All language subtitles for 1965 Shenandoah (Legendado)

They come closer every day, Pa.

They on our land?

No, sir.

Well, then it doesn't concern us.

Does it?

You have something else to say?

No, sir.

Lord, weep.

Lord, weep.

What'd I do?

Well, it's what you haven't done, boy.

A man eats with his hat on, is going nowhere in a hurry.

Now, your mother wanted all of you raised as good Christians,

and I might not be able to do that.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Lord, we cleared this land.

We plowed it, sowed it, and harvested it.

We cooked the harvest.

It wouldn't be here, we wouldn't be eating it

if we hadn't done it all ourselves.

We worked dog bone hard for every crumb and morsel,

but we thank you just same anyway, Lord,

for this food we're about to eat. Amen.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Where'd you come by the hat, boy?

Down by the creek, sir.

Some fellow down there passing out hats?

I found it, it was just lying there.

Jacob, you look like you've got something on your mind.

Go on, say what you think.

We've been through it all before, Pa.

Now, now, don't paddle around with me.

You were raised to say what you think.

You're all raised to say what you think.

Anything I can't do, I can't do.

You're all raised to say what you think.

You're all raised to say what you think.

Anything I can't stand is a lot of noisy silence.

Now, come on, let's have some talking here.

Now, if you're gonna make a speech, I'm sorry I said it.

I know how you feel about this war, Pa.

I guess we all more or less feel the same way.

But I don't see how we can just sit by and ignore it any longer.

Now, you say it's not our business, not our fight.

But we're Virginians.

And I believe that anything that concerns Virginia concerns us.

You do?

Yes, sir, I do.

All right.

John?

Sir?

What are you gonna do?

Are you gonna keep your slaves or let them go free?

You know, I don't have any slaves, Pa.

That's right, John.

You don't have a slave to your name, do you?

James, what about you?

You ever think you might like to own a slave?

Well, I guess I never thought about it, Pa.

Well, think about it.

Think about it.

If you had the money, would you go out and buy yourself a slave?

No, sir, I wouldn't.

Why not?

Well, if I can't do my own work with my own hands, it'll never get done.

I suppose you had a friend that owned slaves.

And suppose somebody is gonna come and take them away from them.

Would you help him fight to keep them?

No, sir.

Your name's Nathan, isn't it?

You know my name, Pa.

Well, I seem to remember something about...

I was talking to Henry.

Sir?

Well, what do you think?

No, sir, I wouldn't.

Why not?

Well, I don't see any reason to fight for something that I don't believe is right

and I don't think that a real friend would ask me to.

Why we have to have this same conversation every Saturday before Sunday meeting,

I'll never know, but I'm going to pray to the Almighty that this will be the end of it.

Pass the biscuits.

Papa, we're ready to go, Papa.

You still miss her, don't you, Papa?

Miss her?

Oh, Johnny, you don't know what I feel when I come up here.

Even after all these years.

16 years gone.

16 years.

And even so, I...

I somehow...

feel that she's not dead at all, but only resting.

And it's like I'm just waiting for her to get up and walk home with me.

Did you bring it?

No, Lekwish.

I'll see you after.

Here I'm now alone

In my hand, O Christ, I pray

Simply to thy cross I cling

While I draw this leading prayer

When my heart shall close in prayer

When I rise to worlds unknown

And behold, the earth my throne

Rock of angels, blest for me

Let me hide myself in thee

There are no doubts on present, Charlie Anderson,

who wonder why you and yours are never on time for the Lord's services.

Have I kept the Lord waiting, Pastor Biorli?

You have not.

Our message for today

is that you must be ready to go.

Our message for today

is duty.

Now, this means many things to many people,

but for a Virginian, they all lead to one.

James.

Get that fish line.

The three most important duties are

You tell him to stop.

duty to God

Stop him, will you?

that created us and loves us.

Duty to the state

that gives us sustenance and provides for us.

And duty to our neighbor,

our fellow man,

without whom we could not live.

When you good people

can find it within yourself to refrain from doing whatever it is you're doing,

I'll get on with the Lord's work.

Duty to a Virginian

is not just a word, my friends.

For the last time, Charlie Anderson, I need that mule of yours.

I don't understand your reluctance in talking to me about the sale of it.

Now, that mule you want is a matched Kentucky Red,

matched with another Kentucky Red that pulls just like she does.

Matched, Abernathy, matched!

Did you understand what matched means?

How much?

Thirty dollars federal.

I'll give you fifty, Confederate.

I'll let lightning strike her first.

Miss Jenny, I'll be leaving soon and...

I'll be leaving soon and...

You said that already, Sam.

I did? Oh, yes, I did.

I, uh...

I would be eternally grateful if you permit me to call upon you this evening.

Eternally is a long time, Sam.

And that would one carry as a memory of you, Miss Jenny.

I look forward to seeing you after supper, Sam.

Abernathy, your idea of a deal makes my stomach hurt.

You want me to get that mule now? The boy sack it in that wagon, Gabriel.

Charlie Anderson, I wonder if you'd be good enough to tell me exactly why do you bother to come to services,

meaning no disrespect to courts.

It was my wife who told me to come to the courts.

I'm sorry, but I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

I'm not a good man.

That's disrespectful.

It was my wife's last request, Pastor Dior.

Meaning no disrespecting court.

Looks like I'll be paying you a visit soon.

I'll be right back.

You haven't said a word.

I don't know what to say.

I mean, well, I know what to say.

I just don't know how.

Must be all very complicated then.

No, it's just all memorized.

I've said a dozen times before I got here.

I said it to my horse and it sounded good.

I said it again to the trees and it sounded better.

I said it to the moon and it sounded perfect.

The moon can't hear you the same.

He smiles and smiles, but he never hears.

I do.

Come on.

Well, I'm sure going to miss her.

Is she going somewhere?

No, every woman goes somewhere sooner or later.

You don't expect her to stay around here and take care of us all her life, do you?

I hadn't thought about it.

I hadn't planned on her going anywhere.

Well, you better get used to the idea, boy.

Your sister's right when the pickers are here.

Of course, I don't suppose you know what I mean, do you, boy?

I'm not as dumb as you think I am, Pa.

Oh! Oh!

Back up the house, boy.

Mr. Anderson, there's a rumor around here that you have the coldest water

this side of the Shenandoah.

I tried. Johnson, west east of Mississippi.

Six foot deep, 20 foot down. Come on, help yourself.

It's mine, Sergeant.

I'm glad you're here, Johnson.

I've been meaning to have a little talk with your people about those cannon yours.

My chickens have stopped laying, my cows dried up.

Who do I send a bail to?

Well, you might try Abe Lincoln. They're mostly his.

When are you going to take this war seriously, Mr. Anderson?

Now, let me tell you something, Johnson, before you get on my wrong side.

My corn I take serious because it's my corn.

And my potatoes and my tomatoes and fences I take note of because they're mine.

But this war is not mine and I take no note of it.

Well, maybe you'll take notice of it when the Yankees drop a cannonball on your front parlor.

Well, I might as well tell you right now that I can't think of another thing I want to hear you say.

You have six sons, don't you, Mr. Anderson?

What, does the size of my family have some special interests for you?

As a matter of fact, it does. We need men.

Now, two of these men here are no more than 16.

It seems strange to quite a few people around here that none of you are men.

You're a good man, Mr. Anderson.

You're a good man, Mr. Anderson.

You're a good man, Mr. Anderson.

You're a good man, Mr. Anderson.

It seems strange to quite a few people around here that none of your sons are in the army.

Well, it don't seem strange to me with all the workers to do around here.

I'll come right to the point, Mr. Anderson.

I came out here to get them.

Did I say something funny?

You came all the way out here to get my boy, huh?

Yes, sir, I did.

Where are your sons now, Mr. Anderson?

You want to see them, do you?

Yes, sir, I do.

Jacob!

James!

John!

Nathan!

Henry!

Boy!

Now, if you've got anything to say to them, you go ahead. They'll listen.

There's a Yankee army breathing down your neck, Mr. Anderson.

I don't think you realize...

They're town bread, aren't you?

I don't see what that has to do with it.

I've got 500 acres of good, rich dirt here.

As long as the rains come and the sun shines,

I'll be able to get my boys to the town.

We've cleared every field and we've done it ourselves

without the sweat of one slave.

So?

So?

So, can you give me one good reason why I should send my family

that took me a lifetime to raise

down that road like a bunch of damn fools

to do somebody else's fighting?

Virginia needs all of her sons, Mr. Anderson.

That might be so, but I'm not going to let you do that.

I'm not going to let you do that.

I'm not going to let you do that.

Virginia needs all of her sons, Mr. Anderson.

That might be so, Johnson, but these are my sons.

They don't belong to the state.

When they were babies, I never saw the state

coming around with a spare tit.

We never asked anything of the state

and never expected anything.

We do our own living and thanks to no man for the right.

But seeing as how you're so worried about it, I'll tell you,

if any of my boys thinks this war's right

and wants to join in, he's free to do it.

Y'all hear that?

You hear that?

If you want to dress up like these fellows, go ahead.

Here's your chance.

Throw.

Mount.

Mr. Anderson,

you can sit in the middle of this war and not get touched.

I congratulate you.

Where are these Yankees now?

About 10 miles that way.

About 10 or 12 miles that way.

About five miles that way.

Which way are you heading?

That way.

That way.

Fire!

What do you do with dead soldiers?

Where's their army?

Harrisonburg.

All right, you ride over there, Nathan.

Take Henry and the others to the camp.

I'll take the rest of them.

All right, you ride over there, Nathan.

Take Henry with you. Tell him to come get him.

Yes, sir.

Does it concern us now?

You go to the house, get something, cover him up.

Come on.

Don't think we ought to wait.

No.

Papa.

Papa.

Sam would like to talk to you, Papa.

Ah, Jenny?

Good evening, sir.

Sam?

It's bedtime.

Bedtime?

It's only...

The picker's here, Pa.

What did he mean by that?

Oh, it's nothing, Sam. Have a seat.

Oh, I prefer to stand, sir.

No, no. Sit down, Sam.

I never talk to a man who's looking down on me.

Now, is there something you want to talk to me about?

Yes, sir.

Sit down, Sam.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I...

I've, uh, wanted to talk to you for a long time now, sir, but...

Well, it comes straight to the point of the matter, sir.

I...

I want to ask for your daughter's hand.

You mean you want to marry her, Sam?

Yes, sir.

Why?

Sir?

Why do you want to marry her?

Well, I... Well, I love her, Mr. Anderson.

Well, that's not good enough, Sam.

I beg your pardon?

Do you like her?

Well, I just said I...

No, no, you said you loved her.

There's some difference between loving and liking.

When I married Jenny's mother, I didn't love her.

I liked her.

I liked her a whole lot.

I liked Martha for at least three years after we were married,

and then one day it just dawned on me I loved her.

I still do.

I still do.

You see, Sam, when you love a woman without liking her,

a night can be long and cold,

and contempt comes up with the sun, and...

Do you understand all this I'm telling you?

Yes, sir.

Well?

Oh, well, I...

I like Jenny, sir.

I've always liked her.

All right, then you be good to her.

Because if you don't, it's between you and me, boy.

Well, then you have no objection, sir.

I didn't say that.

Oh.

Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Wee! Wee-hee!

Yee-haw!

Wee-haw!

Wee-hee!

I suppose that means Papa Charlie gave his permission.

Sam will be a couple of miles down the road

before it dawns on him to come back and tell me.

It was Mother's.

You look beautiful, Jenny.

Being married to someone you truly love

must be the most wonderful feeling in the world.

When I was a little girl,

I was always afraid of being married to someone

who was so beautiful.

I was afraid of being married to someone

who was so beautiful.

I was afraid of being married to someone

who was so beautiful.

It was the most wonderful feeling in the world.

When I was a little girl,

I slept all alone in a big room.

My bed had a feather mattress.

Outside there was thunder, lightning,

rain falling on our tin roof.

I'd lie there in the dark under my blankets,

feeling so snug and good and warm,

because I knew I was safe.

I was loved and somebody cared.

And now married to James,

it's that same little girl feeling.

Oh, I'm so happy I want to shout.

That's what it feels like, too.

Well, first-rate looking animals you got here, son.

They should be. I'd do everything but sing them to sleep at night.

Anderson's a name, Mr. Carroll.

Nine horses and two mules.

You're a good boy.

I'm glad you're here, son.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here.

You're sure right, Mr. Tinkham.

These'll do just fine.

I'll tell you one thing about these folks.

They sure are no quality.

I'll take these two and four out of the pasture.

What do you mean, you'll take them?

Well, howdy, Mr. Anderson.

I ain't seen you in quite a spell.

Well, I don't get around to visiting jails much, Tinkham.

This here's Mr. Carroll, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Marshall.

They're federal purchasing agents buying horses for the cavalry.

That's right, Mr. Anderson.

Although we've got a set price we can pay,

I'd like to hear what you think these animals are worth.

The horses aren't for sale.

Now, what my son tells you is the gospel truth, gentlemen.

And you can carve his words in stone if you've a mind to.

The horses are not for sale.

Now, that may be, but I just think I ought to tell you

that we're authorized to confiscate anything we can't buy.

What's confiscate mean, Pa?

Steal.

No, I don't think you quite understand.

You're not going to take one horse off this farm, Mr. Seam.

Might as well forget it.

I thought you said these are reasonable people.

Mr. Carroll, everybody in the county knows they're just sitting out the war.

I think what Mr. Tinkham means is that he sort of figured that anybody's too,

too yellow to fight, wouldn't mind making a couple dollars off the war.

Yellow? I apologize for my son's manners,

but, Mr. Carroll, he's taught to have more respect for his elders.

I accept your apology, sir.

Jacob, I don't know what gets into you every once in a while.

You know you shouldn't hit this gentleman.

Long as I'm around, you do it!

James! Henry!

Hey!

Hey!

I'm not in the habit of making promises to strangers, Mr.,

but you have my word on it.

If you and these other animals don't get off this farm this minute,

I'm going to shoot you stone dead.

Hey.

That fellow Tinkham, he's the only man I know that started at the bottom

and went down in the world.

He used to steal horses for nothing. Now he gets paid for it.

Well, come on, boy, get out of there before you catch cold.

Go on in the house.

See what you got us into?

Me? You hit him.

Well, you would have if I hadn't beat you to it.

Pa, first it was Johnson, and that was on our land.

And now they come driving right up into our yard.

Aren't we going to do anything about it?

Well, I must be getting old.

Seems to me we just did.

There's no easy job, Sam, taking care of a woman.

Oh, sir.

Yeah.

They expect things they never asked for.

And when they don't get them, they ask you why.

Sometimes they don't ask.

Well, I'm not going to tell you why.

I'm going to tell you why.

I'm going to tell you why.

I'm going to tell you why.

Sometimes they don't ask.

And they just go ahead and punish you for not doing something

you didn't know you were supposed to do on the first plane.

What, for instance, sir?

Well, that's a very difficult question to answer, Sam.

You're never quite sure.

It's just that it's sort of, you might say, relative.

Relative to what, sir?

To how they're feeling at the moment.

And how's that?

You never know.

I don't believe I really understand what you're trying to tell me, sir.

I know, I know. I never understood it myself.

I never understood it.

It's just one of those things, Sam.

It's around, you just don't ever see it.

I suppose...

Suppose Jenny started to cry one day.

You don't know what she's crying about, so you asked her why.

Do you follow me, Sam?

Yes, sir.

You ask her and she won't tell you.

And that's when you ask her what it was you did that caused her to cry.

She still won't tell you.

And that's when you start to get angry.

But don't get angry, Sam.

She won't tell you why she's crying because she doesn't know.

Women are like that, Sam.

And it's exasperating. It's...

But don't let it make you angry.

When she gets like that, just walk up and hug her a little bit.

Because that's all they really want when they're like that, Sam.

A little loving.

You understand me, don't you?

No, sir.

You don't?

There's something else you must remember.

Husbands like to be alone once in a while.

Why?

You never know why.

But I can always tell when James wants to be alone.

The mood comes over and...

I can always see it in his eyes before it really gets there.

I don't know where the mood comes from or why.

But that's when I leave him alone.

It seems sometimes things get so thick around a man...

that he comes to feel that everything is closing in on him.

And that's when he wants to be left alone.

You understand, don't you?

No.

The End

Dearly beloved,

For as much as marriage is a holy estate,

ordained by God to be held in honor by all,

I will give you my blessing.

To love and to cherish till death us do part.

According to God's holy ordinance,

and thereto I plight thee my trove.

According to God's holy ordinance,

and thereto I plight thee my trove.

I, Jenny, take thee, Sam,

to my wedded husband.

I, Jenny, take thee, Sam, to my wedded husband.

To have...

To have and to hold from this day forward,

for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health.

To love, cherish, and to obey till death us do part.

According to God's holy ordinance,

and thereto I plight thee my trove.

To love, cherish, and to obey till death us do part.

Receive this ring as a token of wedded love and trove.

Receive this ring as a token of wedded love and trove.

Join me, right hand.

For as much as Sam and Jenny have consented together in holy wedlock,

and have declared the same before God,

and in the presence of this company,

I pronounce them man and wife.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Congratulations, Sam.

Sam?

Excuse me.

Excuse me, sir.

The captain's compliments, sir.

Go on, corporal.

He wishes to see you immediately.

It's the Yankees they have broken through at Winchester, sir.

Very well, corporal.

I'll have to leave now.

You know that, don't you?

Do you understand?

Do you?

It started.

Pa!

You just sit quiet.

Pa!

Something terrible's gonna happen if we don't get Ann home.

All right, all right.

You take the carriage.

Jenny and I'll go with Harp.

You take the carriage.

I'll go with Harp.

You take the carriage.

I'll go with Harp.

You take the carriage.

I'll go with Harp.

You take the carriage.

Jenny and I'll go with Hawkins.

Jacob, you drive him home.

Nathan, go with him.

Henry?

Yes, sir.

You find Doc Witherspoon.

What shall I tell him, sir?

Tell him, tell him nothing.

When I send for him, he knows.

Yes, sir.

I'll be back, sir.

Just as soon as I can.

Well, you take care of yourself, you hear?

I'll be back.

Congratulations, son.

It's a boy.

I know the sound.

Congratulations, James.

Ann wants to see you.

Something went wrong, Charlie.

I'm sorry.

It's a girl.

James?

I don't know.

I might break it.

How do you break an Anderson?

I don't know how you can do this to me, Tom Witherspoon.

After all the business I've given to you over the years,

it's not that I have any objection to girls, you understand.

It's just that it's awful hard to break a habit.

How old are you now, boy?

18, sir.

That means you'll be 20 in four years.

18 to you, 16 to me.

Well, just a little bit, sir.

I've never tasted it.

Well, that's no good reason at all.

I've known men that have been drinking hard and steady all their lives.

They've never tasted it either.

Am I right, Doc?

All right, here we are.

Here we go.

Here's to the ladies.

These are busy days.

Good night, boys.

Good night, Doc.

Tom.

Tom, what's happening?

Virginia's losing, isn't she?

Looks that way, Charlie.

How do you feel about it all?

I was born in Virginia.

Lived here all my life.

Raised three sons and two daughters under her flag.

My oldest son, Paul, is buried somewhere in Pennsylvania.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that.

They said Gettysburg is where he fell.

At a place called Little Round Top.

My youngest boy came home last week with tuberculosis.

He won't see another Christmas.

My third son rides with General Forrest.

I don't know where they are.

You were asking me how I feel about it all.

That's the only way I know how to answer you.

The only way I know how to answer you.

If she needs me, send for me.

There's another baby due up the river.

Baby, baby, baby.

Get out of here, get!

Either get out or go find yourself a tree.

Just don't draw no fire to me.

Boys, now get out of here! Get out of here now!

Come on, get out of here.

Get out of here, get, you hear?

Let's go.

No!

No!

Come on.

Well, now, look how young this one is.

I swear to goodness that these here Rebs

ain't gonna be sending out grandpappies and old ladies next.

What's your name?

My name isn't Johnny.

Let me have the rifle.

What for?

Well, somehow it just don't sit right where the officers

when they see prisoners walking around armed.

Now, give me that rifle

before I put a ball through that dumb head of yours.

I admire Spunk and a boy,

but if you don't do what I say from now on,

you're gonna find out Spunk

and Spunk don't come free for nothing.

All right, Reb, let's go.

I'm no soldier.

Now, I don't look that ignorant, do I?

We've seen enough of them Johnny Reb caps

to last us a lifetime.

Go tell my pa.

Where they taking you, boy?

I don't know, just go tell him what happened.

You don't have to tell his pa nothing, you're free.

Miss Anderson! Miss Anderson!

They took him.

What are you saying?

Who's they? Who'd they take?

The Yankee men, they took the boy.

How many Yankee men? I don't know.

Five, six, I don't know.

Now it concerns us.

Nothing.

There's some footprints up in the trees, pa,

but they don't lead anywhere.

We haven't seen another man since you left the house, pa.

What do we do now?

Well, we'll go home,

then we'll pack up,

and we'll leave tonight.

It's late, Gabriel.

Won't Mr. Abernathy be looking for you?

He gone, missy,

gone to Richmond.

Left the field boss in charge.

Won't he be wondering where you are?

Old Jethro don't care nothing about me.

When my mama died, he even took our cabin.

I don't gotta go back, do I, missy?

I'm going to the farm.

I'm going to the farm.

I'm going to the farm.

I'm going to the farm.

I'm going to the farm.

I don't gotta go back, do I, missy?

Man say I'm free.

Don't that mean I don't gotta go back?

Well, if man said you're free, Gabriel,

I guess that means you can go anywhere in the world you want to go.

You mean I can just walk on down that road

and keep on walking?

You can run if you like, Gabriel.

Goodbye, missy.

We can probably make better time, Pa,

if we stay off the roads.

And we can cut across here to the Rapidan.

There's a Union camp the other side of the ford here.

Is that the closest?

Yes, sir, as far as I know.

The ones who took the boy were probably just a few skirmishers.

I don't think we could find them even if we tried.

You think they turned them in as a prisoner?

That's about all I can do.

All right, we'll try that one.

You mount up, I'll be with your director.

I'll be with you.

I'll be with you.

Come in.

Hello, Papa Charlie.

Well,

tonight she's getting bigger than you are.

And we're leaving,

and James is staying with you.

I don't know how these people dare take a son of mine.

I...

I catch up with them,

and it's going to be a horrible thing to behold.

The boy means a great deal to you, doesn't he, Papa Charlie?

All my sons mean a great deal to me.

But the boy...

My Martha died the night he was born.

I look at him, I see her.

I'll pray for you all.

I'm afraid it's too late to do any praying for me

and expect satisfactory results.

There.

You and James decided on a name?

Martha.

Oh, she'd like that.

My Martha would like that very much.

And...

I haven't told you,

but...

we're all mighty proud to have you in our family.

I love you very much.

Now, you take care of yourself, you hear me?

We'll be back just as soon as...

Where do you think you're going?

Wherever you go, Papa.

Yeah, what these preachers tell me,

where I'm going, you wouldn't like it there at all.

I'm going to the church.

I'm going to the church.

I'm going to the church.

I'm going to the church.

You know, where I'm going, you wouldn't like it there at all.

You may be on your way, but you aren't there yet, Papa.

Just never mind that.

You're not going with us.

So unstrap, unhook, get out of your brother's clothes.

You're a woman.

Yes, I'm a woman, but I don't see anybody here

that I can outrun, outride, and out shoot.

I'll unstrap for you, Papa.

And unhook.

And I'll even sit here and watch you ride out of sight.

And then what?

And then I'll follow.

Don't worry about the place here, Pa.

We'll manage.

You just keep that little Martha warm and fat.

She'll probably turn out to be the only one around here with a brain.

Bye, son.

Goodbye, Pa.

Hey.

Stop! Stop!

You the leader of this band of fools?

Colonel Fairchild is my name.

Whether or not I am the leader of...

...pools is a question which has often entered my mind.

To whom do I have the pleasure of speaking, sir?

Charlie Anderson is my name.

You better decide later, Colonel,

whether speaking with me is a pleasure or not.

Is that business with me, Mr. Anderson?

Yes, sir, I do.

All right, Mr. Nelson.

What can I do for you, sir?

Well, you can return my son for a start.

And then you can issue some kind of an order,

whatever it is you do.

And instruct your people to keep off my farm

and leave my family alone.

Your son?

My youngest son.

My youngest son.

Your people came on my farm and they took him.

Why?

That's what I like to know, Colonel.

But he's a prisoner and your army's got him.

He isn't a confederate.

No, sir.

He's an Anderson and that's all he is.

How old is he?

He's 16.

Could you show me on the map where your farm is?

Well, it's...

it's Shenandoah Gap.

It shows here.

Right there.

It couldn't have been any of my men who took your son,

Mr. Anderson, because we haven't been in your section.

But I think you should understand something.

My men fought a battle the other day

with the enemy.

They were in the same camp as you.

They were in the same camp as you.

They were in the same camp as you.

They were in the same camp as you.

My men fought a battle the other day

with rebels who threw stones at them.

Because that was all that they had.

We took 1500 prisoners

and there wasn't 50 rounds of ammunition among them.

We took 1500 prisoners and there wasn't 50 rounds of ammunition among them.

What are you telling me, Colonel?

Only that what you're trying to do is nearly impossible.

Only that what you're trying to do is nearly impossible.

Every corps in our army is taking thousands of prisoners each day.

Every corps in our army is taking thousands of prisoners each day.

How do you expect to find one 16-year-old boy?

How do you expect to find one 16-year-old boy?

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

If I had him, Mr. Anderson, I'd give him to you.

If I had him, Mr. Anderson, I'd give him to you.

But I don't have any prisoners here.

We sent them all to the railroad for shipment north.

If you happen to find the boy,

give this slip to the officer in charge.

What is it?

It's just a statement from me that your son was taken by mistake.

It's just a statement from me that your son was taken by mistake.

And that it would be considered a personal favor to me if he is released to you.

Where's that railroad you send your prisoners to, Colonel?

Where's that railroad you send your prisoners to, Colonel?

It's at Ivy Glen.

I do wish you good luck, Mr. Anderson.

I do wish you good luck, Mr. Anderson.

I have a 16-year-old son, too.

He's in school in Boston.

I have a 16-year-old son, too.

He's in school in Boston.

I've been there for nine years and not in eight.

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No stragglers back there!

All right, keep moving!

Right inside.

Keep those men moving back there.

All right, moving on.

The boy couldn't be with them, could he, Pa?

I'm a note for Captain Richards.

Sir?

You Anderson?

I'm Anderson.

There's nothing I can do for you.

Well, I don't recall you being here.

I'm just a little bit worried.

You're not worried?

No, I'm not worried.

You're not worried?

No, I'm not worried.

You're not worried?

No, I'm not worried.

Well, I don't recall asking you to do anything for me.

I'm looking for my son.

I don't have him.

How do you know that?

All I'm asking is to look through these cattle cars.

Is that too much to expect?

If your son is among these prisoners, you're too late.

There's a war going on, Mr. Anderson.

Sergeant!

Sir?

Lock him up!

Why lock him up?

We have schedules to meet.

Lock him up!

What did he say, Pa?

He says he has schedules to meet.

Private!

Get this stuff off of the tracks, mister.

Who are you?

I'd like to know what you think you're doing.

Do you know what the penalty is for this sort of thing?

You all please me very much if you drop your guns

and stick your hands up in the air as far as you can get them.

You drop the rifles?

Right now!

Now I remember.

Anderson. Your name is Anderson.

All right. Now you can all turn around and start walking.

I don't care where you go just as long as you get out of my sight.

You're the man who's looking for his son.

You're the man that's got schedules to keep.

Come on, move out. Come on, let's go.

Let's go, Captain. You heard him.

Come on.

Move.

On it, boy.

Don't pick.

How long do you intend to keep my train here, sir?

How long do you intend to keep my train here, sir?

Well, I'm glad you asked me that because I believe in a man

knowing all there is to know about his business.

First, I'm going to empty your train and then I'm going to burn it.

Burn it?

Open up those doors.

What? You can't do that.

You can't burn my train.

Maybe I can't. You've got to give me credit for trying.

But why? Why?

It's not the kind of a train I favor.

You can get out. You're free.

Boy!

Jacob!

Boy's not here, Jenny.

Sam!

Jenny.

We better leave here soon, Mr. Anderson.

There's a lot of people waiting for us.

I'll be right back.

I'll be right back.

This is the regular cavalry patrol on these railroads.

Pa, what about the train, Pa?

Sir?

Sir, I've been the engineer on this train for ten years.

She's been a good train all that time and, well,

it ain't right to burn her just because she'd come on to hard times.

Now, you run a sad kind of a train, mister.

It takes people away when they don't want to go

and won't bring them back when they're ready.

But I'll leave it to the ones that were on it.

Sam?

Burn it.

Burn the train!

Burn it!

Let's take it out of there and get that train burned.

Bring it on the train.

Henry, give Sam the boys hard.

The rest of you get them out. Come on.

You be the only officer here, sir,

and, well, some of the boys are after knowing what to do.

Go home.

Home, sir?

The war is lost. Go back to your families.

I had no right to tell them that, Mr. Anderson,

but those men can't go through another fight.

We knew before we went in the last one we couldn't win.

Where'd you go, Sam?

Easier than running, I guess.

Well, there's a cavalry patrol around here.

We'd better move.

Hello, Carter.

You can have your chance tonight, boy, if you want to take it.

Chance for what?

To run.

They don't waste many men on prisoner duty.

They're usually the worst of the lot.

They plan on harnessing on that stern wheeler.

Some of us don't fancy no sightseeing trip up north.

I'll take you to the station.

I'll take you to the station.

I'll take you to the station.

I won't fancy no sightseeing trip up north.

When they open that gate tonight,

you stick as close to me as a flea on a hound dog.

Or something else.

Once we get going, you're on your own.

I gotta forget that you ain't nothing but a lapbaby.

Nathan, you and Henry take the horses over to that barn there.

Yes, sir.

Jack, let me see if you can get a fire started.

Yes, sir.

Say, what's Pa doing in there?

Sleeping, I guess.

I can hear him moving.

Sure gonna taste good about now.

For somebody it is.

Sam?

Huh?

You too, Jenny.

Here, just a minute.

Your mother and I had it a little better in this.

It's not very comfortable.

But when you've lived together for a dozen years,

you'll realize that comfort's not what counts.

It's customary for a gentleman to carry his ride across the threshold.

So, if you want to...

Yes, sir.

What are you looking at?

Nothing, sir.

Nothing.

Come on, move along. Move along.

All right, inside.

Hold on, man. Now!

Get down on the car!

Come on, come on. This way.

This way.

In here.

In here.

In here.

Give me a hand.

Give me a hand.

Here.

Idiot.

Idiot.

The Bluebellys must be everywhere.

What we're going to have to do is we're going to do our travel in the night,

heading south, always south.

Then we can't hardly help coming on something friendly.

But our farm is north.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

I'm going to go to the farm.

You hear something?

I smell something.

Wood smoke.

That's a Confederate camp.

Wood smoke ain't all you smelt.

You smelt country boys.

I got knees over at the hospital wagon.

As long as they belong to, we won't be needing them no more.

The lieutenant over there says that they'd be pulling back in the morning.

We're welcome to go with them if we want to.

That was good of them.

What is this?

Don't ask.

Ain't nothing your mama ever set the table with.

You can believe that.

We're walking in tall cotton, boy.

Down in Vicksburg, I hear they're eating rats.

Yank it, yank it!

Here, take this.

Don't fire till I tell you.

I've never shot at a man before.

They ain't gonna know that.

Lieutenant?

Yes, sir?

Is that a Confederate cow or a Union cow?

That must be a Union cow, sir.

Union cow's tasty?

Quite tasty, sir.

Then take her prisoner.

Yes, sir.

Sorry, sir.

That's all right, Lieutenant.

You scared a few pounds off her.

Get ready.

Fire!

Charge!

Charge!

Let's move it!

Wonder!

Charge!

Charge!

Fire!

You might as well know something right now, boy.

In case you got any doubts, we ain't got a dog's chance in hell.

I ain't never seen nobody get so peevish over a cow before.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Howdy!

Hello.

What can I do for you?

Just drink your water, if you don't mind.

It's come a long ways.

Got a long ways to go.

You're welcome to all you can drink and all you can carry.

Blige, nice place you got here.

Must support quite a few.

Nine.

Nine!

Imagine that.

How come I don't see none of them around?

Except you.

They're all away from home for a while.

Oh, mule, you sure do a job up right.

Yeah, I'm bound to say it.

You sure do.

You two look around.

See they got any horses.

I'll see what's in the house.

Yeah.

I'll see what's in the house.

James?

Mule?

James!

James!

James, help me!

James!

Is this all there is?

We used the last of the flour yesterday and this is the last of the coffee.

You don't think we're gonna find him, do you Sam?

No sir, I don't.

Boy could be any place, Pa.

He may even be somewhere up north by now.

Federal President, you mean?

Yes sir.

Horses haven't had a good feed in a long time, Pa.

We're almost spent.

I want to say something.

I've known since the train that we weren't allowed to find him.

There's just a hair of chance that we got Sam back.

I knew that, maybe I knew even before we left home, but somehow I just had to try.

And if we don't try, we don't do.

And if we don't do, why are we here on this earth?

I hope you all understood.

We understood you, Pa.

And we're all with you.

Tomorrow morning we'll start back.

Pa, I'll admit to you that I don't feel the same way I did before.

I'll admit that I'd sure like to get home.

But I don't want you giving up because of us.

I'm with you.

I don't want to go home unless you really want to.

Thank you, son.

We'll go home.

Maybe the boy's there.

Hold your fire, men!

Hold your fire!

Dammit!

How old are you?

How old?

Sixteen.

Sixteen.

Sixteen.

I'm not gonna kill you.

I want you to live.

I want you to live to be an old man.

And I want you to have many, many, many children.

And I want you to feel about your children then,

the way I feel about mine now.

And someday,

when a man comes along and kills one of them,

I want you to remember.

I...

What I want you to remember

is that you will remember.

Obery Montefarne, near his mother.

THE END

Somebody sick, Tom?

Where have you been?

What's wrong?

What's wrong? The baby...

The baby's all right, Charlie.

James and...

And Anne are dead.

We figured scavengers did it.

From what I could tell,

James died instantly.

It wasn't until two days later I just happened to come by

and Anne had...

She was dead too.

I had them buried near Martha.

I thought you'd like that.

It somehow seemed the only place.

Where's the baby, Tom?

Upstairs.

I found a woman to take care of her.

She's all right, Charlie.

THE END

THE END

The child is my granddaughter.

Her name is Martha.

It's been a long time, Martha, since I held a baby.

It's been a long time.

Oh, Lord, we cleared this land.

We plowed it and sowed it

and harvested.

We cooked the harvest.

We...

It wouldn't...

It wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be eating it

if we hadn't done it all or...

All ourself.

THE END

THE END

I don't even know what to say to you anymore, Martha.

There's nothing much I can tell you about this war.

It's like all wars, I suppose.

The undertakers are winning it.

The politicians will talk a lot about the glory of it,

and the old men will talk about the need of it.

The soldiers, they just want to go home.

I guess you're not so lonely now, Martha,

with James and Ann and Jacob,

maybe the boy.

You didn't know Ann, did you?

You like her.

You like her a lot, Martha.

Why, she and James are so much alike.

They're just like...

No.

No, we were never that much alike, were we, Martha?

We just sort of...

We just sort of grew alike through the years.

But I wish...

I wish I could just know what you're thinking about it all, Martha.

And maybe things wouldn't look so bad to me

if I only knew what you thought.

You never give up, do you?

Thought you'd get away with it, huh?

Why didn't one of you tell me it was Sunday?

Now, come on, get cleaned up, we're late.

You have something to say?

Hello, sir?

Well, then saddle your horses, get my carriage.

God's true power I have still.

His kingdom is forever.

Amen.

Amen.

For our second hymn...

For our second hymn, we'll turn to page...

How long, old boy?

With God's help, we'll turn to page...

137.

Shall we all rise and sing?

I am Holy Ghost.