1 00:05:31,372 --> 00:05:34,958 Welcome, Colonel Lee. Welcome to my home. 2 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,170 Make yourself comfortable there, colonel. 3 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:48,513 Allow me to get to the point, sir. 4 00:05:48,681 --> 00:05:51,933 l have been authorized by President Lincoln himself. . . 5 00:05:52,101 --> 00:05:55,103 . ..with the full blessing of the War Department... 6 00:05:55,271 --> 00:06:00,025 . ..to offer you full command of the Army with the rank of major general. 7 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:06,406 This Army being raised to quell this, uh, rebellion and to preserve the Union. 8 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:12,913 l assume this Army is to be used to invade those areas. . . 9 00:06:13,081 --> 00:06:15,791 . ..to eliminate the rebellion by force. 10 00:06:15,958 --> 00:06:20,504 Yes, sir, the Federal government has been challenged by these rebels. . . 11 00:06:20,671 --> 00:06:25,675 . ..who have been most effective in changing the sentiments of state legislatures... 12 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:31,139 . ..challenging our Constitution and challenging our central government. 13 00:06:31,307 --> 00:06:36,228 The attack on Fort Sumter cannot be ignored. 14 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:40,107 General, my home is right there across the Potomac. 15 00:06:40,274 --> 00:06:43,652 Why, you can see Arlington House from your front door. 16 00:06:44,153 --> 00:06:47,864 My family is spread all over this part of Virginia. 17 00:06:48,032 --> 00:06:53,036 lf you invade the South, your enemy territory will be right across that river. 18 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:59,751 Well, sir, there is no great outcry for secession in, uh, Virginia. 19 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:05,006 lt's not a foregone conclusion that Virginia or Tennessee or Arkansas... 20 00:07:05,174 --> 00:07:08,468 . ..or Kentucky will join the rebellion. 21 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:13,056 My friend, may l humbly submit that you're mistaken about Virginia. 22 00:07:13,224 --> 00:07:16,852 As you know, the legislature is convening in Richmond this very day... 23 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:20,105 . ..to discuss the very issue of secession. 24 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:23,567 Now, perhaps you know their mind better than they themselves. 25 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:32,868 And l regret to say the president's hasty calling up of 75,000 volunteers. . . 26 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:36,204 . ..to subdue the rebellion in the cotton states. . . 27 00:07:36,372 --> 00:07:41,251 . ..has done nothing to ameliorate the crisis. lt has only deepened it. 28 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:47,591 l trust you're not being too hasty yourself, colonel. 29 00:07:47,758 --> 00:07:53,847 This is a great opportunity for you to serve your country. 30 00:07:57,393 --> 00:07:59,728 My country, Mr. Blair? 31 00:08:01,606 --> 00:08:05,233 l never thought l'd see the day the president of the United States. . . 32 00:08:05,401 --> 00:08:09,237 . ..would raise an army to invade his own country. 33 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:18,914 No, Mr. Blair, l cannot lead it. l will not lead it. No. 34 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:24,794 l'm sorry to hear you say that, sir. 35 00:08:24,962 --> 00:08:28,840 l fear you're making a most dreadful mistake. 36 00:08:37,892 --> 00:08:43,021 Sir, please convey my deep sense of honor and gratitude to the president... 37 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,690 . ..but l must decline his offer. 38 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:47,734 Please tell him. 39 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:53,198 Please be clear. l have never taken my duties lightly. . . 40 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:59,579 . ..but l have no greater duty than to my home, to Virginia. 41 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,464 Thank you, sir. 42 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:28,984 Gentlemen, if you are going to succeed at this institution... 43 00:09:29,151 --> 00:09:32,821 . ..you have one common goal: To learn your lessons. 44 00:09:33,155 --> 00:09:35,448 lf you are placing your energies elsewhere... 45 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:42,497 . ..you will not succeed either with me or in your careers as military officers. 46 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:46,668 l had hoped you'd see that with a proper grasp of the artillery principles... 47 00:09:46,836 --> 00:09:49,838 . .. l've laid before you today, you would learn to apply. . . 48 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:53,800 . ..these principles with great effectiveness in your field experiences. 49 00:09:53,968 --> 00:09:58,972 But since you seem unable to grasp these principles... 50 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:04,477 . .. l'm forced to conclude l must repeat this lesson tomorrow, word for word. 51 00:10:07,481 --> 00:10:09,357 Word for word. 52 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:21,202 Secession! Secession! Secession! 53 00:10:28,711 --> 00:10:30,712 Hoist it! Hoist it up! 54 00:10:36,927 --> 00:10:42,682 Major, listen to them. The leaders of our intellectual future... 55 00:10:42,850 --> 00:10:45,435 . ..screaming for the destruction of our nation! 56 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:49,481 Sir, President Lincoln is raising the troops. 57 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:53,568 l .... 58 00:10:53,944 --> 00:11:00,116 l will not stay in a place where my students dishonor their country's flag. 59 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:07,415 Major, l'm leaving for Pennsylvania tomorrow. 60 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:11,044 War is the sum of all evils. 61 00:11:11,212 --> 00:11:14,589 But if l know myself, all l am and all l have. .. 62 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:18,468 . ..is at the service of my home, my country. 63 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,929 Your country, Thomas? 64 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:25,392 Your country, my country. lt's all one. 65 00:11:26,394 --> 00:11:30,939 All one, Thomas. All one. 66 00:11:39,657 --> 00:11:45,328 So that in the midst of the searching of souls and the gnashing of teeth. . . 67 00:11:45,496 --> 00:11:48,248 . ..the delegates of this convention... 68 00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:54,129 . ..harried by the actions of a belligerent usurper and the radicals of his party. .. 69 00:11:54,296 --> 00:11:56,798 . ..have stumbled into secession. 70 00:11:56,966 --> 00:12:01,928 Now God knows, l and many in this room have resisted it. 71 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:07,726 But how could there be union with a section of the country. . . 72 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:12,522 . ..that wants to impose its will through coercion? 73 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:18,611 Now that Virginia confronts the armed might of the United States. . . 74 00:12:18,779 --> 00:12:24,659 . ..we Virginians have determined that not one spot of her sacred soil... 75 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:28,621 . ..be polluted by the foot of an invader. 76 00:12:36,505 --> 00:12:38,506 God bless Virginia! 77 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:45,472 Now, in the memory of that great Virginian, George Washington.. . 78 00:12:45,639 --> 00:12:49,851 . ..who was first in the hearts of his countrymen and calling also. . . 79 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:55,982 . ..upon the memory of his own gallant father, General Light-Horse Harry Lee. . . 80 00:12:56,233 --> 00:13:02,071 . ..this convention now calls upon Robert Edward Lee to take command. . . 81 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:06,618 . ..of the armed forces of the Citizen Army of Virginia. 82 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,235 Mr. President, gentlemen of the convention... 83 00:13:40,402 --> 00:13:44,614 . .. l'm profoundly impressed by the solemnity of the occasion... 84 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:48,076 . ..for which l must say l was not prepared. 85 00:13:48,744 --> 00:13:53,081 l accept the position assigned me by your partiality. 86 00:13:54,041 --> 00:13:59,087 l would have much preferred had your choice fallen on an abler man. 87 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:05,301 But trusting to Almighty God, an approving conscience... 88 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:08,263 . ..and the aid of my fellow citizens... 89 00:14:08,931 --> 00:14:13,101 . .. l devote myself to the service of my native state. . . 90 00:14:14,103 --> 00:14:20,567 . ..in whose behalf alone will l ever again draw my sword. 91 00:15:54,203 --> 00:16:00,500 We must not fear the final result of this war, but many a loved one will fall... 92 00:16:01,043 --> 00:16:03,795 . ..and many a heart throb with anguish. . . 93 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:08,299 . ..before we can breathe the exhilarating atmosphere of freedom. . . 94 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:13,972 . ..and feel the sweet assurance of safety and peace once more. 95 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:19,060 There's nothing in this life more dear to me than my children... 96 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:22,814 . ..except perhaps the memory of your wonderful father. 97 00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:30,947 When you go to Richmond, and wherever this war takes you. . . 98 00:16:31,281 --> 00:16:37,787 . ..you must not fear for us. We will be with you wherever you go. 99 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:44,252 Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life. 100 00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:57,306 Now be on your way, and God be with you. 101 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:06,315 Y'all be coming on back, you hear? 102 00:17:07,901 --> 00:17:09,861 We'll be back, Martha. 103 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:36,804 Mr. Wilkes, sir. 104 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:41,350 Would you be kind enough as to autograph my playbill? 105 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:46,814 l was never much interested in Shakespeare. .. 106 00:17:46,982 --> 00:17:51,194 -Mm-hm. -. . .until l saw you play Richard l l l. 107 00:17:51,361 --> 00:17:56,491 "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" 108 00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:01,162 Was ever woman in this humor wooed? 109 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:04,832 Was ever woman in this humor won? 110 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,391 Say, uh, haven't l seen you someplace? 111 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:23,768 Why, of course you have. 112 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:28,523 This here is Mr. Wilkes Booth, the finest actor in all of Richmond. 113 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:41,035 All the world's a stage... 114 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:45,123 . ..and we but its poor players. 115 00:18:45,749 --> 00:18:50,253 What better role than a soldier's in defense of his home... 116 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,171 . ..his honor.. . 117 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:54,966 . ..and his beloved? 118 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:11,399 Good morning, major. This just arrived for you. 119 00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:35,464 Cadet Norris, return to the lnstitute. My compliments to Colonel Smith. 120 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:38,426 l will be at his office within the half-hour. 121 00:19:38,594 --> 00:19:39,886 Sir. 122 00:19:42,931 --> 00:19:47,185 "You are ordered to report with the corps of cadets to camp instruction... 123 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:50,438 . ..to begin training and organization of the Provisional Army... 124 00:19:50,606 --> 00:19:53,524 . ..for the defense of the Commonwealth of Virginia." 125 00:19:55,402 --> 00:19:57,445 My esposita. 126 00:19:59,323 --> 00:20:02,200 Come, before l leave, we must sit... 127 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:05,870 . ..read together, the verse. 128 00:20:09,124 --> 00:20:10,583 Here. 129 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:17,632 Yes, here. Corinthians-- Second Corinthians, chapter five. 130 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:21,469 l have been thinking about this verse. 131 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:28,809 "For we know that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved... 132 00:20:28,977 --> 00:20:31,646 . ..we have a building of God. 133 00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:37,151 A house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 134 00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:46,494 O, Almighty God. . . 135 00:20:47,537 --> 00:20:51,040 . ..grant that if it be thy will... 136 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:55,461 . ..thou wilt still avert the threatening danger and bring us peace. 137 00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:01,759 Keep her whom l love in thy protected care. 138 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:08,015 And bring us all at last to the joy of thy eternal kingdom. 139 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:29,245 Give them hell, sir! 140 00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:40,131 Yeah, give them hell, men! 141 00:22:30,390 --> 00:22:35,770 "The Lord is my light. My salvation. Whom shall l fear? 142 00:22:36,271 --> 00:22:42,193 The Lord is the strength in my life. Of whom shall l be afraid? 143 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:45,946 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes... 144 00:22:46,114 --> 00:22:51,869 ...came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 145 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:58,584 Though unhost should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. 146 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,922 Though war should rise up against me. 147 00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:06,467 ln this will l be comforted." 148 00:24:06,653 --> 00:24:09,405 Secession is inexcusable. 149 00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:12,992 Southerners and Northerners can still work together. 150 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:18,330 Slavery will eventually die of natural causes. 151 00:24:18,498 --> 00:24:21,959 But the breakup of the Union will inaugurate wars. . . 152 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:25,212 . ..of a hundred generations in America... 153 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:29,467 . ..only to repeat the bloody history of Europe. 154 00:24:30,093 --> 00:24:33,846 lf Virginia adheres to the United States, l adhere. 155 00:24:34,014 --> 00:24:40,352 Her determination must control mine. This is my understanding of patriotism. 156 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,357 And though l love the Union, l love Virginia more. 157 00:24:48,069 --> 00:24:53,365 Private Jenkins, because of the high regard with which l hold your father... 158 00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:58,746 . ..you are free to do as you please. You may return to his new home in Pennsylvania. 159 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:05,002 lt is your decision. But, if you decide to stay with us.. . 160 00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:11,467 . ..you may never again leave. lf you do, you'll be treated as a deserter. 161 00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:27,525 Colonel Jackson, sir. Father. 162 00:25:29,945 --> 00:25:32,947 l am a soldier in the 4th Virginia. 163 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:37,326 And in the 4th Virginia l will stay. 164 00:25:38,995 --> 00:25:41,163 And if needs be, die. 165 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:52,341 -Then l will take my leave. -No, sir. 166 00:25:54,302 --> 00:25:58,514 lt is l who will leave the two of you to have some time together on your own. 167 00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,308 You may have this room for as long as you require it. 168 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:03,102 Thank you. 169 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:07,773 Farewell, colonel. 170 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:15,573 May we meet again in happier times. 171 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:21,161 And if not in this troubled world may we meet in. . . . 172 00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:24,748 ln heaven. 173 00:26:28,044 --> 00:26:30,671 This train was on its way to Washington. 174 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,883 lts livestock's been requisitioned by the Confederate government. 175 00:26:35,051 --> 00:26:38,679 There's enough damn beef in here to keep us fed for quite a while. 176 00:26:38,847 --> 00:26:43,100 And as many steeds as would damn well meet our current needs. 177 00:26:43,518 --> 00:26:48,188 With your permission, sir, we've made a selection of the more promising horses. 178 00:26:48,356 --> 00:26:49,898 There's some damn fine ones here. 179 00:26:50,066 --> 00:26:53,527 Mr. Harman, l fear you are a wicked man. 180 00:26:59,492 --> 00:27:02,745 -This animal looks fit for the duty. -Then he's yours, sir. 181 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:10,085 That small horse over there, has he been assigned? 182 00:27:10,253 --> 00:27:14,048 Well, it's a well-rounded sorrel, sir, but too small for you. 183 00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:16,258 You'll have your feet dragging in the dust. 184 00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,218 l was thinking of my wife, Anna. 185 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,220 He would make a fine present for her. 186 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:24,808 Well, that it would, sir. Shall l arrange for the purchase? 187 00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:30,147 Leave the bill of the sale at my headquarters. 188 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:32,483 l will buy them both. 189 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:35,069 The Confederate Treasury is honored, sir. 190 00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:37,446 And may you both sit well in the saddle. 191 00:27:37,614 --> 00:27:39,323 What shall l call you? 192 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,582 -Good morning, sir. -Reverend Pendleton. 193 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:52,878 -How goes it with the artillery today? -You're just in time for a christening. 194 00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:58,634 The men have decided to name the howitzers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 195 00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:04,098 l'm sure your men will spread the gospel wherever they encounter the enemy. 196 00:28:04,265 --> 00:28:06,475 Has my son proven a worthy adjutant? 197 00:28:06,935 --> 00:28:11,605 l'm certain Captain Pendleton will prove himself deserving of the family name. 198 00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:21,115 Break! Guard! Charge! 199 00:28:29,749 --> 00:28:33,293 As if you could ever get close enough to stick a man with this. 200 00:28:33,461 --> 00:28:36,964 You can give me your bayonet if you have no further use for it. 201 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:38,966 What you gonna do with two of them? 202 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:42,136 You never heard of spare parts? 203 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:46,682 Pogue, your only hope is that some Yank puts you out of your misery. 204 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:51,979 Captain White. 205 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:54,398 How fare the scholars of Washington College? 206 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:57,317 Are they making their transition from books to bullets? 207 00:28:57,485 --> 00:29:01,905 A few more days of drill, and my boys will surpass the cadets of VMl . 208 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:06,034 Drill, Professor White, drill and drill. Remember Alexander in Anatolia. 209 00:29:06,202 --> 00:29:09,747 Caesar in Gaul. Napoleon in lberia. 210 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:13,625 We march by day, and read Xenophon by night. 211 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:18,213 -We will be your Greek phalanx. -Then you must begin with the bayonet. 212 00:29:18,381 --> 00:29:22,342 The bayonet must be for a Virginian what the sarissa was for a Macedonian. 213 00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:26,680 lf the Yankees dare set foot in Virginia, we must show them the bayonet. 214 00:29:26,848 --> 00:29:30,184 Train with the bayonet and we shall keep our freedom. 215 00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:31,935 Yes, sir. 216 00:29:43,823 --> 00:29:45,199 Sir. 217 00:29:46,159 --> 00:29:51,038 Harman has a detachment ready to take your sorrel to Mrs. Jackson in Lexington. 218 00:29:51,206 --> 00:29:53,457 The horse you chose is waiting at headquarters. 219 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,543 l've decided to keep this little sorrel for myself. 220 00:29:56,711 --> 00:29:59,004 l prefer his gait to that of the larger horse. 221 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:02,883 Unlike the other, he has an even temper. 222 00:30:03,051 --> 00:30:07,095 He will need it where we are going. Yes, l will keep it. 223 00:30:07,263 --> 00:30:09,973 And Mrs. Jackson? What should we send her, sir? 224 00:30:10,141 --> 00:30:12,142 lnstruct Harman to make another selection. 225 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:16,730 My complete admiration in his choice of livestock, if not in his choice of words. 226 00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:19,358 The man's vocabulary is extremely repulsive. 227 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:21,151 Yes, sir. 228 00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:25,239 -Will that be all, sir? -Language is blasphemous... 229 00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:30,118 . ..but he is a good quartermaster, a good quartermaster. You understand me? 230 00:30:30,286 --> 00:30:32,287 -Yes, sir. -That's all. 231 00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:37,251 Hyah! 232 00:31:02,318 --> 00:31:05,946 Blue, gray, green, even red uniforms. 233 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:08,198 How are we to know who the enemy is? 234 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:13,120 You dang fool, you just shoot at the man that's shooting at you! 235 00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:17,291 l thought we was gonna be trained. 236 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:20,419 l could have done this walking on my own back in Staunton. 237 00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:25,841 l never seen you walk in your life when you didn't have to. Nor me, neither. 238 00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:28,594 What man in his senses would cross his street... 239 00:31:28,761 --> 00:31:31,805 . ..when he could just be sitting on his front porch? 240 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:37,644 l done more walking this week than in my life and my daddy's life put together. 241 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:42,482 Who'll give us fresh shoes when these are but tatters and old bits of laces? 242 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,782 You'll excuse me, gentlemen. 243 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:02,044 Lieutenant Colonel Stuart reporting for duty. 244 00:32:02,211 --> 00:32:03,754 Colonel Stuart. 245 00:32:04,380 --> 00:32:07,966 -That's an impeccable hat, sir. -Thank you, sir. 246 00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:14,598 -Colonel Stuart. You use tobacco? -No, sir. Not in any form. 247 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:19,019 Neither do l. l find l like it too much. 248 00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:20,896 Sit down. 249 00:32:22,565 --> 00:32:26,234 l understand from your record that you are West Point, class of '54. 250 00:32:26,402 --> 00:32:28,612 Served since in the cavalry, Ft. Clark, Texas. 251 00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:30,864 Operations against Apache, Comanche. 252 00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:34,117 Fought with Longstreet and Ewell, sir. 253 00:32:34,869 --> 00:32:38,497 Nasty business. Merciless climate. 254 00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:41,041 Glad to be home, sir. 255 00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:46,088 The Apache were defending their homes, as we will be defending ours. 256 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:51,051 lf we fight as well as the Apache, l pity the Yankee invader. 257 00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:56,682 Colonel Stuart, if l had my way, we would show no quarter to the enemy. 258 00:32:56,849 --> 00:33:01,311 No more than the redskins showed your troopers. The black flag, sir. 259 00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:05,732 lf the North triumphs, it is not alone the destruction of our property. 260 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,318 lt is the prelude to anarchy, infidelity... 261 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,279 . ..the loss of free and responsible government. 262 00:33:11,447 --> 00:33:15,367 lt is the triumph of commerce. The banks, factories. 263 00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:18,578 We should meet the invader on the verge of just defense... 264 00:33:18,746 --> 00:33:23,750 . ..and raise the black flag. No quarter to the violators of our homes and firesides. 265 00:33:25,753 --> 00:33:29,965 Our political leadership is too timid to face the reality of this coming war. 266 00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:34,344 They should look to the Bible. lt is full of such wars. 267 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:39,266 Only the black flag will bring the North to its senses and rapidly end the war. 268 00:33:40,935 --> 00:33:42,310 Well, colonel. 269 00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:48,442 One way or the other, the South will give them a warm reception. 270 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:52,195 You'll be in charge of the cavalry in the Harper's Ferry district. 271 00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:56,825 Your experience and your zeal will be invaluable. 272 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,161 Thank you, sir. 273 00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:05,375 And, colonel... 274 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:11,089 . ..know that l will tell my men always to gallop toward the enemy. . . 275 00:34:11,257 --> 00:34:13,050 . ..but trot away. 276 00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:18,722 "Trot." 277 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:29,274 The ratification vote for secession is in. 278 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:34,196 Reporting from all the counties of Virginia, the vote is 4-to-1 in favor. 279 00:34:39,202 --> 00:34:43,455 And l'm proud to report that the vote in the Shenandoah Valley. . . 280 00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:47,834 . ..is 31 30 in favor, 1 0 against! 281 00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:55,550 ln my own Rockbridge County, only one person voted against leaving the Union. 282 00:34:55,718 --> 00:34:57,135 Probably the village idiot! 283 00:35:08,856 --> 00:35:10,315 Order! 284 00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:18,365 -Parade, rest! -Parade. 285 00:35:20,076 --> 00:35:21,660 Men of the valley. 286 00:35:26,582 --> 00:35:28,667 Citizen soldiers. 287 00:35:30,044 --> 00:35:34,881 l am here at the order of General Robert E. Lee, commanding all Virginia forces. 288 00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:40,262 On April 1 5 of this year of our Lord, 1 861 ... 289 00:35:40,429 --> 00:35:44,307 . ..Simon Cameron, the secretary of war of the United States. . . 290 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:49,062 . ..sent a telegram to our governor to raise three regiments of infantry. .. 291 00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:53,066 . ..to be sent to assist in suppressing the Southern Confederacy. 292 00:35:53,234 --> 00:35:57,904 Governor Letcher's answer is well known to you, but perhaps not his words. 293 00:35:58,447 --> 00:36:01,241 His wire to Washington stated: 294 00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:05,412 "You have chosen to inaugurate civil war. 295 00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:09,166 Having done so, we will meet you in a spirit as determined. . . 296 00:36:09,333 --> 00:36:13,795 . ..as the Lincoln administration has exhibited toward the South." 297 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:19,759 Two days later the Virginia legislature were voting for secession. 298 00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:26,516 Just as we would not send any of our soldiers to march in other states... 299 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:29,102 . ..and tyrannize other people. .. 300 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:34,524 . ..so will we never allow the armies of others to march into our state.. . 301 00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:36,693 . ..and tyrannize our people. 302 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:42,490 Like many of you, indeed most of you, l've always been a Union man. 303 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:48,955 lt is not with joy or with a light heart that many have welcomed secession. 304 00:36:49,123 --> 00:36:53,001 Had our neighbors to the North practiced a less bellicose form of persuasion. .. 305 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:59,216 . ..this day might not have come. But that day has been thrust upon us... 306 00:36:59,967 --> 00:37:03,595 . ..like it was thrust upon our ancestors. 307 00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:09,309 The Lincoln administration required us to raise three regiments. 308 00:37:10,937 --> 00:37:13,396 Tell them we have done so. 309 00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:49,182 Soldiers! Commanding General Johnston's orders: 310 00:37:50,184 --> 00:37:53,395 "General Beauregard is being attacked at Manassas Junction... 311 00:37:53,562 --> 00:37:55,355 . ..by overwhelming forces." 312 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:59,442 We have been ordered to cross the Blue Ridge to his assistance. 313 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:01,653 Every moment now is precious. .. 314 00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:06,658 . ..and the general hopes his soldiers will step out and keep closed ranks. 315 00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:11,454 Well, this march is a forced march to save our country. 316 00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:51,286 You must get some rest, sir. 317 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:56,583 l'll rest easier when Pendleton and the artillery make it up this mountain. 318 00:38:59,545 --> 00:39:04,215 They'll make better time tomorrow, sir. lt'll all be downhill. 319 00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:09,429 You'll trust me to wait for the guns, sir? 320 00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:16,019 Dr. McGuire. 321 00:39:18,439 --> 00:39:23,860 You're an excellent practitioner, and l believe l will take your prescription. 322 00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:48,635 No fires, no tents. Just like l always dreamed it'd be. 323 00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:52,972 You suppose the Virginia legislature was gonna buy you your own personal tent? 324 00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:55,225 That's fine for now. 325 00:39:55,393 --> 00:40:01,064 You'll be humming a different tune when it's raining, you're all covered in frost... 326 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,943 . ..or you need me to dig you out of a snowdrift. 327 00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:08,321 So damn dark the bats run into each other. 328 00:40:08,489 --> 00:40:11,324 Old Hickory's just getting us fit for the fighting. 329 00:40:11,492 --> 00:40:14,828 Old Hickory, Old Jack, Old Blue Light. 330 00:40:14,995 --> 00:40:18,373 How many names you got for the old man, anyway? 331 00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:22,001 Them VMl boys come up with the choice one. 332 00:40:22,169 --> 00:40:25,338 They calls him "Tom Fool" when he's looking the other way. 333 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:28,800 l'll be a fool if l listened to you all livelong night. 334 00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:36,474 Old Tom Fool. That name ought to stick to him like a tick on a mule. 335 00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:45,024 That's it! Step lively! Two at a time! 336 00:40:45,192 --> 00:40:50,572 As quick as you can. No dilly, no dally. 337 00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:57,203 One foot forward, then the other. Nothing pretty, nothing fancy. 338 00:40:57,371 --> 00:41:03,877 lnto the train. Do it lovely, do it ugly, all the same to me. 339 00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:07,547 -Colonel Jackson. -Colonel Trimble. 340 00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:11,176 -l understand you're a train man. -Baltimore and Ohio. 341 00:41:11,343 --> 00:41:15,472 Spent most of my life building lines, and the past six months tearing them up. 342 00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:18,933 No use in leaving them in fine fettle with a meddling Yankee. 343 00:41:19,268 --> 00:41:20,894 lf you'll excuse me, sir. 344 00:41:21,061 --> 00:41:25,231 Got to move these men where they'll do the most damage to the enemy. 345 00:41:29,195 --> 00:41:30,904 Excuse me, ladies. 346 00:41:31,071 --> 00:41:34,574 Now that's the finest dressed man in the whole Confederate Army. 347 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:38,369 ln you go! Up and over! 348 00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:41,289 Through the brush and in the clover. 349 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:45,251 Crowd on in. Move it over. 350 00:42:57,241 --> 00:43:00,326 That's General Bee's brigade! 351 00:43:09,295 --> 00:43:12,088 lnform General Bee the 1 st Virginians are on the field. 352 00:43:12,298 --> 00:43:14,924 Ask him, can he hold long enough for me to deploy my men? 353 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:16,759 Yes, sir! l'll ask him! 354 00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:20,013 They may not hold, gentlemen. We must assume they cannot. 355 00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:21,681 -Mr. Smith. -Sir? 356 00:43:21,849 --> 00:43:26,102 lnstruct lmboden and Stanard to position their batteries in the center of the crest. 357 00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:29,522 l want the 4th and the 27th regiments stationed as support. 358 00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:31,608 l want the 5th Regiment posted to their right. . . 359 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:33,568 . ..the 2nd and 33rd to the left. Understood? 360 00:43:33,736 --> 00:43:34,777 -Yes, sir. -Mm-hm. 361 00:43:46,540 --> 00:43:49,208 Counter battery fire! 362 00:43:49,376 --> 00:43:51,377 Eight hundred yards! 363 00:43:51,545 --> 00:43:55,715 -Shell! Five-second fuse! -Fire! 364 00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:09,479 Counter battery fire. Eight hundred yards. 365 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:13,733 Shell, five inch. Five-second fuse. 366 00:44:13,901 --> 00:44:15,234 -Fire one! -Two! 367 00:44:15,402 --> 00:44:17,403 -Three! -Five, fire! 368 00:44:18,030 --> 00:44:19,572 Get primed! 369 00:44:19,740 --> 00:44:21,240 Fire! 370 00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:37,799 General! Our line on Matthew's Hill has broken. They are beating us back. 371 00:44:37,966 --> 00:44:40,426 Then we must give them the bayonet! 372 00:44:40,636 --> 00:44:45,890 1 st Brigade, move up to a position just below the crest of the hill. And stay low! 373 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:47,600 -Sir. -Hyah! 374 00:44:53,941 --> 00:44:55,441 Rally, men! Rally! 375 00:44:57,236 --> 00:44:58,778 Look! 376 00:44:58,946 --> 00:45:02,115 There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall. 377 00:45:02,282 --> 00:45:05,201 Let us determine to die here today and we will conquer. 378 00:45:05,411 --> 00:45:07,078 Rally behind the Virginians! 379 00:45:23,804 --> 00:45:25,972 Fix bayonets. 380 00:45:26,140 --> 00:45:27,932 -Fix bayonets! -Fix! 381 00:45:35,816 --> 00:45:37,275 SOLDlER: Fire! 382 00:45:54,918 --> 00:45:56,836 Fill in there--! 383 00:46:02,885 --> 00:46:05,344 lnstruct the men to lay down! Hug the ground! 384 00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:10,016 -Lie down, men! -Privates! First rank, lie down! 385 00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:13,603 Second rank, kneel! 386 00:46:32,122 --> 00:46:34,457 They are coming, boys. 387 00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:38,211 Wait till they get close before you shoot. 388 00:46:42,216 --> 00:46:43,382 Hold your lines! 389 00:46:47,888 --> 00:46:49,889 Halt! 390 00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:55,478 Hold your fire! 391 00:46:55,687 --> 00:46:57,396 Ready! 392 00:46:57,606 --> 00:46:59,565 Aim! 393 00:47:00,359 --> 00:47:06,572 Fire! 394 00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:10,451 Fire! Reload! 395 00:47:10,619 --> 00:47:12,912 1 : Rise up! Quickly, boys! 396 00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:14,831 Rise up! 397 00:47:18,252 --> 00:47:19,961 Quickly, men! Quickly! 398 00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:23,714 Ready! 399 00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:26,175 Aim! 400 00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:36,269 Fire! 401 00:47:40,274 --> 00:47:43,442 Reload! Reload, men! 402 00:47:44,444 --> 00:47:46,988 Come on, boys! Quick and we can whip them! 403 00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:50,992 -Easy, men. We have no orders to advance! -Get back in the ranks! 404 00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:54,871 Steady, men. Steady! 405 00:47:57,082 --> 00:47:58,332 Damn it. 406 00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:01,168 Charge! 407 00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:08,134 lt's Cummings' boys. 408 00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:13,306 -What are they doing? -Easy, Mr. Pendleton. Easy. 409 00:48:13,473 --> 00:48:16,183 Good to have your dander up, but discipline wins the day. 410 00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:45,880 About-face! About-face, men! Aim! Fire! 411 00:48:47,049 --> 00:48:50,134 For God's sakes, forward! 412 00:49:02,064 --> 00:49:05,358 General, sir, the day is going against us. 413 00:49:06,193 --> 00:49:10,404 lf you think so, sir, you had better not say anything about it. 414 00:49:29,508 --> 00:49:31,425 Rise up, rise up! 415 00:49:31,885 --> 00:49:34,011 Rise up, Virginia! 416 00:49:34,179 --> 00:49:39,100 Stand up, you men! Stand up, you free men! We're gonna charge them. 417 00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:43,062 We're gonna drive them to Washington! Stand up, Virginia! 418 00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:48,150 1 st Brigade... 419 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:50,069 . ..reserve your fire... 420 00:49:50,237 --> 00:49:52,905 . ..till they come within 50 yards. . . 421 00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:55,408 . ..then fire! 422 00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:58,285 And give them the bayonet! 423 00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:01,038 And when you charge... 424 00:50:01,206 --> 00:50:02,915 . ..yell like Furies! 425 00:50:10,048 --> 00:50:14,093 -Ready! Aim! -Aim! 426 00:50:16,263 --> 00:50:18,472 -Fire! -Fire! 427 00:50:22,477 --> 00:50:25,771 Charge bayonets! 428 00:50:53,884 --> 00:50:57,595 Charge! 429 00:51:17,866 --> 00:51:20,576 Press on! Press on! 430 00:51:52,859 --> 00:51:55,194 l surrender! l surrender! 431 00:54:10,997 --> 00:54:12,790 General? 432 00:54:14,542 --> 00:54:18,879 How is it you can keep so serene. . . 433 00:54:19,547 --> 00:54:24,426 . ..and stay so utterly insensible... 434 00:54:25,345 --> 00:54:29,181 . ..with a storm of shells and bullets raining about your head? 435 00:54:29,349 --> 00:54:31,767 Captain Smith... 436 00:54:31,935 --> 00:54:37,231 . ..my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. 437 00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:41,860 God has fixed the time for my death, l do not concern myself with that... 438 00:54:42,028 --> 00:54:45,698 . ..but to be always ready, whenever it may overtake me. 439 00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:49,326 That is the way all men should live. 440 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:52,538 Then all men would be equally brave. 441 00:55:05,468 --> 00:55:11,223 Preliminary reports for the brigade, sir. One hundred and eleven dead. 442 00:55:11,433 --> 00:55:15,144 Three hundred seventy-three wounded or missing. 443 00:55:15,312 --> 00:55:18,981 And if l may ask, sir, how's your hand? 444 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:24,153 Just a spent bullet. No more than a scratch really, Mr. Pendleton. 445 00:55:24,321 --> 00:55:29,074 l'm more than pleased with the part performed by the brigade during the action. 446 00:55:29,576 --> 00:55:31,744 Through the blessing of God. . . 447 00:55:33,038 --> 00:55:37,583 . ..they met the thus far victorious enemy and turned the fortunes of the day. 448 00:55:40,378 --> 00:55:42,588 Good evening, gentlemen. 449 00:55:43,089 --> 00:55:44,965 Tomorrow's a new day. 450 00:55:45,592 --> 00:55:47,301 -Evening, general. -Evening, sir. 451 00:55:47,469 --> 00:55:49,428 Oh, Mr. Pendleton? 452 00:55:49,596 --> 00:55:51,430 Thank you for the report. 453 00:55:54,517 --> 00:55:57,311 l will never forget these men. 454 00:56:14,954 --> 00:56:20,584 Which is it tonight, John? Hamlet? Richard Ill? Or the Scottish play? 455 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,669 The schedule's posted. 456 00:56:22,837 --> 00:56:25,798 l'm relieved to see you've prepared for your role. 457 00:56:26,758 --> 00:56:32,513 l admit, my concentration has been impaired by the distractions of this war. 458 00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,475 Mm. Then think "winter of our discontent." 459 00:56:37,143 --> 00:56:39,478 And what a glorious summer it will be. . . 460 00:56:39,646 --> 00:56:42,731 . ..when the South is free of these meddling Yankees. 461 00:56:51,324 --> 00:56:53,659 Sometimes when l'm up on that stage... 462 00:56:53,827 --> 00:56:57,871 . ..brandishing the prop sword or threatening with the mock word... 463 00:56:58,498 --> 00:57:01,875 . .. l wonder if it's more farce than tragedy. 464 00:57:02,043 --> 00:57:04,837 More posturing than art. 465 00:57:06,089 --> 00:57:07,756 Harrison. 466 00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:13,345 As we recite and declaim, others march and die. 467 00:57:17,183 --> 00:57:18,517 Down in Mississippi. . . 468 00:57:18,685 --> 00:57:22,354 . ..when all the other boys went hunting or fishing, l was reading books.. . 469 00:57:23,064 --> 00:57:26,066 . ..learning Shakespeare sonnets by heart. 470 00:57:27,193 --> 00:57:29,236 My daddy said art was the hardest thing. 471 00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:31,989 That everything else seems more important at the time. . . 472 00:57:32,532 --> 00:57:35,534 . ..but that we needed it more than air. 473 00:57:35,702 --> 00:57:37,369 More than food, even. 474 00:57:38,997 --> 00:57:41,665 So now it's politics instead of hunting. 475 00:57:43,209 --> 00:57:44,668 Same old thing. 476 00:57:45,712 --> 00:57:49,631 Gotta stay concentrated on what really matters. 477 00:57:51,718 --> 00:57:53,886 Shakespeare matters. 478 00:57:58,808 --> 00:58:00,934 Acting matters. 479 00:58:18,119 --> 00:58:20,537 Gentlemen, new orders from the War Department. 480 00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:26,919 The Confederate Army's been reorganized into three districts. 481 00:58:27,253 --> 00:58:30,547 That of the Potomac will remain under General Beauregard. 482 00:58:30,715 --> 00:58:33,258 The Aquia under General Holmes. 483 00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:39,264 Um, l've been promoted to major general. . . 484 00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:43,685 . ..commanding all forces in and around the Shenandoah Valley. 485 00:58:44,103 --> 00:58:49,149 The entire army together will now be known as the Army of Northern Virginia. 486 00:58:50,610 --> 00:58:53,779 Although l am being transferred to Winchester... 487 00:58:53,947 --> 00:58:57,449 . ..the brigade must remain here at Centreville. 488 00:58:58,117 --> 00:58:59,785 Begging your pardon, sir. .. 489 00:58:59,953 --> 00:59:02,746 . ..but the men would prefer remaining under your command. 490 00:59:03,289 --> 00:59:04,790 That's right, sir. 491 00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:08,126 Couldn't the entire brigade be transferred with you to the Valley? 492 00:59:08,294 --> 00:59:13,006 Gentlemen, such a degree of public respect, confidence... 493 00:59:13,174 --> 00:59:17,594 . ..as puts it in one's power to serve his country must be accepted and prized. 494 00:59:17,929 --> 00:59:19,805 But apart from that. . . 495 00:59:20,098 --> 00:59:22,849 . ..promotion among men is only a temptation and a trouble. 496 00:59:23,017 --> 00:59:26,812 Had this not come to me as an order, l should instantly have declined it. . . 497 00:59:26,980 --> 00:59:30,399 . ..continued in command of my brave old brigade. 498 00:59:31,025 --> 00:59:34,945 Sir, may we hope. .. 499 00:59:35,738 --> 00:59:39,449 . ..that a formal entreaty to the authorities in Richmond. . . 500 00:59:39,617 --> 00:59:42,744 . ..may effect a transfer of the entire brigade to the Valley? 501 00:59:42,912 --> 00:59:43,996 Hear, hear. 502 00:59:44,163 --> 00:59:47,332 l'll not stop you from making such a request. 503 00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:51,169 But for now, we must prepare ourselves. 504 00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:56,174 We shall all have our labors to perform... 505 00:59:56,968 --> 01:00:02,347 . ..but with the help of an ever-kindly heavenly father. . . 506 01:00:02,515 --> 01:00:05,809 . .. l trust he will enable us to accomplish them. 507 01:00:07,228 --> 01:00:09,980 Forward! 508 01:00:10,148 --> 01:00:12,316 Rest! 509 01:00:18,323 --> 01:00:21,867 Throughout the broad extent of the country... 510 01:00:22,035 --> 01:00:24,661 . ..through which you have marched. . . 511 01:00:25,872 --> 01:00:30,042 . ..by your respect for the rights and property of others. .. 512 01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:34,421 . ..you have always shown you are soldiers, not only to defend. . . 513 01:00:35,381 --> 01:00:39,176 . ..but able and willing both to defend and protect. 514 01:00:39,344 --> 01:00:41,845 You've already won... 515 01:00:43,014 --> 01:00:46,850 . ..a brilliant reputation throughout the Army of the whole Confederacy. 516 01:00:47,018 --> 01:00:50,562 And l trust in the future by your deeds in the field... 517 01:00:51,898 --> 01:00:56,401 . ..and by the assistance of the same kind providence who has favored our cause... 518 01:00:56,569 --> 01:01:02,240 . ..you will win more victories and add luster to the reputation you now enjoy. 519 01:01:03,868 --> 01:01:07,412 You already gained a proud position. . . 520 01:01:07,872 --> 01:01:10,916 . ..in the future history of this. . . 521 01:01:11,084 --> 01:01:13,919 . ..our second war of independence. 522 01:01:17,590 --> 01:01:22,094 l shall look with anxiety to your future movements... 523 01:01:22,553 --> 01:01:26,390 . ..and l trust whenever l shall hear of the 1 st Brigade. . . 524 01:01:26,557 --> 01:01:28,725 . ..on the field of battle. . . 525 01:01:28,893 --> 01:01:34,606 . ..it will be of still nobler deeds achieved and higher reputation won. 526 01:01:39,946 --> 01:01:45,409 ln the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the 1 st Brigade. 527 01:01:45,910 --> 01:01:49,287 ln the Army of the Potomac, you were the 1 st Brigade. 528 01:01:49,789 --> 01:01:53,959 ln the 2nd Corps of this Army, you are the 1 st Brigade. 529 01:01:54,127 --> 01:01:58,714 You are the 1 st Brigade in the affections of your general. 530 01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:04,845 And l hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity. . . 531 01:02:05,638 --> 01:02:08,098 . ..as the 1 st Brigade. . . 532 01:02:08,266 --> 01:02:11,727 . ..in this, our second war of independence. 533 01:02:17,734 --> 01:02:19,735 Farewell! 534 01:02:27,660 --> 01:02:31,913 Jackson! Jackson! Jackson! Jackson! 535 01:02:32,081 --> 01:02:35,041 Jackson! Jackson! Jackson! 536 01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:46,678 The universe itself is subject to rules, to law. 537 01:02:46,846 --> 01:02:50,849 The super-abounding life lavished on this world of ours.. . 538 01:02:51,392 --> 01:02:53,351 . ..is proof. . . 539 01:02:53,519 --> 01:02:56,313 . ..that the play of infinite freedom.. . 540 01:02:56,481 --> 01:03:01,318 . ..is here to help work out the will of infinite law. 541 01:03:01,486 --> 01:03:06,823 The nature of the universe demonstrates. . . 542 01:03:06,991 --> 01:03:11,328 . ..that freedom can only exist... 543 01:03:11,496 --> 01:03:13,622 . ..as part of law. 544 01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:19,377 Pardon me, Professor Chamberlain. . . 545 01:03:19,545 --> 01:03:23,507 . ..but how does the study of philosophy intersect with real life? 546 01:03:24,217 --> 01:03:28,428 lf freedom can only exist as a part of law. . . 547 01:03:28,596 --> 01:03:31,556 . ..how can we continue to tolerate slavery protected by law? 548 01:03:47,198 --> 01:03:48,740 Lawrence, l know. 549 01:03:50,535 --> 01:03:51,576 How? 550 01:03:53,412 --> 01:03:57,249 l've noticed the way you've been looking into the children's room each night. 551 01:04:14,308 --> 01:04:15,559 Blue. 552 01:04:15,726 --> 01:04:19,396 Why blue uniforms? lt should be red. 553 01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:24,234 -Like the English, the color of blood. -Are you angry with me? 554 01:04:24,402 --> 01:04:26,111 Lawrence, my darling Lawrence. 555 01:04:26,779 --> 01:04:29,865 Do you remember when you were thinking of being a missionary? 556 01:04:30,032 --> 01:04:32,951 And you wrote me saying that you wished your little wife... 557 01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:36,288 . ..was willing for you to take whatever course you thought best... 558 01:04:36,455 --> 01:04:39,791 . ..and was ready to help you in it with all her heart? 559 01:04:39,959 --> 01:04:43,837 "Little wife." How could l ever have called you that? 560 01:04:44,005 --> 01:04:46,464 Your spirit is vaster than oceans. 561 01:04:47,466 --> 01:04:49,968 Then you wrote back. 562 01:04:51,971 --> 01:04:55,515 And l have never forgotten what you said. 563 01:04:56,350 --> 01:04:59,686 You said, "Well, dear, she is willing. . . 564 01:04:59,854 --> 01:05:05,150 . ..and she feels that you know better about the matter than she does." 565 01:05:07,278 --> 01:05:09,321 But now. . . 566 01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:13,033 . .. l never think l know better than you. 567 01:05:14,619 --> 01:05:18,538 l couldn't bear for you to feel that you must forever remain at a stand. . . 568 01:05:18,706 --> 01:05:20,498 . ..just because you're married. 569 01:05:20,666 --> 01:05:25,086 l always want to help you on in your excelsior striving. 570 01:05:27,506 --> 01:05:33,511 But l had a dream about you, Lawrence. Last night. 571 01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:37,515 While you were away, offering your services to the governor. 572 01:05:39,268 --> 01:05:45,106 l saw you in my dream. There were boys in blue marching past. 573 01:05:45,399 --> 01:05:50,028 Some of the boys that we know. 574 01:05:50,196 --> 01:05:53,198 And there you were. . . 575 01:05:53,366 --> 01:05:56,785 . ..riding ahead of them on a great, white horse. 576 01:05:57,787 --> 01:06:02,540 Fanny, my love, l felt l had to go. 577 01:06:02,708 --> 01:06:06,753 l offered the governor my services, wherever he wanted to place me. 578 01:06:07,046 --> 01:06:11,132 l thought he'd probably order me to an officer. 579 01:06:11,300 --> 01:06:15,553 -Speeches, administration. -Oh. 580 01:06:15,721 --> 01:06:17,347 Lawrence... 581 01:06:17,515 --> 01:06:20,809 . .. l know you. When you do a thing, you do it à l'outrance. 582 01:06:22,144 --> 01:06:26,815 -So? He gave you a commission, didn't he? -They need serving officers. 583 01:06:35,866 --> 01:06:38,493 Five new regiments are being formed now. 584 01:06:38,995 --> 01:06:43,081 Maine has already sent 1 5. How could l refuse? 585 01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:45,917 Poor Lawrence, damn you, you'll be good at it too. 586 01:06:46,585 --> 01:06:50,630 You'll be good at soldiering just like you're good at everything else. So go. 587 01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:52,841 Go do your duty to your country's flag... 588 01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:56,761 . ..go on and get your medals for bravery, go and get yourself killed. 589 01:07:24,665 --> 01:07:26,332 That poem of Lovelace. 590 01:07:29,462 --> 01:07:35,967 That beautiful, horrible, damnable, lovely, sad poem. 591 01:07:36,135 --> 01:07:39,304 l think that you recited it in my dream. 592 01:07:40,931 --> 01:07:43,641 Lovelace. "Off to the English Civil War"? 593 01:07:47,438 --> 01:07:50,857 l would not dare presume to quote it now. 594 01:08:00,659 --> 01:08:05,747 Tell me not, sweet, l am unkind 595 01:08:06,832 --> 01:08:11,086 That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind 596 01:08:11,253 --> 01:08:13,588 To warlike arms l fly. 597 01:08:14,882 --> 01:08:18,802 True, a new mistress now l serve 598 01:08:18,969 --> 01:08:21,763 The first foe in the field 599 01:08:21,931 --> 01:08:28,019 And with a sterner faith embrace The sword, a horse, a shield. 600 01:08:32,691 --> 01:08:36,194 Yet this inconstancy is such 601 01:08:36,362 --> 01:08:39,572 As thou too shalt adore. 602 01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:47,997 l could not love thee, dear, so much 603 01:08:50,417 --> 01:08:53,545 Loved l not honor more. 604 01:09:04,890 --> 01:09:07,559 You will be wounded. 605 01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:13,064 You will be changed by the horrors of it. 606 01:09:13,732 --> 01:09:16,151 But you will come home. 607 01:09:16,402 --> 01:09:20,697 l believe that, my love. You will come home. 608 01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:36,254 Come in. 609 01:09:38,007 --> 01:09:40,758 You must be Mr. Lewis. 610 01:09:41,177 --> 01:09:44,637 Ha, ha. There's some that calls me Uncle Jim. 611 01:09:44,847 --> 01:09:48,933 Some calls me Big Jim. Some folks just calls me Jim. 612 01:09:49,143 --> 01:09:52,687 l don't suppose you've heard any of the names l get called? 613 01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:56,024 l heard Stonewall once. 614 01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:59,777 That name properly belongs to the 1 st Virginia Brigade, not to me. 615 01:09:59,945 --> 01:10:03,781 -They were the ones who earned it. -Some folks says otherwise. 616 01:10:03,949 --> 01:10:10,455 Folks say men can't fight without nobody up front to lead them on. 617 01:10:10,623 --> 01:10:14,918 -l'm told you're a first-rate cook. -Ha, ha. Yes, sir. 618 01:10:15,085 --> 01:10:19,214 They wasn't lying, told you that. Whatever you likes to eat, l can cook it. 619 01:10:19,423 --> 01:10:23,635 Pan-fry, griddle, boil, bake. Roasted. 620 01:10:24,929 --> 01:10:29,307 And l understand you're from Lexington. You come highly recommended to me, Jim. 621 01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:34,479 Lexington is my home, general. Same as yours. 622 01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:38,191 lf l could do my share in defending my home... 623 01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:40,652 . .. l'd be doing the same as you. 624 01:10:41,070 --> 01:10:44,822 l heard it was Napoleon hisself said: 625 01:10:44,990 --> 01:10:48,743 "An army can't march but on its stomach." 626 01:10:52,581 --> 01:10:54,832 Well. . . . 627 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,543 lf you love your country... 628 01:10:58,087 --> 01:11:00,129 . ..fear the Lord... 629 01:11:00,297 --> 01:11:04,592 . ..and have no trouble getting up at 4:00 in the morning, the job is yours. 630 01:11:08,347 --> 01:11:12,725 Yous got yourself a deal, general. 631 01:11:12,935 --> 01:11:15,311 Sir. 632 01:11:32,746 --> 01:11:35,873 My darling esposita. 633 01:11:39,878 --> 01:11:42,380 Welcome to Winchester. 634 01:11:42,548 --> 01:11:45,925 Thomas. Oh. 635 01:11:46,427 --> 01:11:49,637 -Come in out of the cold. -Why, thank you. 636 01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:03,568 -l have been thinking, Thomas... -Mm. 637 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,738 . ..that it may have been a blessing. . . 638 01:12:06,905 --> 01:12:11,284 . ..that the Battle of Manassas was fought on my birthday. 639 01:12:12,286 --> 01:12:14,412 Why is that? 640 01:12:15,205 --> 01:12:20,877 ln our old age, you will never forget it. 641 01:12:25,132 --> 01:12:30,011 l will forget my own before l ever forget yours. 642 01:12:33,932 --> 01:12:35,808 Oh, Anna. 643 01:12:35,976 --> 01:12:37,852 Anna. 644 01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:41,731 What is it, Tom? 645 01:12:42,608 --> 01:12:44,442 What? 646 01:12:49,239 --> 01:12:55,661 Everything in this life seems so fragile. 647 01:12:56,288 --> 01:12:58,206 So temporary. 648 01:13:01,460 --> 01:13:05,630 When we are separated, l fear... 649 01:13:05,798 --> 01:13:08,591 . .. l will never see you again. 650 01:13:10,260 --> 01:13:13,429 l fear we may never have a child. 651 01:13:16,058 --> 01:13:20,520 l fear l may lose you if we dare to have a child. 652 01:13:20,687 --> 01:13:24,649 l know l should trust in the Lord. . . 653 01:13:25,484 --> 01:13:31,614 . ..but then l see the face of my dear mama. . . 654 01:13:33,742 --> 01:13:38,621 . ..of my first wife, dead and cold. 655 01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:41,040 With our dead darling. 656 01:13:42,376 --> 01:13:46,838 Dead before he could draw his first breath in this world. 657 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:49,674 And l am afraid. 658 01:13:51,718 --> 01:13:58,141 And l am afraid to feel happiness. 659 01:13:58,308 --> 01:14:02,520 Afraid to hope for it again. 660 01:14:02,896 --> 01:14:06,899 l am afraid of God's judgment. 661 01:14:08,610 --> 01:14:13,573 We serve a loving God, Thomas. 662 01:14:14,491 --> 01:14:18,035 We are in each other's arms. 663 01:14:18,787 --> 01:14:23,124 We are together, and we are happy together. 664 01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:27,712 And is our love not proof of his? 665 01:14:29,047 --> 01:14:32,341 We must not fear, Thomas. 666 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:36,345 We will survive this war. 667 01:14:37,097 --> 01:14:40,057 And we will have a child. 668 01:14:40,893 --> 01:14:43,478 So help us, God. 669 01:15:05,584 --> 01:15:08,044 -Major Gilmore, stop that damn drumming! -Quiet! 670 01:15:08,212 --> 01:15:11,422 -Stop that damn drumming! -Quiet! 671 01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,142 This is a hell of a regiment. 672 01:15:24,686 --> 01:15:28,481 Men of the 20th Maine Regiment of Volunteers. . . 673 01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:32,485 . ..this is your commanding officer, Colonel Adelbert Ames. 674 01:15:34,071 --> 01:15:35,738 Quiet! Quiet! 675 01:15:35,948 --> 01:15:39,367 You do not cheer an officer. 676 01:15:39,535 --> 01:15:40,826 You salute him. 677 01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:44,497 20th Maine, l commend you for the enthusiasm... 678 01:15:44,665 --> 01:15:48,000 . ..that has made you volunteer for service in Lincoln's Army. 679 01:15:48,835 --> 01:15:51,921 l can see that many of you are strong and fit. 680 01:15:52,172 --> 01:15:55,633 We Maine men know that life in the woods of Maine... 681 01:15:55,801 --> 01:15:58,636 . ..toughens the muscles and stretches the sinews. 682 01:15:58,804 --> 01:16:02,223 l've no doubt many of you have become good shots by hunting deer. 683 01:16:02,474 --> 01:16:07,311 But tough muscles and skillful shooting are not enough to make a soldier. 684 01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:10,189 That requires discipline. 685 01:16:10,649 --> 01:16:14,694 Major Gilmore tells me you are in the habit of holding discussions with your officers. 686 01:16:14,987 --> 01:16:17,446 That will cease from now. 687 01:16:17,656 --> 01:16:22,827 An officer's orders are to be obeyed instantly and without question. 688 01:16:24,204 --> 01:16:27,748 This regiment must learn to move as one man. 689 01:16:28,792 --> 01:16:31,711 Otherwise we will all be killed. 690 01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:36,299 -See if you can teach them to march. -Yes, sir. 691 01:16:36,466 --> 01:16:38,217 Colonel Chamberlain. 692 01:16:39,803 --> 01:16:41,262 Come with me. 693 01:16:45,684 --> 01:16:49,395 When l say, "20th Maine, attention". . . 694 01:16:49,563 --> 01:16:51,856 . ..you bring your feet together. 695 01:16:52,024 --> 01:16:54,442 Governor Washburn and Adjutant General Hodgson. . . 696 01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:56,986 . ..have sent me an impressive report about you. 697 01:16:57,154 --> 01:17:00,156 They say you will master any assignment you're given. 698 01:17:00,532 --> 01:17:03,034 l shall certainly try, sir. 699 01:17:04,703 --> 01:17:07,788 l, uh, understand you were in the Battle of Bull Run. 700 01:17:07,956 --> 01:17:11,751 Wounded too. lt taught me the need for discipline and proper procedure. 701 01:17:11,918 --> 01:17:14,003 Take the act of shooting, for example. 702 01:17:14,171 --> 01:17:17,882 When you're hunting in the Maine woods there's no difficulty in loading a rifle. 703 01:17:18,050 --> 01:17:20,593 But in the panic of war, men act foolishly. 704 01:17:20,761 --> 01:17:24,221 ln Bull Run l saw a soldier forget to remove his ramrod from the barrel. 705 01:17:24,389 --> 01:17:27,350 When he fired, out it flew with a dismal twang. 706 01:17:27,517 --> 01:17:31,312 He lost the means of firing again and was killed soon after by a Rebel bullet. 707 01:17:45,952 --> 01:17:48,496 Sergeant Tom Chamberlain reporting for duty, sir. 708 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:50,748 Tom, what on earth--? What are you doing? 709 01:17:50,916 --> 01:17:54,502 l signed up, Lawrence, l'm in this regiment. l'm coming with you. 710 01:17:54,670 --> 01:17:57,421 Did Father approve? How will he run the farm? 711 01:17:57,589 --> 01:18:00,383 Once he heard you were colonel, he couldn't say no. 712 01:18:00,550 --> 01:18:03,386 Besides, you know him, he'll be all right. They both will. 713 01:18:03,553 --> 01:18:05,763 l'm giving them one less thing to cuss at. 714 01:18:05,931 --> 01:18:10,393 Mama said so many prayers for the both of us, we got nothing to worry about. 715 01:18:10,894 --> 01:18:14,647 Well, l guess l have one more responsibility. l have to look after you. 716 01:18:15,273 --> 01:18:16,357 Me? 717 01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:19,485 Lawrence, Mama told me to watch after you. 718 01:18:43,969 --> 01:18:48,931 Just remember, lads, even a tin cup is a great weight after 20 mile. 719 01:18:49,099 --> 01:18:53,060 Your precarious pegs won't last if you turn yourselves into pack mules. 720 01:18:53,228 --> 01:18:56,105 And only one leg to a pant, if you please. 721 01:18:56,356 --> 01:18:58,190 You'll soon be at the worn end of it... 722 01:18:58,358 --> 01:19:01,736 . ..where your formal attire will be your shirt collar and boots. 723 01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:05,156 ln the U.S. Army we have the School of the Soldier. . . 724 01:19:05,323 --> 01:19:08,075 . ..in which the soldier is trained and by numbers drilled. 725 01:19:08,243 --> 01:19:10,703 Loading a musket is done in nine movements. . . 726 01:19:10,871 --> 01:19:13,497 . ..performed over and over until they become automatic. .. 727 01:19:13,665 --> 01:19:16,584 . ..or, as we call it, loading in nine times. 728 01:19:16,752 --> 01:19:18,461 Aah! l see. Sergeant Chamberlain. 729 01:19:18,628 --> 01:19:20,504 Loading in nine times. Demonstrate this. 730 01:19:20,839 --> 01:19:22,673 Assume the musket has just been fired. 731 01:19:22,841 --> 01:19:25,760 One, reach into cartridge box and withdraw cartridge. 732 01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:28,888 Two, place cartridge between teeth. 733 01:19:29,055 --> 01:19:30,848 Three, tear paper open. 734 01:19:31,016 --> 01:19:34,685 Four, pour powder into barrel and charge cartridge. 735 01:19:43,987 --> 01:19:47,865 Five, withdraw the ramrod. Six, ram the ball home. 736 01:19:48,033 --> 01:19:49,867 Seven, return ramrod. 737 01:19:50,035 --> 01:19:52,369 Eight, half-cock the hammer... 738 01:19:52,537 --> 01:19:54,288 . ..remove old cap. .. 739 01:19:54,456 --> 01:19:57,041 . ..and put a new cap on the cone. 740 01:20:00,086 --> 01:20:02,254 Nine, shoulder arms. 741 01:20:02,923 --> 01:20:04,423 All right, you have the idea. 742 01:20:04,591 --> 01:20:08,677 But this must be done without thinking and much, much faster. 743 01:20:08,845 --> 01:20:10,304 Here. 744 01:20:10,472 --> 01:20:13,015 One, two, three, four... 745 01:20:13,767 --> 01:20:15,434 . ..five... 746 01:20:16,728 --> 01:20:18,270 . ..six... 747 01:20:19,064 --> 01:20:20,898 . ..seven... 748 01:20:22,818 --> 01:20:24,360 . ..eight... 749 01:20:25,570 --> 01:20:26,987 . ..nine. 750 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:29,782 Practice until you can do it as fast as that. 751 01:20:29,950 --> 01:20:32,576 lt may save your lives. Colonel. 752 01:20:35,372 --> 01:20:38,791 Line of battle consists of two lines of men, one behind the other. .. 753 01:20:38,959 --> 01:20:41,961 . ..so that while one line fires, the other reloads. 754 01:20:42,128 --> 01:20:47,341 Behind them is a line of, uh, file closers. Lieutenants and sergeants. 755 01:20:47,509 --> 01:20:50,094 But two lines make a regiment unwieldy on the move... 756 01:20:50,262 --> 01:20:52,555 . ..so we need to switch to column of fours. 757 01:20:52,722 --> 01:20:56,267 We need to be able to change from column of fours to line of battle. . . 758 01:20:56,434 --> 01:20:58,102 . ..and back again quickly. 759 01:20:58,270 --> 01:21:01,564 lt is not difficult to move from line of battle into column of fours. 760 01:21:01,731 --> 01:21:05,025 lt is harder to move from column of fours into line of battle... 761 01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:09,071 ...and if we're called to make that move, it will be when we're under fire. 762 01:21:09,239 --> 01:21:13,701 You understand how important it is that these moves are learned so thoroughly... 763 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:17,079 ...that the men can perform them in their sleep. 764 01:21:26,631 --> 01:21:28,966 Company. . . 765 01:21:29,634 --> 01:21:31,552 . ..halt! 766 01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:35,890 Company, front! 767 01:21:39,853 --> 01:21:42,313 Order arms! 768 01:21:52,282 --> 01:21:54,825 Well done, colonel. That's a beginning. 769 01:21:54,993 --> 01:21:58,287 But that move must be practiced and practiced and practiced. 770 01:21:58,496 --> 01:22:00,372 Another month and we'll be ready. 771 01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:03,500 But we leave for Washington tomorrow. 772 01:22:08,840 --> 01:22:11,550 Shoulder arms! 773 01:22:13,803 --> 01:22:17,890 Company, forward march!