with one brigade.

585
00:50:51,215 --> 00:50:53,342
Lovely. Lovely.

586
00:51:04,687 --> 00:51:06,605
Go on down, gentlemen.

587
00:51:23,330 --> 00:51:24,999
Fall back!

588
00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:31,630
They're on the run.

589
00:51:42,016 --> 00:51:43,183
Close crop, General.

590
00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:45,477
-  How are your losses?
-  Not bad, sir.

591
00:51:45,811 --> 00:51:48,355
We got them out in the open.
Really got a twist on them.

592
00:51:48,522 --> 00:51:51,734
They are arrogant people, you know?
They came right at us.

593
00:51:51,900 --> 00:51:55,612
We took some prisoners.
They're from Heth's division of Hill's corps.

594
00:51:55,779 --> 00:51:57,615
That's what I've got in front of me.

595
00:51:57,781 --> 00:52:01,035
A new division. 8,000 men more or less.
All within sound of this.

596
00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:04,622
Just back up that road between here
and Cashtown. A little ways up the road.

597
00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:07,041
It'll take them a little while to get on line.

598
00:52:07,207 --> 00:52:10,586
Yes, sir, but Hill's whole corps
is behind. Maybe 25,000.

599
00:52:10,753 --> 00:52:12,963
Longstreet behind that.
Ewell over there to the north.

600
00:52:13,130 --> 00:52:14,715
I know, Colonel.

601
00:52:14,882 --> 00:52:18,636
When John Reynolds gets here,
he won't have the full army with him.

602
00:52:18,802 --> 00:52:19,845
Only part of it.

603
00:52:20,012 --> 00:52:22,806
The point is, the rebs will be here
this afternoon…

604
00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:25,976
… with everything they've got.
I just thought I'd mention it.

605
00:52:26,852 --> 00:52:29,563
What do you want me to do here, sir?

606
00:52:29,730 --> 00:52:31,440
Heth will be back in a bit.

607
00:52:31,607 --> 00:52:34,526
If he's got any brains at all,
and he's not stupid…

608
00:52:34,693 --> 00:52:37,780
… he'll know by now he's got at least
a brigade in front of him.

609
00:52:37,946 --> 00:52:40,157
He won't wait
to get his whole division in line.

610
00:52:40,324 --> 00:52:41,909
That would take half the morning.

611
00:52:42,076 --> 00:52:44,745
He don't need his whole division.

612
00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:47,373
That's right.

613
00:52:47,539 --> 00:52:50,751
Does Devin report any activity on his front
over to the right?

614
00:52:50,918 --> 00:52:53,045
- No, sir. Not a lick.
-  All right.

615
00:52:53,545 --> 00:52:56,256
I'll have Devin leave his cover
and withdraw his boys…

616
00:52:56,423 --> 00:53:00,094
… and have them move in alongside you,
lengthening your line.

617
00:53:00,260 --> 00:53:03,180
When Heth gets back,
he'll run into two brigades.

618
00:53:03,347 --> 00:53:05,808
That ought to hold him
until Reynolds gets here.

619
00:53:05,974 --> 00:53:07,434
Right, sir.

620
00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:16,318
Damn sure glad the rain is gone.
Don't want anything to slow up Reynolds.

621
00:53:20,489 --> 00:53:22,157
Take care of yourself, colonel.

622
00:53:23,117 --> 00:53:25,911
Don't worry about me, sir.
I'm the soul of caution.

623
00:54:20,340 --> 00:54:21,842
Fire!

624
00:54:24,762 --> 00:54:27,306
Move! Fall back!

625
00:55:12,935 --> 00:55:15,437
That flank… Hold it!

626
00:55:15,604 --> 00:55:18,065
Stand fast, keep up your fire!

627
00:55:18,232 --> 00:55:22,361
Keep up your fire!
Pour it into them, boys! Pour it into them!

628
00:55:22,528 --> 00:55:23,820
Keep up your fire!

629
00:55:34,373 --> 00:55:35,582
Gamble's down, sir.

630
00:55:35,749 --> 00:55:38,085
Colonel Gamble, but he's not hurt bad, sir.

631
00:55:45,467 --> 00:55:48,262
I'm all right, I'm all right.

632
00:55:49,555 --> 00:55:51,098
It was close, that's all.

633
00:56:00,941 --> 00:56:03,986
Col. Devin's compliments.
No problem on the right.

634
00:56:04,152 --> 00:56:06,738
They came up close,
but we put in the reserve.

635
00:56:06,905 --> 00:56:08,448
We didn't put it all in, sir.

636
00:56:08,615 --> 00:56:10,617
Wishes to know
if you have further orders.

637
00:56:10,784 --> 00:56:13,620
Tell Devin all reserve forward, now.

638
00:56:23,922 --> 00:56:25,966
Keep up your fire!

639
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:30,470
Fire!

640
00:56:31,763 --> 00:56:32,931
Fire!

641
00:57:28,987 --> 00:57:31,406
Sir, it's General Reynolds.

642
00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:46,546
Thank God.

643
00:57:55,681 --> 00:57:56,848
What goes, John?

644
00:57:57,015 --> 00:57:58,767
There's the devil to pay!

645
00:57:58,934 --> 00:58:01,687
- Can you hold?
-  I reckon I can.

646
00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:08,902
Captain, ride as fast as you can
to General Meade.

647
00:58:09,069 --> 00:58:11,571
Tell him the enemy is advancing
in strong force.

648
00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:14,449
I'm afraid they'll get to the heights
beyond the town before we will.

649
00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:18,704
We'll fight them here, inch by inch,
through the town if necessary.

650
00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:20,288
- Yes, sir.
- Lieutenant.

651
00:58:20,455 --> 00:58:25,127
Go into town, tell the people to stay in
off of the streets, especially children.

652
00:58:25,293 --> 00:58:28,880
There's liable to be
a fair-sized dispute here today.

653
00:58:30,215 --> 00:58:32,968
Joe, how can you see anything
with those things on?

654
00:58:56,116 --> 00:58:58,952
General. Damn glad to see you.

655
00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:02,414
First corps is coming up.
The 11th is right behind it.

656
00:59:02,581 --> 00:59:05,083
- Good job, John.
- Thank you.

657
00:59:05,250 --> 00:59:07,669
I don't think they knew until now
what they were up against.

658
00:59:07,836 --> 00:59:10,297
Now that you're here,
they still don't know.

659
00:59:10,464 --> 00:59:12,841
Well, they'll be coming back.
Very good.

660
00:59:13,008 --> 00:59:16,094
Heth'll come in here thinking he's up
against two tired cavalry brigades.

661
00:59:16,261 --> 00:59:19,139
Instead he'll be hitting two corps
of fresh Union infantry.

662
00:59:19,306 --> 00:59:21,558
Yes, sir. Poor Harry.

663
00:59:21,725 --> 00:59:23,810
You can pull your boys out
as soon as we set up.

664
00:59:23,977 --> 00:59:27,481
Put them out on my flanks.
Good cavalry on both flanks.

665
00:59:27,647 --> 00:59:31,985
Yes, sir. Well, John, most of my life
I've been leery…

666
00:59:32,152 --> 00:59:33,904
… about the appearance
of high command.

667
00:59:35,280 --> 00:59:37,824
But, John, I sure am glad to see you.

668
00:59:39,159 --> 00:59:42,078
Gentlemen, place the troops.

669
00:59:51,338 --> 00:59:52,672
Now, John…

670
00:59:52,839 --> 00:59:55,884
… Heth probably has 10,000 men
coming down that road, wouldn't you say?

671
00:59:56,051 --> 00:59:58,136
Yes, sir.
But there'll be more behind him.

672
00:59:58,303 --> 01:00:02,265
We can put almost 20,000
in the field. We're in good shape, I think.

673
01:00:02,432 --> 01:00:04,017
For a while, sir.

674
01:00:04,184 --> 01:00:08,980
I'm sending messages to all commanders
to come here with all possible speed.

675
01:00:13,693 --> 01:00:15,737
It's lovely ground.

676
01:00:17,197 --> 01:00:19,908
I thought so, sir.

677
01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:24,204
Now let's go surprise Harry Heth.

678
01:00:37,592 --> 01:00:39,302
Come on.

679
01:00:44,391 --> 01:00:46,726
- General Heth.
-  Sir. I beg to report.

680
01:00:46,935 --> 01:00:48,228
Yes.

681
01:00:48,395 --> 01:00:50,814
Very strange, sir.
The situation is very confused.

682
01:00:50,981 --> 01:00:52,190
What happened?

683
01:00:52,357 --> 01:00:54,734
I moved in this morning, as directed.

684
01:00:55,026 --> 01:00:58,989
I thought it was only a few militia,
but it was dismounted cavalry, sir.

685
01:00:59,156 --> 01:01:02,492
There weren't all that many,
and the boys wouldn't hold back.

686
01:01:02,659 --> 01:01:05,412
I thought we shouldn't be stopped
by a few dismounted cavalry…

687
01:01:05,579 --> 01:01:07,289
… but they made a good fight.

688
01:01:07,455 --> 01:01:09,916
They really put up a scrap, sir.

689
01:01:10,083 --> 01:01:11,418
Go on, general.

690
01:01:11,585 --> 01:01:13,879
Well, sir, they wouldn't leave.

691
01:01:14,045 --> 01:01:15,714
My boys got their dander up.

692
01:01:15,881 --> 01:01:18,258
We deployed the whole division
and went after them.

693
01:01:18,425 --> 01:01:21,052
We just about had them running
then all of a sudden…

694
01:01:21,219 --> 01:01:22,762
… they got infantry support.

695
01:01:22,929 --> 01:01:24,264
We got pushed back.

696
01:01:24,431 --> 01:01:29,269
Then we re-formed and tried again.
We couldn't just leave it to them, sir.

697
01:01:29,436 --> 01:01:32,772
Now there's more Yankee infantry coming.
I don't know how many.

698
01:01:32,939 --> 01:01:34,983
But I don't know
what else we could've done.

699
01:01:35,150 --> 01:01:37,402
It started as a minor scrap
with a few militia.

700
01:01:37,569 --> 01:01:41,239
The next thing I know,
I'm tangling with half the Union army.

701
01:01:41,781 --> 01:01:45,535
Things will get out of control, Mr. Heth.
That is why we have orders.

702
01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:48,413
- Is it possible you misunderstood?
-  No, sir.

703
01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:50,248
Can you identify those people?

704
01:01:50,415 --> 01:01:52,667
The infantry is the First Corps,
the Black Hats.

705
01:01:52,834 --> 01:01:55,795
There's another corps coming
that we haven't identified.

706
01:01:55,962 --> 01:01:58,548
I must have all possible information
on enemy strength.

707
01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:02,761
Major Taylor, I want you to ride forward
to the highest position and observe.

708
01:02:02,928 --> 01:02:04,930
- And do be careful.
- Yes, sir. Hyah!

709
01:02:05,096 --> 01:02:06,973
- Sir, shall I attack?
-  No, sir.

710
01:02:07,140 --> 01:02:08,808
We are not ready for full engagement.

711
01:02:08,975 --> 01:02:10,852
General Longstreet is not up
with his corps.

712
01:02:11,019 --> 01:02:12,812
Sir, the enemy is disorganized.

713
01:02:13,021 --> 01:02:16,608
If we throw all our forces in the field,
we will have the advantage.

714
01:02:18,026 --> 01:02:19,778
Is that our artillery?

715
01:02:19,945 --> 01:02:21,029
Yes, sir.

716
01:02:21,196 --> 01:02:23,323
I can't imagine what has happened
to General Stuart.

717
01:02:23,490 --> 01:02:25,825
- I've heard nothing. Do you understand?
- Yes, sir.

718
01:02:25,992 --> 01:02:30,664
I have no idea of what lies in front of me.
It may be the entire Federal army.

719
01:02:51,351 --> 01:02:53,853
Sir, compliments
of Colonel Babbit.

720
01:02:54,187 --> 01:02:57,273
Rebels are coming from the north.
Your instructions, sir?

721
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,985
That'll be Ewell's corps.
They're trying to flank us.

722
01:03:00,193 --> 01:03:02,862
We got to meet them
and force them to go on line.

723
01:03:03,154 --> 01:03:05,991
Tell Colonel Devin to get up that way
as quick as he can.

724
01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:10,203
We'll get Gamble's boys back in the saddle
and be there shortly.

725
01:03:32,392 --> 01:03:34,728
Gen. Rodes
has encountered Yankee cavalry.

726
01:03:34,894 --> 01:03:36,354
Buford's brigades.

727
01:03:36,521 --> 01:03:40,066
General Early's right behind him
and will be on the field within the hour.

728
01:03:43,653 --> 01:03:47,741
General Early may be attacked
by half the Federal army within the hour.

729
01:03:47,907 --> 01:03:50,910
- Is that Pender's artillery?
-  Yes, sir. He's up now.

730
01:03:51,077 --> 01:03:54,664
Four batteries in position
with two more in reserve.

731
01:03:54,831 --> 01:03:59,210
With General Rodes attacking up there
and Pender and I, we have three divisions.

732
01:03:59,377 --> 01:04:01,212
We could sweep them.

733
01:04:01,379 --> 01:04:02,464
General, sir.

734
01:04:02,630 --> 01:04:05,383
I saw only two Federal corps.
First and Eleventh.

735
01:04:05,550 --> 01:04:09,804
And, General, I saw Early's lead columns
coming down north of Rodes' lines.

736
01:04:09,971 --> 01:04:11,765
He'll be engaged any minute, sir.

737
01:04:11,931 --> 01:04:15,935
Sir, we got 20,000 infantry coming
down almost behind the Union lines.

738
01:04:16,102 --> 01:04:18,354
It's perfect, sir.

739
01:04:18,521 --> 01:04:20,440
God's will.

740
01:04:21,566 --> 01:04:25,111
Gentlemen, it would appear
the fight is already underway.

741
01:04:25,278 --> 01:04:27,197
General Heth, you may attack, sir.

742
01:04:27,364 --> 01:04:30,450
My orders to all commanders: attack.

743
01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:03,817
-  Fire!
-  Fire!

744
01:05:51,698 --> 01:05:54,617
Forward men, final brigade forward!

745
01:06:00,707 --> 01:06:03,293
Drive those fellas out of that wood!

746
01:06:13,386 --> 01:06:15,847
Forward! For God's sake, forward!

747
01:06:44,250 --> 01:06:45,919
He's dead.

748
01:07:04,562 --> 01:07:09,108
One thing about this brigade
is we got our own special bugle call.

749
01:07:09,275 --> 01:07:11,069
Ever hear tell of Dan Butterfield?

750
01:07:11,236 --> 01:07:13,446
What, General Butterfield?
What was with Hooker?

751
01:07:13,613 --> 01:07:15,365
That's the same fellow.

752
01:07:15,531 --> 01:07:18,660
- He used to be our brigade commander.
- Yeah, he was a pistol.

753
01:07:18,826 --> 01:07:22,455
- No man like him for having a good time.
- I don't know about that.

754
01:07:22,622 --> 01:07:25,375
But I know he used to like
to write bugle calls.

755
01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:28,086
The problem with this army is,
we got too many calls.

756
01:07:28,253 --> 01:07:32,507
We got a call for artillery, infantry,
get up and eat, retreat.

757
01:07:32,674 --> 01:07:36,469
Anyway, old Butterfield, he wrote
a special call for this here brigade.

758
01:07:36,636 --> 01:07:39,305
Say there is an order for this brigade,
you and me.

759
01:07:39,472 --> 01:07:43,268
He'll be blowing his bugle, we will think
that order's for us when it wasn't.

760
01:07:43,434 --> 01:07:47,397
We'll follow that order anyway,
then we'll be in a world of hurt.

761
01:07:47,563 --> 01:07:49,816
Yeah, that happened to me once.
Us, that is.

762
01:07:49,983 --> 01:07:52,485
Half the regiment charged,
the other half retreated.

763
01:07:52,652 --> 01:07:54,112
You had your choice.

764
01:07:55,154 --> 01:07:57,323
This here brigade got a special call.

765
01:07:57,490 --> 01:08:00,410
You hear that call,
you know the next one is for you.

766
01:08:00,577 --> 01:08:02,036
It goes like this.

767
01:08:08,001 --> 01:08:09,669
See, the call's like "Dan Butterfield."

768
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:16,426
In the middle of a fight,
I'm supposed to remember that?

769
01:08:16,593 --> 01:08:18,845
You can remember that.
That's easy to remember.

770
01:08:24,017 --> 01:08:26,811
Butterfield, he wrote a lot
of bugle calls.

771
01:08:26,978 --> 01:08:28,730
You ever hear "Butterfield's Lullaby"?

772
01:08:28,896 --> 01:08:30,732
Butterfield's what?

773
01:08:38,614 --> 01:08:40,033
Colonel, sir.

774
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:42,452
Begging the colonel's pardon.

775
01:08:43,036 --> 01:08:47,248
But would the colonel please do us a favor
and get back on the damned horse?

776
01:08:47,832 --> 01:08:51,544
I'll tell you, sir,
it's not easy handling these new recruits…

777
01:08:51,711 --> 01:08:55,548
… when the officers act
like they ain't got any sense, sir.

778
01:08:55,715 --> 01:08:57,550
Make way, make way!

779
01:08:57,717 --> 01:08:59,093
Lawrence, sir.

780
01:09:00,470 --> 01:09:02,722
We've gone over 20 miles today.

781
01:09:02,889 --> 01:09:06,184
We've gone over 100 miles
in five days, sir.

782
01:09:08,353 --> 01:09:10,146
There's something going on.

783
01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:19,447
-  Col. Vincent, sir.
- Chamberlain.

784
01:09:19,614 --> 01:09:21,699
Far cry from Bowdoin College,
isn't it?

785
01:09:21,866 --> 01:09:23,451
No farther than Harvard Yard.

786
01:09:23,618 --> 01:09:28,289
Indeed. With luck, we'll both see
our alma maters again.

787
01:09:28,456 --> 01:09:31,876
In the meantime, colonel, you move
your boys along as best you can.

788
01:09:32,043 --> 01:09:34,212
Two corps have engaged at Gettysburg.

789
01:09:34,379 --> 01:09:37,215
So we'll keep going through dark
and on until we get there.

790
01:09:37,382 --> 01:09:40,301
- Yes, sir.
- Godspeed.

791
01:09:58,277 --> 01:10:00,738
Battery, fire!

792
01:10:51,289 --> 01:10:54,083
They're running! They're running!

793
01:11:01,174 --> 01:11:04,260
General Pender begs to report
that the enemy is falling back.

794
01:11:04,427 --> 01:11:06,471
- They're on the run.
- Very well.

795
01:11:08,848 --> 01:11:11,142
General Early
says the enemy's caved in…

796
01:11:11,309 --> 01:11:13,352
… on the left flank,
going back to Gettysburg.

797
01:11:13,519 --> 01:11:16,397
- They're all running.
- Very well. Thank you.

798
01:11:16,564 --> 01:11:18,733
Find General Hill's chief of artillery.

799
01:11:18,900 --> 01:11:21,944
Tell him I want fire placed on that hill.
As much fire as possible.

800
01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:23,696
- Yes, sir.
- Very well.

801
01:11:29,202 --> 01:11:30,703
- Major Taylor.
- Yes, sir.

802
01:11:30,870 --> 01:11:32,497
Deliver this message in person.

803
01:11:32,663 --> 01:11:36,000
Tell General Ewell the Federal troops
are withdrawing in confusion.

804
01:11:36,167 --> 01:11:39,378
We must only push those people
in order to gain the heights.

805
01:11:39,921 --> 01:11:43,299
Tell him to take that hill, if practical.
The one beyond the town.

806
01:11:43,466 --> 01:11:45,218
- Do you understand?
- Yes, sir.

807
01:11:45,384 --> 01:11:46,886
-  Very well.
- Hyah!

808
01:11:57,438 --> 01:11:58,981
Congratulations, general.

809
01:11:59,148 --> 01:12:00,399
I want you to see this.

810
01:12:00,566 --> 01:12:02,735
It's like second Manassas
all over again.

811
01:12:02,902 --> 01:12:04,904
Couldn't have worked better
if we'd planned it.

812
01:12:05,071 --> 01:12:08,741
If we can take that hill,
I want it occupied by nightfall.

813
01:12:08,908 --> 01:12:11,953
Sir, the Federal army has fallen back
through Gettysburg.

814
01:12:12,245 --> 01:12:14,580
They're reforming on the ridges
outside of town.

815
01:12:14,747 --> 01:12:15,790
Very well.

816
01:12:16,707 --> 01:12:19,877
This is almost perfect.
We got them where we want them.

817
01:12:20,044 --> 01:12:22,797
Let's move south and east,
get between them and Lincoln…

818
01:12:22,964 --> 01:12:24,382
… find some high ground…

819
01:12:24,549 --> 01:12:26,133
… and they'll have to hit us.

820
01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:28,344
Then we have them, general.

821
01:12:28,511 --> 01:12:30,388
You mean disengage?

822
01:12:30,555 --> 01:12:32,515
I've always been under the impression…

823
01:12:32,682 --> 01:12:36,602
… that it was our strategy to conduct
a defensive campaign wherever possible…

824
01:12:36,769 --> 01:12:38,354
… in order to keep the army intact.

825
01:12:38,521 --> 01:12:41,315
Granted, but the situation has changed.

826
01:12:41,482 --> 01:12:43,734
- How?
-  We already pushed them back.

827
01:12:43,901 --> 01:12:45,778
They're on the run, vacating the town.

828
01:12:45,945 --> 01:12:48,990
How can we move off
in the face of the enemy?

829
01:12:49,156 --> 01:12:50,867
- Major Marshall?
-  Yes, sir.

830
01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:53,786
I ordered firing on that hill,
but no cannons are firing.

831
01:12:53,953 --> 01:12:56,289
- Send over and find out why.
- I'll see to it, sir.

832
01:12:56,455 --> 01:12:57,999
Thank you.

833
01:13:01,836 --> 01:13:04,255
What are you thinking, general?

834
01:13:06,173 --> 01:13:07,967
Maybe we should not have fought here.

835
01:13:08,134 --> 01:13:11,804
I know that. But we have prevailed.
The men have prevailed.

836
01:13:11,971 --> 01:13:13,514
They've always done that.

837
01:13:13,681 --> 01:13:16,309
But in the morning,
we may be outnumbered…

838
01:13:16,475 --> 01:13:19,854
… and they'll be entrenched
on the high ground.

839
01:13:20,021 --> 01:13:23,482
You know as well as I, we've never been
concerned with being outnumbered.

840
01:13:23,649 --> 01:13:25,484
That is true. You are right.

841
01:13:25,651 --> 01:13:28,446
If we move south to Washington,
they have to pursue us.

842
01:13:28,613 --> 01:13:30,865
Then we can fight on ground
of our choosing.

843
01:13:31,032 --> 01:13:32,783
But the enemy is here.

844
01:13:32,950 --> 01:13:35,494
We did not want the fight,
but the fight is here.

845
01:13:35,661 --> 01:13:40,082
How can I ask this army to retreat
in the face of what they've done this day?

846
01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:42,710
Not retreat, sir. Re-deploy.

847
01:13:42,877 --> 01:13:46,797
Our guns will move them off that hill
or Ewell will push them off.

848
01:13:46,964 --> 01:13:49,759
But if Meade is there tomorrow,
I can't move this army away.

849
01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:51,010
I will attack him.

850
01:13:51,177 --> 01:13:54,805
If Meade is up there tomorrow,
it is because he wants us to attack him.

851
01:13:54,972 --> 01:13:58,434
We pushed back two corps,
but there are five more coming.

852
01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:05,900
General, I will bring up my boys
as soon as I can.

853
01:14:06,067 --> 01:14:07,568
Very well.

854
01:14:07,735 --> 01:14:09,362
- General?
- Sir?

855
01:14:09,528 --> 01:14:12,073
Your man Harrison, the actor,
he was quite correct.

856
01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:16,535
Had it not been for him, this entire army
might have been destroyed in detail.

857
01:14:16,702 --> 01:14:20,122
The Federal force might've been here
waiting when we turned around.

858
01:14:20,289 --> 01:14:22,750
I'm deeply grateful to you, sir.

859
01:14:55,950 --> 01:14:57,576
Hello, men.

860
01:14:58,619 --> 01:15:00,788
What outfit are you with?

861
01:15:00,955 --> 01:15:03,124
Archer's brigade, Heth's division.

862
01:15:03,290 --> 01:15:05,668
-  Where you from?
-  Tennessee.

863
01:15:05,835 --> 01:15:06,919
How about you?

864
01:15:07,086 --> 01:15:08,921
Maine.

865
01:15:09,088 --> 01:15:10,798
I've never been to Tennessee.

866
01:15:10,965 --> 01:15:12,883
I reckon I've never been to Maine neither.

867
01:15:15,136 --> 01:15:17,680
I don't mean no disrespect
to you fighting men…

868
01:15:18,931 --> 01:15:23,602
… but sometimes I can't help but figure,
why are you fighting this war?

869
01:15:23,769 --> 01:15:25,187
Why are you fighting it?

870
01:15:25,354 --> 01:15:29,150
To free the slaves, of course.
And to preserve the Union.

871
01:15:29,316 --> 01:15:33,779
I don't know about other folk,
but I ain't fighting for no darkies.

872
01:15:33,946 --> 01:15:35,489
I'm fighting for my rights.

873
01:15:35,656 --> 01:15:37,533
That's what we're all fighting for.

874
01:15:37,700 --> 01:15:39,869
- For your what?
- For our rights.

875
01:15:41,996 --> 01:15:44,957
Why can't you folks live
the way you want to live…

876
01:15:45,124 --> 01:15:46,917
… and let us live the way we do?

877
01:15:48,002 --> 01:15:50,921
"Live and let live," I hear some folks say.

878
01:15:52,715 --> 01:15:56,385
Be a mite less fuss and bother
if more folks took it to heart.

879
01:15:58,471 --> 01:16:00,181
Where'd you get captured?

880
01:16:00,347 --> 01:16:02,600
Railroad cut
west of Gettysburg town.

881
01:16:02,767 --> 01:16:04,852
It wasn't a pretty sight.

882
01:16:06,353 --> 01:16:09,315
Many a good boy lost
a young and promising life.

883
01:16:10,858 --> 01:16:12,568
Some wore blue, some wore gray.

884
01:16:16,113 --> 01:16:18,449
Seen enough of this war?

885
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:20,826
I guess I have.

886
01:16:21,744 --> 01:16:23,496
I guess I have too.

887
01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:26,957
It looks like
I'll be sitting out the rest of it.

888
01:16:30,669 --> 01:16:32,421
I appreciate you talking to me.

889
01:16:33,464 --> 01:16:35,007
See you in hell, Billy Yank.

890
01:16:36,550 --> 01:16:39,011
See you in hell, Johnny Reb.

891
01:16:47,978 --> 01:16:49,688
I have found a John Henry, sir.

892
01:16:49,855 --> 01:16:51,023
John who?

893
01:16:51,190 --> 01:16:55,528
A John Henry, sir. A runaway.
I heard him a-groaning.

894
01:17:08,374 --> 01:17:09,542
Is he wounded?

895
01:17:09,708 --> 01:17:11,794
Don't know for sure.

896
01:17:17,758 --> 01:17:19,176
The man's exhausted.

897
01:17:19,343 --> 01:17:22,888
We'll get him something to eat.
The surgeon's on the way.

898
01:17:24,181 --> 01:17:27,309
- Did you get his name?
- He said something I couldn't understand.

899
01:17:27,476 --> 01:17:29,979
I can't understand anyone
south of Mason-Dixon.

900
01:17:30,146 --> 01:17:31,856
Rebs or darkies.

901
01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:45,953
All right, men, as you were.
Surgeon, see to him.

902
01:17:56,422 --> 01:17:59,008
We had visitors
from the South before the war.

903
01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:03,262
They were always very polite, academic,
you understand.

904
01:18:03,804 --> 01:18:07,016
We stayed off the question of slavery
out of courtesy.

905
01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:10,394
But toward the end there was
no getting away from it…

906
01:18:10,561 --> 01:18:14,940
… and yet I could never understand.
I don't now.

907
01:18:15,107 --> 01:18:17,484
I don't know why.

908
01:18:19,653 --> 01:18:21,614
They fight so well.

909
01:18:29,163 --> 01:18:30,956
Tell me something, Buster…

910
01:18:32,416 --> 01:18:34,793
… what do you think of Negroes?

911
01:18:37,171 --> 01:18:39,673
Well, if you mean the race…

912
01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:42,217
… I don't really know.

913
01:18:43,135 --> 01:18:45,262
This is not a thing to be ashamed of.

914
01:18:45,429 --> 01:18:50,142
The thing is, you cannot judge a race.

915
01:18:50,309 --> 01:18:54,146
Any man who judges by the group
is a pea-wit.

916
01:18:54,313 --> 01:18:57,232
You take men one at a time.

917
01:18:57,399 --> 01:18:59,735
To me, there was never any difference.

918
01:19:00,444 --> 01:19:02,529
- None at all?
- None at all.

919
01:19:02,696 --> 01:19:04,907
Of course, I haven't known
that many freed men…

920
01:19:05,074 --> 01:19:08,494
… but those I knew in Bangor, Portland…

921
01:19:09,620 --> 01:19:12,539
… you look in the eye, there was a man.

922
01:19:13,207 --> 01:19:16,168
There was a "divine spark,"
as my mother used to call it.

923
01:19:16,335 --> 01:19:17,878
That's all there is to it.

924
01:19:18,045 --> 01:19:20,339
Races are men.

925
01:19:21,924 --> 01:19:24,343
"What a piece of work is man.

926
01:19:24,510 --> 01:19:28,055
How infinite in faculties,
in form and moving…

927
01:19:28,222 --> 01:19:30,766
… how express and admirable.

928
01:19:32,559 --> 01:19:34,937
In action, how like an angel."

929
01:19:38,107 --> 01:19:40,859
Well, if he's an angel, all right then…

930
01:19:42,236 --> 01:19:44,905
… but he damn well must be a killer angel.

931
01:19:49,910 --> 01:19:53,831
Colonel, darling, you're a lovely man.

932
01:19:53,998 --> 01:19:59,211
I see a vast great difference between us,
yet I admire you, lad.

933
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:03,048
You're an idealist, praise be.

934
01:20:04,758 --> 01:20:06,552
The truth is, colonel…

935
01:20:07,886 --> 01:20:10,723
… there is no "divine spark."

936
01:20:11,557 --> 01:20:16,311
There's many a man alive no more of value
than a dead dog. Believe me.

937
01:20:16,478 --> 01:20:21,066
When you've seen them hang each other
the way I have back in the Old Country.

938
01:20:21,984 --> 01:20:23,444
Equality?

939
01:20:23,610 --> 01:20:28,365
What I'm fighting for is the right to prove
I'm a better man than many of them.

940
01:20:28,532 --> 01:20:34,246
Where have you seen this "divine spark"
in operation, colonel?

941
01:20:34,413 --> 01:20:37,958
Where have you noted
this magnificent equality?

942
01:20:39,126 --> 01:20:42,212
No two things on earth are equal
or have an equal chance.

943
01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:44,798
Not a leaf, not a tree.

944
01:20:46,550 --> 01:20:50,054
There's many a man worse than me
and some better…

945
01:20:50,220 --> 01:20:54,058
… but I don't think race or country
matters a damn.

946
01:20:55,517 --> 01:20:58,020
What matters, colonel…

947
01:21:00,356 --> 01:21:01,565
… is justice.

948
01:21:07,696 --> 01:21:10,115
Which is why I'm here.

949
01:21:10,282 --> 01:21:13,827
I'll be treated as I deserve…

950
01:21:13,994 --> 01:21:17,164
… not as my father deserved.

951
01:21:19,124 --> 01:21:20,584
I'm Kilrain…

952
01:21:21,251 --> 01:21:24,630
… and I damn all gentlemen.

953
01:21:28,384 --> 01:21:31,178
There is only one aristocracy…

954
01:21:32,346 --> 01:21:36,350
… and that is right here.

955
01:21:43,524 --> 01:21:46,902
And that's why we've got to win this war.

956
01:21:59,665 --> 01:22:01,291
Howdy.

957
01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:03,252
Howdy, general.

958
01:22:04,461 --> 01:22:07,548
Hello, my boys.
Virginia has arrived!

959
01:22:16,515 --> 01:22:18,809
General Pickett presents
his compliments…

960
01:22:18,976 --> 01:22:21,812
<i>… and asks to parler with
the commanding general, s'il vous plaît.</i>

961
01:22:23,355 --> 01:22:24,606
Hey, George.

962
01:22:25,983 --> 01:22:27,526
General.

963
01:22:32,656 --> 01:22:34,491
Good Lord, what is that smell?

964
01:22:34,658 --> 01:22:37,244
That's me. Ain't it lovely?

965
01:22:37,411 --> 01:22:39,454
He got it off a dead Frenchman.

966
01:22:39,621 --> 01:22:41,373
- Good evening.
-  Hey, Lo.

967
01:22:41,540 --> 01:22:44,042
I did not get it off
a dead Frenchman.

968
01:22:44,209 --> 01:22:46,628
I bought it in a store
in Richmond with Sally.

969
01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:49,465
It did have a French name,
but Miss Corbert likes it.

970
01:22:51,133 --> 01:22:53,218
- How are you, general?
- Good, Jim, good. How are you?

971
01:22:53,385 --> 01:22:54,678
Real good.

972
01:22:54,845 --> 01:22:56,305
Dick, how's it going?

973
01:22:56,471 --> 01:22:58,056
Fine, John, just fine.

974
01:22:58,223 --> 01:23:01,435
Good. Oh, listen, I am sorry to assign you
to old smelly George here…

975
01:23:01,602 --> 01:23:04,771
… but I hear tell you have
a strong stomach.

976
01:23:05,564 --> 01:23:07,357
General, I want you to know…

977
01:23:07,524 --> 01:23:11,528
… how much I appreciate this opportunity
to be back in action again, sir.

978
01:23:11,695 --> 01:23:14,406
Let it go, Dick. Let it go.

979
01:23:15,407 --> 01:23:17,284
I consider it a damn fine piece of luck…

980
01:23:17,451 --> 01:23:20,120
… to have a man of your caliber
attached to this command. I do.

981
01:23:20,287 --> 01:23:24,082
Uh, general, sir.
Just exactly what do we have here?

982
01:23:24,249 --> 01:23:25,667
Oh. Excuse me.

983
01:23:25,834 --> 01:23:28,795
Gentlemen? Colonel Fremantle?

984
01:23:29,588 --> 01:23:32,382
Allow me to introduce
Major General George Pickett.

985
01:23:32,549 --> 01:23:35,010
General Pickett,
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fremantle…

986
01:23:35,177 --> 01:23:38,931
… of Her Majesty's venerable
and elite Cold Stream Guards…

987
01:23:39,097 --> 01:23:41,391
… Britain's military attache
to the Confederacy…

988
01:23:41,558 --> 01:23:44,978
… and, you might say,
the eyes and ears of Queen Victoria.

989
01:23:45,145 --> 01:23:48,941
Hardly, sir. I'm merely an observer
and your humble guest.

990
01:23:49,858 --> 01:23:51,860
Sir…

991
01:23:52,027 --> 01:23:54,363
… the fame of your regiment
has preceded you.

992
01:23:55,405 --> 01:23:58,825
General Pickett here
is our ranking strategist.

993
01:23:58,992 --> 01:24:03,956
The First Corps Army of Northern Virginia.
We refer all our deeper questions to him.

994
01:24:04,122 --> 01:24:05,874
They do. They do indeed.

995
01:24:06,041 --> 01:24:09,461
His record at West Point
is still the talk of both armies.

996
01:24:09,628 --> 01:24:13,799
You know I consider it unbecoming
to a soldier, all this book learning.

997
01:24:13,966 --> 01:24:17,010
- Book learning ain't for gentlemen, right?
- Nor that either.

998
01:24:18,053 --> 01:24:20,806
He graduated last in his class. Dead last.

999
01:24:20,973 --> 01:24:23,016
Quite a feat, considering his classmates.

1000
01:24:25,727 --> 01:24:30,107
The Yankees got all the smart ones.
Look where it's got them.

1001
01:24:31,191 --> 01:24:33,360
Colonel, allow me
to present my commanders.

1002
01:24:33,527 --> 01:24:37,364
Each one of these chaps, as you might say,
commands a brigade of mine.

1003
01:24:37,531 --> 01:24:39,992
Now this fellow here, this is Lo Armistead.

1004
01:24:40,158 --> 01:24:42,786
Lo! That's short for Lothario.

1005
01:24:42,953 --> 01:24:44,454
The lover.

1006
01:24:44,621 --> 01:24:47,749
This here is Richard Brooke Garnett.
You'll pardon his limp.

1007
01:24:47,916 --> 01:24:50,168
He got kicked by his horse the other day.

1008
01:24:50,335 --> 01:24:52,045
That fellow there…

1009
01:24:52,212 --> 01:24:53,839
That's Jim Kemper.

1010
01:24:54,006 --> 01:24:56,508
You note the shifty eye,
the hand in the pocket.

1011
01:24:57,009 --> 01:24:59,136
He's not even a West Pointer,
so watch him.

1012
01:24:59,303 --> 01:25:02,514
He's a politician from Virginia.
Jimmy's only here for the votes.

1013
01:25:02,764 --> 01:25:04,808
I was Speaker of the House
in Virginia.

1014
01:25:04,975 --> 01:25:09,062
As a matter of fact, I'd like to talk to you
about some political matters.

1015
01:25:09,229 --> 01:25:10,897
You know the queen, don't you?

1016
01:25:11,064 --> 01:25:14,693
What I need to know
and tell my folks back home is:

1017
01:25:14,860 --> 01:25:16,820
When are you going to do something…

1018
01:25:16,987 --> 01:25:19,615
… about that damn Yankee blockade
out there on the water?

1019
01:25:19,781 --> 01:25:21,241
Can you tell me something about that?

1020
01:25:21,408 --> 01:25:24,036
Time for some branch water. Come on.

1021
01:25:28,874 --> 01:25:31,001
General? Sir.

1022
01:25:32,544 --> 01:25:34,671
Might I have a few words?

1023
01:25:35,422 --> 01:25:38,342
Sure, George. Come on.

1024
01:25:42,262 --> 01:25:46,767
I must confess I'm rather curious
about General Longstreet.

1025
01:25:46,933 --> 01:25:51,438
Up until tonight, he never seemed to
fraternize all that much.

1026
01:25:51,605 --> 01:25:54,649
Almost dour, one would have
to suggest.

1027
01:25:54,816 --> 01:25:58,987
Well, if I were you, colonel,
I'd count myself among the lucky.

1028
01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:04,034
He just happens to be about the best
damn poker player in this here man's army.

1029
01:26:04,201 --> 01:26:07,454
There was a time you'd have
to fight to keep him out of a game.

1030
01:26:07,621 --> 01:26:12,292
Scarlet fever hit Richmond last winter,
right at Christmastime.

1031
01:26:12,459 --> 01:26:15,796
General lost all three of his children
to it.

1032
01:26:15,962 --> 01:26:18,256
The youngest was 10.

1033
01:26:19,091 --> 01:26:21,635
Hasn't been quite the same since.

1034
01:26:24,054 --> 01:26:28,850
- Um… The queen.
- To the queen.

1035
01:26:29,351 --> 01:26:31,311
Her majesty.

1036
01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:37,234
Well, see, you are looking fine.

1037
01:26:38,777 --> 01:26:41,071
Looking lovely yourself, George.

1038
01:26:41,238 --> 01:26:45,158
General. No reflection on you, sir…

1039
01:26:45,325 --> 01:26:47,744
… but you know, my division,
my Virginia boys…

1040
01:26:47,911 --> 01:26:50,705
… we haven't seen all that much action
for a long time.

1041
01:26:50,872 --> 01:26:53,625
I mean, well, we weren't that engaged
at Fredericksburg.

1042
01:26:53,792 --> 01:26:57,295
We missed Chancellorsville altogether.
Off on some piddling affair.

1043
01:26:57,462 --> 01:27:00,173
Now they took two of my brigades,
Corson, Jenkins, and sent them…

1044
01:27:00,340 --> 01:27:02,759
… off to guard Richmond.
I mean, Richmond of all places?

1045
01:27:02,926 --> 01:27:05,971
And now, sir, do you know where
I've been placed in the line of march?

1046
01:27:06,138 --> 01:27:09,933
Last, sir. That's where I am, exactly last.
I'm bringing up the damn rear.

1047
01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:12,769
Beg pardon, sir.
You see, my boys…

1048
01:27:12,936 --> 01:27:16,148
… are beginning to feel a trifle disgusted
at this attitude towards them…

1049
01:27:16,314 --> 01:27:17,649
… as fighting men, sir. My boys-

1050
01:27:17,816 --> 01:27:18,859
- George.
- Sir.

1051
01:27:19,025 --> 01:27:21,778
- Please.
- I sure don't mean to imply you, sir.

1052
01:27:21,945 --> 01:27:23,447
No. Hell no, sir.

1053
01:27:23,613 --> 01:27:26,950
No, it's just, uh…
Well, the bureaucrats.

1054
01:27:27,117 --> 01:27:30,495
See, I was just- I was hoping, sir,
that perhaps you could…

1055
01:27:30,662 --> 01:27:34,082
… talk to somebody about this
arrangement of the troops.

1056
01:27:34,624 --> 01:27:38,253
Would you like me to move the whole army
to the side so you can go first?

1057
01:27:38,420 --> 01:27:40,005
Sir?

1058
01:27:42,424 --> 01:27:44,968
Now that you mention it…

1059
01:27:45,135 --> 01:27:48,346
There is no plot, George.
It's just the way things fell out.

1060
01:27:48,513 --> 01:27:51,141
I mean, hell, look at it this way.

1061
01:27:51,308 --> 01:27:54,352
If the army has to turn around,
fight its way back…

1062
01:27:54,519 --> 01:27:56,938
… well, you'll be first in line.

1063
01:27:59,858 --> 01:28:02,986
Yes, I suppose that is true, isn't it?

1064
01:28:03,487 --> 01:28:05,155
You understand, sir.

1065
01:28:05,322 --> 01:28:07,866
That this whole damn war
might be over after one more battle…

1066
01:28:08,033 --> 01:28:10,118
… and my Virginia boys
will have missed most of it.

1067
01:28:10,285 --> 01:28:11,870
Yeah, I know.

1068
01:28:13,705 --> 01:28:14,998
How far back are they?

1069
01:28:15,165 --> 01:28:17,209
Chambersburg, a hard day's march, sir.

1070
01:28:17,375 --> 01:28:18,960
Mm-hm.

1071
01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:22,756
I know I can count on you, George,
when the time comes…

1072
01:28:22,923 --> 01:28:25,300
… and it will come. It will come.

1073
01:28:25,467 --> 01:28:28,720
Sorry to butt in, but they're calling
for George over at the poker table.

1074
01:28:28,887 --> 01:28:31,306
Your fame, sir, has preceded you.

1075
01:28:31,473 --> 01:28:34,684
Well, thank you, general.

1076
01:28:36,144 --> 01:28:40,148
Well, cheerio, fellas.

1077
01:28:41,733 --> 01:28:44,194
Don't forget to bring your money.

1078
01:28:46,029 --> 01:28:49,658
Have you heard any news of old Winfield?

1079
01:28:49,825 --> 01:28:52,202
Old Winnie boy?

1080
01:28:52,369 --> 01:28:55,288
Hancock? Oh, yeah.

1081
01:28:56,081 --> 01:28:58,250
Well, how's he doing?

1082
01:28:58,416 --> 01:29:01,086
- You're gonna find out.
- Yeah?

1083
01:29:02,420 --> 01:29:06,842
He's got the Second Corps.
Damn clover leaves.

1084
01:29:07,008 --> 01:29:10,804
He's headed this way. Probably run
into him in the next few days.

1085
01:29:15,058 --> 01:29:17,435
I wish I could see him again.

1086
01:29:18,270 --> 01:29:21,106
I haven't seen him since before the war.

1087
01:29:23,191 --> 01:29:25,318
Never thought it would last this long.

1088
01:29:26,236 --> 01:29:27,904
Me neither, Lo.

1089
01:29:28,446 --> 01:29:31,950
I sure would like to talk
to old Hancock again.

1090
01:29:32,117 --> 01:29:34,077
One more time.

1091
01:29:38,123 --> 01:29:39,374
Well, why not?

1092
01:29:41,459 --> 01:29:42,544
You wouldn't mind?

1093
01:29:42,711 --> 01:29:44,546
Hell, no.

1094
01:29:45,755 --> 01:29:47,591
I mean, really.

1095
01:29:47,757 --> 01:29:52,137
Do you think it would be proper?
You know, ethical?

1096
01:29:52,304 --> 01:29:55,682
Look, when the time comes,
and he's close…

1097
01:29:55,849 --> 01:29:59,728
… just send a messenger over
under a flag of truce and go on over.

1098
01:29:59,894 --> 01:30:01,896
Ain't nothing to it.

1099
01:30:02,898 --> 01:30:06,026
Last time I saw him was in California.

1100
01:30:06,192 --> 01:30:08,653
Right when the war was beginning…

1101
01:30:08,820 --> 01:30:13,408
… the night before we all left
to go fight against each other.

1102
01:30:13,575 --> 01:30:16,119
Old friends off to war.

1103
01:30:16,286 --> 01:30:19,247
- Hey, Lo.
- Hm?

1104
01:30:21,249 --> 01:30:23,543
- How's your brigade?
- Oh.

1105
01:30:23,710 --> 01:30:27,964
I've never seen troops anywhere
so ready for a brawl.

1106
01:30:28,673 --> 01:30:32,010
I've got to give the old man credit.
A lot of credit for that.

1107
01:30:32,177 --> 01:30:36,264
Who else could've held
this army together for so long?

1108
01:30:37,307 --> 01:30:39,976
Remember what they used to say
about him?

1109
01:30:40,143 --> 01:30:45,523
When he first took command?
They called him "Old Granny."

1110
01:30:46,650 --> 01:30:50,028
Lord, what damn fools we were.

1111
01:30:50,904 --> 01:30:53,657
Now when he passes…

1112
01:30:53,823 --> 01:30:58,495
… the boys hush as if they had seen
an angel of the Lord.

1113
01:31:00,205 --> 01:31:02,540
Have you ever seen anything like that?

1114
01:31:04,042 --> 01:31:06,836
No. I can't say I have.

1115
01:31:08,171 --> 01:31:10,215
It's amazing what one honest man can do.

1116
01:31:10,382 --> 01:31:14,386
Mm. One honest man and a cause.

1117
01:31:15,970 --> 01:31:19,349
I don't think on that too much anymore.

1118
01:31:20,809 --> 01:31:23,311
I guess my only cause is victory.

1119
01:31:23,478 --> 01:31:26,231
This war comes as a nightmare.
You pick your nightmare side.

1120
01:31:26,398 --> 01:31:28,525
Then you put your head down and win.

1121
01:31:30,443 --> 01:31:32,570
Old gloomy Pete!

1122
01:31:32,821 --> 01:31:34,364
You see, colonel…

1123
01:31:34,531 --> 01:31:38,326
… the government derives its power
from the consent of the people.

1124
01:31:38,493 --> 01:31:40,578
Every government, everywhere.

1125
01:31:41,913 --> 01:31:44,499
Let me make this very plain to you, sir.

1126
01:31:44,666 --> 01:31:48,545
We do not consent
and we will never consent.

1127
01:31:48,712 --> 01:31:51,881
And what you've got to do is,
you've got to go back over there…

1128
01:31:52,048 --> 01:31:55,093
… to your Parliament and you've got
to make it very plain to them.

1129
01:31:55,260 --> 01:31:58,096
You've got to tell them
that what we're fighting for here…

1130
01:31:58,263 --> 01:32:02,392
… is the freedom from what we consider
to be the rule of a foreign power.

1131
01:32:02,559 --> 01:32:05,437
I mean, that's all we want.
That's what this war is all about.

1132
01:32:05,603 --> 01:32:06,771
- Jim.
- No, no, no.

1133
01:32:06,938 --> 01:32:10,150
Now, we established this country
in the first place…

1134
01:32:10,316 --> 01:32:12,485
… with very strong state governments…

1135
01:32:12,652 --> 01:32:14,904
… just for that very reason.

1136
01:32:15,071 --> 01:32:17,449
I mean, let me put it to you this way.

1137
01:32:17,615 --> 01:32:20,285
My home is in Virginia.

1138
01:32:20,452 --> 01:32:23,872
The government of my home is home.

1139
01:32:24,039 --> 01:32:26,499
Virginia would not allow itself
to be ruled…

1140
01:32:26,666 --> 01:32:29,502
… by some king over there in London.

1141
01:32:29,669 --> 01:32:33,465
It's not about to let itself be ruled
by some president in Washington.

1142
01:32:33,631 --> 01:32:37,135
Virginia, by God, sir,
is going to be run by Virginians.

1143
01:32:37,302 --> 01:32:39,345
Oh, my. The cause.

1144
01:32:39,512 --> 01:32:41,806
Actually, I got a pair of kings.

1145
01:32:41,973 --> 01:32:43,266
And it's all for the Yankees.

1146
01:32:43,433 --> 01:32:45,393
The damn money-grubbing Yankees.

1147
01:32:45,560 --> 01:32:48,062
I mean, those damn fools,
they don't get the message.

1148
01:32:48,229 --> 01:32:50,690
Always the darkies.
Nothing but the darkies.

1149
01:32:50,857 --> 01:32:52,066
You know, Jim…

1150
01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:54,486
Sit down. I think that my idea…

1151
01:32:54,652 --> 01:32:59,657
… my analogy of a gentlemen's club
is fair enough. It's clear enough.

1152
01:32:59,824 --> 01:33:01,493
Colonel, think on it now.

1153
01:33:01,659 --> 01:33:04,746
Suppose that we all joined a club,
a gentlemen's club.

1154
01:33:04,954 --> 01:33:08,666
After a time, several of the members
began to intrude themselves…

1155
01:33:08,833 --> 01:33:11,336
… into our private lives, our home lives.

1156
01:33:11,503 --> 01:33:14,172
Began telling us
what we could and couldn't do.

1157
01:33:14,339 --> 01:33:17,383
Well, then, wouldn't any one of us
have the right to resign?

1158
01:33:17,550 --> 01:33:20,178
I mean, just resign.

1159
01:33:20,345 --> 01:33:21,513
That's what we did.

1160
01:33:21,679 --> 01:33:26,726
That's what I did and now these people
are telling us we don't have that right.

1161
01:33:30,230 --> 01:33:32,357
I got to hand it to you.

1162
01:33:32,524 --> 01:33:35,944
You certainly do have a talent
for trivializing the momentous…

1163
01:33:36,111 --> 01:33:38,196
… and complicating the obvious.

1164
01:33:38,363 --> 01:33:40,573
Have you ever considered
running for Congress?

1165
01:33:40,740 --> 01:33:43,409
No. It's a thought.

1166
01:33:47,205 --> 01:33:49,582
What does Colonel Fremantle think?

1167
01:33:49,749 --> 01:33:52,126
Will the British come in on our side?

1168
01:33:52,293 --> 01:33:57,715
Hell, yeah. They'll come in
when we don't need them no more.

1169
01:33:57,882 --> 01:34:01,678
Like some damn bank lending you money
when you're no longer in debt.

1170
01:34:01,845 --> 01:34:05,306
-  Look here, Mr. Speaker…
-  George.

1171
01:34:08,685 --> 01:34:10,353
A word?

1172
01:34:11,563 --> 01:34:13,314
Good night, colonel.

1173
01:34:13,481 --> 01:34:15,525
See you later.

1174
01:34:19,571 --> 01:34:23,616
In the next few days,
we're going to have a hell of a fight here.

1175
01:34:23,783 --> 01:34:26,911
I want you to do everything necessary
to get your boys ready.

1176
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:29,914
You can start bringing them up
by the first light.

1177
01:34:30,081 --> 01:34:32,375
I want you all in Gettysburg
by tomorrow night.

1178
01:34:32,542 --> 01:34:34,043
Yes, sir.

1179
01:35:01,154 --> 01:35:02,947
Good evening, John.

1180
01:35:03,114 --> 01:35:06,534
I'm surprised you could find headquarters
with all that confusion.

1181
01:35:08,077 --> 01:35:09,787
There's an old Indian saying:

1182
01:35:09,954 --> 01:35:12,790
"Follow the cigar smoke
and find a fat man there."

1183
01:35:35,063 --> 01:35:36,272
General Hancock.

1184
01:35:36,439 --> 01:35:37,649
How are you, John?

1185
01:35:37,815 --> 01:35:39,233
I'm all right.

1186
01:35:39,400 --> 01:35:43,237
But the brigades are pretty shot up.
I need to get refitted.

1187
01:35:43,404 --> 01:35:48,117
Right. I'll see to it.
We know what you did this morning.

1188
01:35:48,284 --> 01:35:50,495
That was
one hell of a piece of soldiering.

1189
01:35:50,662 --> 01:35:52,455
Thank you, sir.

1190
01:35:52,997 --> 01:35:56,125
Heard you were with John Reynolds
when he was killed.

1191
01:35:56,292 --> 01:35:58,836
I'm sending the body up
to his folks in Lancaster.

1192
01:35:59,003 --> 01:36:01,047
They might appreciate a note from you.

1193
01:36:01,214 --> 01:36:02,632
I'll send it.

1194
01:36:04,050 --> 01:36:05,969
He was a soldier.

1195
01:36:07,011 --> 01:36:09,138
And a good friend.

1196
01:36:10,098 --> 01:36:14,686
Three of us, Reynolds,
Lo Armistead and I came up together.

1197
01:36:14,852 --> 01:36:16,688
Mexican War.

1198
01:36:17,647 --> 01:36:18,856
California.

1199
01:36:19,816 --> 01:36:21,401
We stayed close.

1200
01:36:22,860 --> 01:36:26,531
I wonder how old Lo is doing.
If he's still alive.

1201
01:36:27,448 --> 01:36:29,701
Heard he had one of Pickett's brigades.

1202
01:36:29,867 --> 01:36:31,869
Under Longstreet.

1203
01:36:41,045 --> 01:36:42,714
Remarkable.

1204
01:36:45,675 --> 01:36:47,802
Just across the ridge, eh?

1205
01:36:51,264 --> 01:36:54,809
I'd like to see him again, but not here.
Not like this.

1206
01:36:55,893 --> 01:36:59,063
Well, maybe after the war, eh?

1207
01:37:04,652 --> 01:37:06,446
Where do you want me in the morning?

1208
01:37:06,612 --> 01:37:09,574
I want you to hold your position
on the extreme left.

1209
01:37:09,741 --> 01:37:11,492
Get some rest if you can.

1210
01:37:11,659 --> 01:37:13,578
We may need you in the morning.

1211
01:37:13,828 --> 01:37:17,040
Jeb Stuart's still on the prowl
out there someplace.

1212
01:37:17,915 --> 01:37:19,417
Yes, sir.

1213
01:37:57,371 --> 01:37:59,749
Well, General Reynolds…

1214
01:38:01,626 --> 01:38:04,087
… we held the high ground.

1215
01:38:20,645 --> 01:38:22,146
General Trimble is waiting.

1216
01:38:22,313 --> 01:38:24,107
- Will you see him?
-  Very well.

1217
01:38:24,273 --> 01:38:28,277
I want a scouting party sent out
posthaste to find General Stuart.

1218
01:38:28,444 --> 01:38:30,822
- Yes, sir. Right away.
-  Thank you.

1219
01:38:44,836 --> 01:38:46,671
General Trimble.

1220
01:38:48,881 --> 01:38:52,927
Sir, I most respectfully request
another assignment.

1221
01:38:58,850 --> 01:39:01,269
Do please go on, general.

1222
01:39:01,435 --> 01:39:03,229
The man is a disgrace.

1223
01:39:03,396 --> 01:39:07,316
Sir, have you been listening at all
to what the aides have been telling you?

1224
01:39:07,525 --> 01:39:11,529
Ask General Gordon or General Ewell.
Ask them.

1225
01:39:12,530 --> 01:39:14,699
We could've taken that hill.

1226
01:39:14,866 --> 01:39:17,034
God in his wisdom knows
we should've taken it.

1227
01:39:17,201 --> 01:39:20,955
There was no one there at all
and it commanded the town.

1228
01:39:21,122 --> 01:39:24,375
General Gordon saw it.
I mean, he was with us.

1229
01:39:24,542 --> 01:39:27,879
Me and Ewell and Gordon…

1230
01:39:28,045 --> 01:39:34,635
… all standing in the dark like idiots
with that bloody damned hill empty.