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Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 2 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:37,629 My name is William Pittenger. 3 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:42,828 I never intended to write this book, but after our raid into Georgia was over, 4 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:45,564 something happened to make me change my mind. 5 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:49,233 Along with a group of men who had shared so much with me, 6 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:51,971 I was summoned to the War Department in Washington. 7 00:01:52,712 --> 00:01:55,442 We expected nothing more than routine questioning, 8 00:01:55,515 --> 00:01:59,076 but were surprised to be invited into Secretary Stanton"s office, 9 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:02,280 and dumbfounded as we took in the meaning of his words. 10 00:02:02,355 --> 00:02:06,223 It is a tribute to your vaIor that the boIdest expIoit of this war 11 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:11,195 bringing consternation upon the Confederacy and gIory to our Union arms, 12 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:15,132 was Ied by a civiIian, and carried out by private soIdiers. 13 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:18,034 VoIunteers, to a man. 14 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:23,765 You"ve won for us a new respect, and we are gratefuI. 15 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:26,107 Congress has, by recent Iaw, 16 00:02:26,179 --> 00:02:29,376 prepared a medaI to be awarded for conspicuous bravery: 17 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:31,508 ""The CongressionaI MedaI of Honor."" 18 00:02:31,584 --> 00:02:34,576 You gentIemen are to have the first ever given. 19 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,521 CorporaI WiIIiam Pittenger. 20 00:02:51,037 --> 00:02:53,972 CongratuIations, Mr. Pittenger. 21 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:59,304 [ Pittenger] I tried to thank him but I felt too unworthy, 22 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:02,644 remembering our missing comrades and our brave leader Andrews 23 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:04,706 who had gained us this honor. 24 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:14,259 [Pittenger] James J. Andrews was a man of mystery, as befitted his vocation. 25 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:17,296 Though in reality a Union spy, 26 00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:20,196 he was trusted throughout the South as a blockade runner. 27 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:22,530 It was typical that even now as he neared our lines, 28 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:25,765 he was riding a horse he had borrowed from the Confederates. 29 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:32,472 On that eventful day in 1862, I was in charge of a picket detail, 30 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:35,981 guarding the approach to our headquarters camp, south of Nashville. 31 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:41,944 Pittenger, why don"t you hire a substitute, 32 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:44,216 so the war won"t interfere with your reading? 33 00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:46,224 This concerns the war. 34 00:03:46,292 --> 00:03:49,887 Bringing out a new medaI. ""The CongressionaI MedaI of Honor."" 35 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:53,697 This ain"t for you and me. That"s for generaIs. 36 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:57,361 Not our generaIs. They won"t even Iet us fight. 37 00:03:57,437 --> 00:03:59,701 MitcheII wouId, if they"d give him a chance. 38 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:01,330 Maybe. 39 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:04,433 AII I know is I joined this army to kiII Johnny Rebs, 40 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:06,910 and so far, I ain"t even seen one. 41 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:09,039 You"ve been Iucky. 42 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:13,983 It"s aII right, BiII. I know him. 43 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,980 GIad to see you, Mr. Andrews. 44 00:04:18,057 --> 00:04:20,651 What"s your regiment doing this far south of NashviIIe? 45 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:23,992 GeneraI BueII moved out with most of the army to reinforce Grant. 46 00:04:24,063 --> 00:04:26,395 There"s a big fight shaping up around Corinth. 47 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:28,525 I probabIy don"t have to teII you. 48 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:32,037 I didn"t know BueII was gone. Who"s in command here now? 49 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:35,939 GeneraI MitcheII. He"s madder than a wet hen to be Ieft behind. 50 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:38,534 So were we. 51 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:45,016 - Why are you Ieft behind? - To guard NashviIIe. 52 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:47,552 It"s nice to taIk with you again, CorporaI. 53 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,145 Mr. Andrews... 54 00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:53,556 if you ever want heIp on a Secret Service mission, 55 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:57,585 don"t forget the name Pittenger. WiIIiam Pittenger. 56 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:12,137 In aII of East Tennessee, there"s no concentration 57 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:14,839 of Confederate forces worth the mention. 58 00:05:14,914 --> 00:05:17,940 The Southern army at KnoxviIIe is bareIy abIe to defend the city 59 00:05:18,017 --> 00:05:20,713 - from Union GeneraI Morgan. - What about Chattanooga? 60 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,517 BueII was certain a great army was gathering there. 61 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:27,252 GeneraI MitcheII, there are onIy 2,000 raw recruits in Chattanooga, 62 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:29,795 and another 2,000 that aren"t even armed! 63 00:05:29,862 --> 00:05:35,198 Here we wait with 1 0,000 choice troops under strict orders to guard NashviIIe. 64 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:40,305 If onIy I"d been given some Iatitude, I"d march right into Chattanooga. 65 00:05:40,373 --> 00:05:43,501 - WouIdn"t that be defending NashviIIe? - Yes, by George! 66 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:49,071 As Iong as I keep the enemy in front of me, NashviIIe wiII be fuIIy protected. 67 00:05:49,148 --> 00:05:51,708 But I don"t want Chattanooga unIess I can hoId it. 68 00:05:51,784 --> 00:05:54,776 It might be two weeks before BueII couId reinforce me. 69 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:56,446 Have you any idea how many men 70 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:59,184 the Confederates couId bring out of AtIanta against me? 71 00:05:59,258 --> 00:06:01,089 1 5,000 at Ieast. 72 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,155 That many? 73 00:06:04,897 --> 00:06:08,628 Suppose we have a Iook, Andrews, and see how matters stand. 74 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:12,159 Here"s Lee, who has his hands fuII in Virginia. 75 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:17,972 And here"s Beauregard, who"s bringing up everything he"s got to fight Grant at ShiIoh. 76 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:20,444 And here"s their east-west raiIroad, 77 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:24,314 aII the way from AIexandria to Memphis, 78 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:27,717 with Chattanooga right in the strategic center. 79 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:32,053 Here we are. So, if I moved down here to HuntsviIIe, 80 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:35,925 captured the Iocomotives and fIat cars, and rode into Chattanooga, 81 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:39,658 aII I"d have to fear wouId be these forces out of AtIanta. 82 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:44,362 That"s true, sir, but we"re right back where we started from. 83 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:47,201 They can move their soIdiers up the raiIroad from AtIanta 84 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:50,208 and drive you out of Chattanooga in two days. 85 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:53,609 There are 1 1 raiIroad bridges over the Chicamagua. 86 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:59,677 A man Iike you couId Iead a raiding party and burn those bridges for me. 87 00:07:02,021 --> 00:07:03,488 Why not? 88 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:07,287 I had a deaI with GeneraI BueII that when I brought this information, 89 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,521 I wouIdn"t go South anymore. 90 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:13,224 Soon as I compIete this report, I aim to enIist in the 21 st Ohio. 91 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:15,961 You"d Ieave the Secret Service to become a foot soIdier? 92 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:19,835 Yes, sir. Maybe I won"t be any great shakes in the infantry, 93 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:23,342 but at Ieast it wouIdn"t be hiding under a cIoak. 94 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:26,401 After just so Iong, a man has to come out in the open. 95 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:30,540 Mr. Andrews, I wouIdn"t detaiI any man on a duty of this kind against his wiII. 96 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:33,483 But consider what it might mean to the Union. 97 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:37,054 Cut the Confederacy in two. 98 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,650 We couId shorten the war by haIf, maybe end it. 99 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:45,765 [Pittenger] I"d heard from Mr. Andrews sooner than I expected. 100 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:48,598 [Pittenger] I"d heard from Mr. Andrews sooner than I expected. 101 00:07:48,667 --> 00:07:54,071 That night a score of adventurous men, most from the 2 1st and 33rd Ohio Infantry, 102 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:57,041 followed me to a meeting place on a hillside. 103 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:59,100 [coyote howIs] 104 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:10,953 - Good evening, gentIemen. - [aII] Good evening. 105 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:15,255 AII here, Mr. Andrews. 106 00:08:20,232 --> 00:08:21,961 Which are Brown and Knight? 107 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:24,366 Private WiIson Brown, Company F. 108 00:08:24,436 --> 00:08:26,427 Private WiIIiam Knight, Company E. 109 00:08:26,505 --> 00:08:30,441 Not any Ionger, gentIemen. Forget that you"ve ever been soIdiers. 110 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:34,044 Mr. Brown and Mr. Knight have been informed 111 00:08:34,113 --> 00:08:36,547 by their company commanders about our venture. 112 00:08:36,615 --> 00:08:40,608 They know what they have to do. We can"t get aIong without them. 113 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:45,589 AII I can teII the rest of you is that whiIe MitcheII moves toward Chattanooga, 114 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:49,924 we must penetrate more than 1 00 miIes behind the Confederate Iines in Georgia 115 00:08:49,995 --> 00:08:52,793 to destroy the raiIroad. 116 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:56,824 If we faiI, every one of us may be hanged or torn in pieces by an angry mob. 117 00:08:56,902 --> 00:09:00,531 You have no experience pIaying the part of spies. 118 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:02,369 Some of you are pretty young. 119 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:07,003 Since we"re asking you to voIunteer bIindIy, it won"t be dishonorabIe to back out now. 120 00:09:08,013 --> 00:09:11,676 If you had any sense, you"d return to camp and get into uniform again. 121 00:09:11,750 --> 00:09:15,481 [coyote howIs] 122 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,384 Good. You"re the men for me. 123 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:25,988 Now then, you"re to traveI southeast through the CumberIand Mountains, 124 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:27,965 cross the Tennessee River, 125 00:09:28,033 --> 00:09:33,027 and be ready to catch the 5:00 train south out of Chattanooga Thursday afternoon. 126 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:36,700 Your destination is the RaiIroad HoteI at Marietta, Georgia. 127 00:09:36,775 --> 00:09:39,972 If anyone faiIs to meet me there before sun up Friday morning, 128 00:09:40,045 --> 00:09:43,503 the attempt wiII be made without him. Any questions? 129 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:46,107 I"m BiII CampbeII. What"II we teII the Johnny Rebs 130 00:09:46,185 --> 00:09:48,016 about who we are and where we"re from? 131 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:52,251 TeII them you"re Kentuckians, escaping Yankee ruIe to join a Southern regiment. 132 00:09:52,324 --> 00:09:55,953 If they press you, teII them you haiI from FIeming County, Kentucky. 133 00:09:56,028 --> 00:10:00,692 I"m from FIemingsburg, and no man from that county ever joined the Southern army. 134 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:04,862 - What if they have us cornered? - Don"t hesitate to join their army. 135 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:07,997 You can escape back to your own Iines some dark night on picket duty. 136 00:10:08,073 --> 00:10:13,136 I"m Bob Buffum. WouId you care to teII us how you intend to reach Marietta? 137 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:17,012 I"II traveI on the same road, sometimes before you, sometimes behind. 138 00:10:17,082 --> 00:10:21,485 - We aIIowed to taIk to you? - Treat me as you wouId a stranger. 139 00:10:21,553 --> 00:10:24,716 As for you, Mr. Buffum, it might be wiser if you didn"t speak at aII. 140 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:28,385 I never met a Kentuckian so pIainIy from Massachusetts. 141 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:31,820 [thunder] 142 00:10:31,897 --> 00:10:34,229 Do you have your pistoIs? 143 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,427 Keep them hidden. 144 00:10:36,502 --> 00:10:41,371 In this business, you never fight unIess you"ve faiIed, and we won"t faiI. 145 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,567 Nothing can stop us. 146 00:10:43,642 --> 00:10:45,633 [thunder] 147 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:47,372 Nothing. 148 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:55,643 [Pittenger] Andrews gave us 3 days for ourjourney through the Cumberlands. 149 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:58,986 Traveling by twos and threes, we were strung out miles apart 150 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:01,322 in a desolate country. 151 00:11:01,393 --> 00:11:05,329 We"d been supplied with Confederate money, but food and lodging were scarce, 152 00:11:05,397 --> 00:11:08,230 and transportation out of the question. 153 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:10,825 My companion was the Giant, Bill Campbell. 154 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:16,500 As I came to know him, I felt a growing concern over his quick, violent temper. 155 00:11:16,575 --> 00:11:20,375 One such powder keg could blow our whole expedition sky-high. 156 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:28,346 We reached the Tennessee River on time, 157 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:31,287 only to find it impassable. 158 00:11:52,911 --> 00:11:56,039 Pardon me, ma"am. Do you know the whereabouts of the ferryman? 159 00:11:56,115 --> 00:11:59,573 Home, Iike enough. But he won"t chance it across before morning. 160 00:11:59,651 --> 00:12:01,448 River"s swoIe up mighty angry. 161 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,353 - CouId you put us up for the night? - Where you from? 162 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:06,084 [Pittenger] FIemingsburg, Kentucky. 163 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:08,058 Inn"s pretty fuII. 164 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:10,322 We can pay doubIe. 165 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:13,456 [thunder] 166 00:12:13,532 --> 00:12:16,865 They"re from FIemingsburg, too. There"s a score of us in aII. 167 00:12:16,935 --> 00:12:20,803 We couIdn"t abide the Yankees anymore so we puIIed up stakes. 168 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:24,001 Gonna throw in our Iot with the Southern army. 169 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:28,012 Come in, aII of ya. It won"t cost you a cent. 170 00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:39,415 FIemingsburg? I can"t rightIy say I"ve ever been to FIemingsburg. 171 00:12:39,491 --> 00:12:43,393 UnIess you wanna be under the thumb of the aboIitionists, you better not go now. 172 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:47,193 I never thought Kentucky wouId be run by cIay-eaters and poor white trash! 173 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:49,860 There"s some mighty fine foIks in Kentucky. 174 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:52,563 Yes, and more of them are coming south every day. 175 00:12:52,638 --> 00:12:55,300 Isn"t that just giving up your state to the Yankees? 176 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:56,966 They"ve got it aIready. 177 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,237 They"re so strong in the IegisIature, they passed a Iaw 178 00:12:59,311 --> 00:13:02,246 that any man fighting for the South forfeits his state"s rights 179 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:05,806 - to citizenship, Iand and hoIdings. - Has it come to that? 180 00:13:05,884 --> 00:13:08,045 Yes, sir. I know that to be true. 181 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,213 The governor of Kentucky has four sons. 182 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:13,349 Two are fighting for the Yankees, and two are in my regiment. 183 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:17,088 They toId me that unIess we won, they couId never go home again. 184 00:13:17,896 --> 00:13:19,295 Damn Yankees! 185 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:23,030 Jess, you"re at tabIe. Quit your swearing. 186 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:26,629 ""Damn Yankee"" ain"t swearing, Mother, and you know it. 187 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:31,876 Jem, maybe the brave Kentuckians wouId Iike to join your regiment. 188 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:35,641 I"d be mighty proud to have them, if you can wait tiII this comes off. 189 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:39,548 I"d take you to Chattanooga with me, introduce you to GeneraI Ledbetter. 190 00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:44,851 We"re honored, but we had our hearts set on enIisting in the 1 st Georgia regiment. 191 00:13:44,923 --> 00:13:48,359 Some of our friends have aIready joined it, and we"re anxious to push on. 192 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:51,453 1 st Georgia! Did you hear that, Mother? 193 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:55,261 No river"s gonna hoId you back. That ferryman doesn"t Iike fIood water, 194 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:59,964 but he"II take you over first thing in the morning or find himseIf out of a job. 195 00:14:00,038 --> 00:14:03,439 [Innkeeper] I knew it. I knew Jess McIntyre wouId heIp you. 196 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:05,704 - They"re heIping us, ain"t they? - Yes, sir! 197 00:14:05,777 --> 00:14:08,905 - Retha, give them boys more chicken. - Yes, ma"am. 198 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:11,779 You"re aII very kind, kinder than we deserve. 199 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:13,112 That"s right. 200 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:20,386 [Innkeeper] You won"t have no troubIe at aII. Once foIks find out what you"re up to, 201 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:22,859 they"II put the big pot in the IittIe one. 202 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,520 [Innkeeper] WeII, Iook who"s here! 203 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,464 [Retha] Land sakes, but you"re wet! 204 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:33,266 You need some of Retha"s cooking, Mr. Andrews. 205 00:14:33,338 --> 00:14:35,806 Sounds mighty good. SmeIIs even better. 206 00:14:35,874 --> 00:14:38,206 I think I"II get warm first. 207 00:14:39,344 --> 00:14:40,333 Evening. 208 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:43,404 [Innkeeper] Retha, fetch Mr. Andrews that peach brandy, you hear? 209 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,006 Yes, ma"am. 210 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:49,949 Ladies and gentIemen, I have great news. 211 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:53,685 On the strength of it, I"d ask you aII to have a gIass with me... 212 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:57,359 if I knew the coIor of your poIitics. 213 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:59,624 You needn"t worry about these boys. 214 00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:03,156 They"ve been Iiving amongst Yankees, but they"re coming out on the right side. 215 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:04,497 Good. 216 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:07,562 We won a great victory at ShiIoh. 217 00:15:07,639 --> 00:15:11,735 - Did Beauregard Iick that buzzard Grant? - [Andrews] Cut him to ribbons. 218 00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:14,301 What about the Yankee gunboats at Pittsburgh Landing? 219 00:15:14,379 --> 00:15:17,177 1 00 of them sunk, and thousands of prisoners taken. 220 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,683 The whoIe Yankee force, gone up the spout. 221 00:15:19,751 --> 00:15:20,740 [cheers] 222 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:22,787 Isn"t that wonderfuI? 223 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:28,082 Ladies and gentIemen... 224 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,387 I give you a toast. 225 00:15:33,765 --> 00:15:35,062 The Confederacy. 226 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,170 You don"t seem very happy over our victory, Mr. CampbeII. 227 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:47,508 He"s not. He wants to kiII aII the Yankees himseIf. 228 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:48,568 [Iaughter] 229 00:15:48,647 --> 00:15:51,878 - Sounds Iike a Kentuckian. - We"re aII from Kentucky. 230 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:54,214 You"II find pIenty of action Iater on, sir. 231 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:57,881 But before you go any further South, there"s one thing we must teach you. 232 00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:59,355 What"s that? 233 00:15:59,424 --> 00:16:00,914 Dixie. 234 00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:02,290 - Sing it. - May I? 235 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:05,626 [Innkeeper] Go right ahead. Come on, boys, gather "round. 236 00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:14,904 ? Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton Old times there are not forgotten ? 237 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:19,410 ? Look away, look away Look away, Dixie Land ? 238 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:23,744 ? In Dixie Land where I was born In early on one frosty morn ? 239 00:16:23,815 --> 00:16:28,081 ? Look away, look away Look away, Dixie Land ? 240 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:32,681 ? Then I wish I was in Dixie Away, away ? 241 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:37,286 ? In Dixie Land I"ll take my stand To live and die in Dixie ? 242 00:16:37,362 --> 00:16:41,958 ? Away, away Away down south in Dixie ? 243 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:48,303 ? Away, away Away down south in Dixie ? 244 00:16:48,373 --> 00:16:50,967 ? Away, away... ? 245 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:53,910 ?Away down south in Dixie ? 246 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:13,427 Mr. CampbeII, do you have something on your mind? 247 00:17:13,498 --> 00:17:15,489 I wanna know just one thing. 248 00:17:16,501 --> 00:17:20,437 Do we have to be better Southerners than the Johnny Rebs themseIves? 249 00:17:21,773 --> 00:17:24,901 I went pretty far tonight. But Iet me teII you this: 250 00:17:24,976 --> 00:17:28,639 If you can"t drink their toasts and sing their songs, 251 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:33,117 Iove Jeff Davis and hate Abe LincoIn untiI next Friday, 252 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:35,119 you"II never reach Marietta. 253 00:17:36,321 --> 00:17:37,982 I"m sorry. 254 00:17:38,056 --> 00:17:40,718 Then you were exaggerating about ShiIoh? 255 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:42,384 Yes. 256 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:47,893 When I bring them good news, I"m doubIy weIcome. The truth is bad enough. 257 00:17:47,966 --> 00:17:50,059 Bad enough to stop GeneraI MitcheII"s advance? 258 00:17:50,135 --> 00:17:53,866 No. ShiIoh can"t stop him, but the deviIish rains may. 259 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:57,170 The troubIe is, our movements and his have to dovetaiI. 260 00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:59,540 [Andrews] He has an army and cannon to move. 261 00:18:03,348 --> 00:18:07,341 It"s taking a chance, but we"II have to postpone our pIans for one day. 262 00:18:08,687 --> 00:18:12,316 I"II wait here for the rest of the men. You go into Chattanooga, 263 00:18:12,391 --> 00:18:16,760 and if you see any of the boys who didn"t come this way, pass the word aIong. 264 00:18:26,838 --> 00:18:29,363 [snoring] 265 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,788 What"d you do before the war? 266 00:18:46,858 --> 00:18:49,122 Taught schooI a whiIe. 267 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:53,660 How do you Iike this business? 268 00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:58,795 There"s one side of it I can"t get used to. 269 00:18:58,870 --> 00:19:01,395 Mr. McIntyre... 270 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:04,806 and the widow woman who fed us and gave us her bed... 271 00:19:07,345 --> 00:19:10,678 When I deceive "em, I feeI Iike the Iowest snake that crawIs. 272 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,041 I know. 273 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,522 That soIdier, he"s supposed to be my enemy. 274 00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:23,792 I"m supposed to hate him the way CampbeII does. 275 00:19:25,964 --> 00:19:28,194 But I don"t think I can. 276 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:33,362 It"s worse when a Southerner"s your best friend. 277 00:19:34,372 --> 00:19:36,499 Like oId Jim Lindsay. 278 00:19:37,976 --> 00:19:42,811 Even picked out the girI I"m going to marry, "cause she"s Yankee-minded Iike me. 279 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:47,644 Now that I"ve turned spy and have to fooI him, 280 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:51,052 I can hardIy Iook him in the eye anymore. 281 00:19:51,122 --> 00:19:53,249 How do you stand it? 282 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:58,121 I beIieve in a federaI union. 283 00:19:59,664 --> 00:20:01,256 So do I. 284 00:20:03,735 --> 00:20:07,000 I hope we can preserve it without any more ShiIohs. 285 00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:12,505 They say the sIaughter was so fierce on both sides, 286 00:20:12,577 --> 00:20:16,343 you couId waIk across the fieId on dead bodies Iike stepping stones. 287 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:22,948 How wouId you Iike to put a stop to that, Pittenger? 288 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:25,489 CouId we, with what we"re doing? 289 00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:28,487 Maybe we can. 290 00:20:33,198 --> 00:20:36,190 [Pittenger] We managed to be on the Friday train, headed south. 291 00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:37,703 So far, we were lucky. 292 00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:41,201 [standing soIdier] ? A rebel I will be A rebel till I die ? 293 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:45,209 ? I would not give a fig To live under a Yankee sky ? 294 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:53,112 ? We are sons of holy Dinah And we go where we"ve a mind to ? 295 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:56,985 ? And we stay where we"re inclined to As long as we have fun ? 296 00:20:57,055 --> 00:21:01,116 ? Oh, we licked the Yanks at Shiloh Oh-my, oh-my, oh-my-oh ? 297 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:04,822 ? Yes, we licked the Yanks at Shiloh Just to see how they would run ? 298 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:08,730 ? We are sons of holy Dinah And we"ll go where we"ve a mind to ? 299 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,531 ? But right now we"re inclined to Go home and rest a spell ? 300 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:16,199 ? But when we"re tired of eatin" We will give them Yanks a beatin" ? 301 00:21:16,274 --> 00:21:20,176 ? And they"ll all be retreatin" When we give the rebel yell ? 302 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,735 [whoops] 303 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:29,610 How many Yankees can one Southerner whup? 304 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:31,212 [aII soIdiers] Five! 305 00:21:31,289 --> 00:21:32,688 - [standing soIdier] How many? - [aII soIdiers] Ten! 306 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,225 [standing soIdier] That"s more Iike it! 307 00:21:34,292 --> 00:21:38,092 One company of Southerners armed with popguns 308 00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:41,655 couId run a whoIe regiment of Yankees cIean out of the country! 309 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,564 [standing soIdier] - Am I right? [aII soIdiers] - Right! 310 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:48,069 - Gettin" off? - No. 311 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:52,634 - Thought maybe I"d get your seat. - No, just stretching. 312 00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:54,269 Look at that cannon! 313 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,407 WouId you mind? 314 00:21:58,483 --> 00:22:00,883 Don"t be ornery, BiII. Let him see it. 315 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:06,049 Yankee army issue! 316 00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:08,524 Where"d you get it? 317 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:12,062 I say, where"d you get it? 318 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,121 Took it off a dead Yank. 319 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,791 Which battIe? 320 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:17,926 BattIe for our hen coop! 321 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:21,336 That"s aII any of them Yankees are, chicken steaIers. 322 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:25,442 You hear that? Chicken steaIers! 323 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:30,214 [conductor] Station-stop, Kingston, Kingston. 324 00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:39,780 What do you think you"re doing? 325 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:44,454 He didn"t mean any harm. He just can"t heIp pIaying jokes on peopIe. 326 00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:48,590 I wasn"t speaking to you. Why"d you go and pIay a cheap Yankee trick Iike that? 327 00:22:49,901 --> 00:22:53,632 You"re right weIcome to the seat. I was just havin" a IittIe fun. 328 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:56,299 I"II be dogged if he can"t even taIk Iike a Yankee. 329 00:22:56,374 --> 00:22:59,036 Sit down here, pint-pot, and see if you can teach me. 330 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:15,125 [Pittenger] In spite of Campbell and Buffum, we all reached Marietta in safety 331 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:18,128 and spent a restless night in the Railroad Hotel. 332 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:20,994 With the dawn, we were ready for the big day. 333 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:35,010 Two fair days in a row. You don"t know what that sun means to us. 334 00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,487 What are the fine cIothes for, Mr. Andrews? 335 00:23:44,556 --> 00:23:47,491 Today I"m an officiaI of the Western and AtIantic RaiIroad. 336 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:51,120 - A very high officiaI, I hope. - You are the president, at Ieast! 337 00:24:04,175 --> 00:24:07,633 It"s 1 5 minutes tiII train time. You know what you have to do. 338 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:09,577 Let"s have a finaI check. 339 00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:12,446 Which of you are buying tickets to AIIatoona? 340 00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:14,451 Kingston? CaIhoun? 341 00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:16,885 Resaca? And Chattanooga? 342 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:20,049 Good. That way it won"t appear we"re traveIing together. 343 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,719 Knight, Brown and AIf WiIson, sit cIose to me. 344 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:26,286 One Iast thing: When the train stops at Big Shanty for breakfast, 345 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:28,889 keep your seats tiII I give you the signaI. 346 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,958 Good Iuck, gentIemen. 347 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:34,836 - Mr. Andrews? - Mr. Ross? 348 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:39,502 After you outIined the pIan Iast night, BiII CampbeII and I got to taIking it over. 349 00:24:39,577 --> 00:24:43,946 Tearing up the track behind us and burning the bridges aII makes sense, 350 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:46,245 but why steaI the train at Big Shanty? 351 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,515 It"s a breakfast stop for the crew as weII as the passengers. 352 00:24:49,587 --> 00:24:51,646 There"s no teIegraph there, either. 353 00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,214 There"s a Confederate camp with 4,000 men. 354 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:56,783 Must we steaI an engine in fuII view of the Southern army? 355 00:24:56,861 --> 00:24:59,159 Know any pIace they won"t suspect it? 356 00:24:59,230 --> 00:25:03,132 Yes. Any deserted part of the track north of this town. 357 00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:06,295 - [Andrews] That"d mean a fight. - What"s the matter with a fight? 358 00:25:06,371 --> 00:25:09,568 - You never know how it"II come out. - I know how I"m coming out. 359 00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:11,905 I"ve had a beIIyfuI of this bowin" and scrapin" 360 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,037 and sweet-taIking every Ioudmouth Sesech in the state of Georgia. 361 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:19,106 If you want to capture this train in a fair fight, you can count on me. 362 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:21,311 If you don"t, I ain"t going. 363 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:25,720 Mr. CampbeII, your company commander said you"d be worth ten in a fight. 364 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:28,725 That"s why I brought you aIong, just in case. 365 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:30,920 But we didn"t come to fight. 366 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:33,055 We came to burn raiIroad bridges. 367 00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:36,328 If you don"t Iike the pIan, you"re free to drop out now. 368 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:38,869 If you come, you"II do it my way. 369 00:25:46,611 --> 00:25:47,846 [train beII] 370 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:51,077 [train beII] 371 00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:59,881 - CIoudin" over. - Yeah. Is it gonna rain? 372 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:03,155 Might couId. It rains one minute, shines the next. 373 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:25,338 [conductor] AII aboard! 374 00:26:25,416 --> 00:26:29,580 [train whistIe] 375 00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:09,984 - Good morning, conductor. - Morning. 376 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:11,722 Didn"t you get on at Marietta? 377 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:13,058 Yes. 378 00:27:15,366 --> 00:27:17,891 You mind if we have a word? 379 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:29,913 What do you know about those men? 380 00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:35,116 Is there anything remarkabIe about them? 381 00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:38,713 It"s the first time that many passengers ever got on at Marietta. 382 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:43,853 And aII together, too. Now they"re making out Iike they don"t even know each other. 383 00:27:45,396 --> 00:27:50,197 If they"re deserters, I"ve got orders to turn them over to the authorities at Big Shanty. 384 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:53,804 Why are you teIIing me this? 385 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:56,537 Because you seem to be with "em. 386 00:27:57,875 --> 00:28:01,868 - You don"t miss much, do you? - Not much, Mr. Andrews. 387 00:28:02,613 --> 00:28:05,673 - You know my name? - You"ve ridden the train before. 388 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:11,446 AII right. In a way you"re an officiaI, so I can teII you this. 389 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:17,223 Those men are on government business, bound for Yankee Iand, and so am I. 390 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:19,428 BIockade running? 391 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:22,625 Maybe that. Maybe something more. 392 00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:38,807 You don"t get a Ietter Iike that from Brigadier GeneraI Beauregard 393 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:43,115 - just for running quinine. - No, I reckon you don"t. 394 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:48,322 I"d give my right arm to serve under that man. 395 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:51,227 You are. 396 00:28:51,295 --> 00:28:53,957 This raiIroad is the artery that pumps fresh bIood 397 00:28:54,032 --> 00:28:56,762 in the army of the Mississippi on the Ieft hand, 398 00:28:56,834 --> 00:28:59,325 and the army of Northern Virginia on the right. 399 00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:04,534 Beauregard and Robert E. Lee wouId perish without men Iike you. 400 00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:09,879 WeII, thank you. 401 00:29:09,947 --> 00:29:12,541 [train whistIe] 402 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:17,145 Station stop. Big Shanty. Twenty minutes for breakfast. 403 00:29:18,956 --> 00:29:21,322 Our inspector, Mr. Murphy, is on board today. 404 00:29:21,392 --> 00:29:24,054 He"d be mighty proud to have you take breakfast with us. 405 00:29:24,128 --> 00:29:26,392 Thank you, but I"ve aIready eaten. 406 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:28,193 My name"s WiIIiam FuIIer. 407 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:31,702 Have a good meaI, Mr. FuIIer, and don"t worry about deserters. 408 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:33,760 I"II take care of your train. 409 00:29:33,838 --> 00:29:37,501 [train beII] 410 00:30:01,732 --> 00:30:04,599 - Work up an appetite? - Mr. Murphy did. He brought her in. 411 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:07,263 Keeping your hand in? 412 00:30:14,545 --> 00:30:16,809 Come on, boys. It"s time to go now. 413 00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:41,831 UncoupIe here. 414 00:30:46,644 --> 00:30:47,975 Get in. 415 00:30:56,787 --> 00:30:58,118 Come on, boys. 416 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:02,125 When it"s orders from Beauregard, we can"t keep the GeneraI waiting. 417 00:31:18,876 --> 00:31:20,844 Let her roII. 418 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:24,575 Thank you, Dixie. What"s been happening in Big Shanty? 419 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,446 Right smart nothing. 420 00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:40,486 - Who did it? Did you see "em? - Deserters from the camp, most IikeIy. 421 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,533 They won"t go far. 422 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:53,670 We"re through pIaying Rebs! We"re Yankees again! 423 00:31:53,744 --> 00:31:56,338 I can taIk! I can open my mouth! 424 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:57,676 Go ahead! 425 00:32:27,678 --> 00:32:30,704 Repairmen. Andrews is taIking to them. 426 00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:38,085 He borrowed their tooIs. 427 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:41,951 I don"t know why we have to take the South. 428 00:32:42,026 --> 00:32:44,756 If Andrews asked for it, they"d give it to him. 429 00:33:11,055 --> 00:33:14,183 If we"d taken aII their tooIs instead of asking ""pretty pIease,"" 430 00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:16,783 we might"ve got a handspike with a cIaw on it. 431 00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:19,386 Let a reaI man handIe it, BiII. 432 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:23,657 Put haIf of them in the car nearest the tender. 433 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,841 - It"s aII we couId find in the tooIbox. - We"II have to make "em do. 434 00:33:42,086 --> 00:33:43,747 Think we"re being foIIowed? 435 00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:46,346 Can"t be. There"s no train south of us short of AtIanta, 436 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:49,291 and they"II have to go to Marietta before they can send out a teIegram. 437 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,955 The onIy train we"ve got to worry about is that freight we"re due to pass at Kingston. 438 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:56,522 That torn track"II bIock everything beIow us, and once we get that wire cut, 439 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,830 they can"t send warning to those above. 440 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:11,036 Tighter yet. A IittIe more. There. 441 00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:19,851 Now cut it at the next poIe and take a Iength with us. Nobody"II catch us then. 442 00:34:32,536 --> 00:34:36,267 Did you get a Iook at "em? The men who stoIe my train? 443 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:38,171 - StoIe, is it? - Yeah. Did they stop? 444 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:39,937 - They did. - What for? 445 00:34:40,010 --> 00:34:42,478 The officiaI stepped down and borrowed some tooIs. 446 00:34:42,546 --> 00:34:45,606 - A Mr. Andrews? - I didn"t ask. He came from Beauregard. 447 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:47,947 That"s the one. 448 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:53,481 - Who were they? Conscripts? - No, a Mr. Andrews. 449 00:34:53,557 --> 00:34:56,287 He got on at Marietta with some Secret Service men. 450 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,193 - He showed me a Ietter from Beauregard. - An authorization? 451 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:02,596 No. It was right much an order to heIp out any way we couId. 452 00:35:02,666 --> 00:35:05,863 I"II heIp him when I get to that teIegraph in AIIatoona. 453 00:35:05,936 --> 00:35:09,030 Maybe next time you"II stop and ask if he is an army man. 454 00:35:09,106 --> 00:35:10,835 We"II need that push car. 455 00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:14,002 Take it and weIcome, Mr. Murphy. Hoist it up, boys. 456 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,634 ? Blow the whistle, clear the track When I"m gone I won"t be back ? 457 00:35:39,703 --> 00:35:43,104 ? My pappy was a railroadin" man ? 458 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:47,338 ? Well, I stole a locomotive Just to take a ride ? 459 00:35:47,411 --> 00:35:51,074 Be quiet! We"re coming to a station. 460 00:35:53,617 --> 00:35:55,346 What station? 461 00:35:55,419 --> 00:35:57,751 - AIIatoona. - Just a crossroads. 462 00:35:59,623 --> 00:36:03,616 ? I stole a locomotive Just to take a ride ? 463 00:36:03,694 --> 00:36:07,186 ? "Cause my pappy was a railroadin" man ? 464 00:36:07,264 --> 00:36:09,425 Brown, you wanna take her? 465 00:36:14,705 --> 00:36:17,299 Keep her down. We gotta run on scheduIe. 466 00:36:28,552 --> 00:36:29,883 Jump! 467 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:38,321 You aII right? 468 00:36:44,134 --> 00:36:47,194 Those scoundreIs are spies, but not for Beauregard. 469 00:36:47,271 --> 00:36:49,535 OnIy damn Yankees wouId do a trick Iike that. 470 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:52,098 Whatever they"re up to, they mean business. 471 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,685 Sit on the front facing forward, Jeff. 472 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,354 You"re an oId hand at watching the tracks. 473 00:37:29,847 --> 00:37:31,439 Mr. Andrews! 474 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:41,417 There"s an iron works four miIes east. That must be her yard engine. 475 00:37:41,492 --> 00:37:43,153 Hadn"t we better destroy her? 476 00:37:43,227 --> 00:37:46,458 Not worth the risk. We"re too cIose to Kingston. 477 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:49,328 Ease on through the station, but don"t stop. 478 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,992 Let "em hear the beII. 479 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:52,399 [beII rings] 480 00:37:52,469 --> 00:37:56,530 - We"re sIowing down. - Get ready. 481 00:38:04,548 --> 00:38:07,108 There"s a Iocomotive back there and he ran right on by it. 482 00:38:07,184 --> 00:38:11,553 - I thought we were wrecking this raiIroad. - Give him a chance, wiII ya? 483 00:38:27,137 --> 00:38:30,800 - Can you get a message to Kingston? - No, the Iine"s gone dead. 484 00:38:30,874 --> 00:38:33,468 - They"re cutting the wire between stations. - Who is? 485 00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:36,513 The Yankees that stoIe my train! 486 00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:39,310 Hey, Reid! They"ve taken up a raiI two miIes south. 487 00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:42,614 Get a fIagman down there to stop any train from AtIanta. 488 00:38:46,690 --> 00:38:49,955 [train beII] 489 00:38:53,397 --> 00:38:56,855 AII right, boys. I"m gonna wait here for the southbound train. 490 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,799 There"s a train on the sidetrack. 491 00:38:58,869 --> 00:39:02,600 Goes between here and Rome. Waiting for AtIanta passengers. 492 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:05,164 PuII past the switch, then back in ahead of her. 493 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:07,301 CouIdn"t we make it into AdairsviIIe? 494 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:10,870 No, we might run head-on into that southbound freight. 495 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:12,438 We"ve gotta wait. 496 00:39:33,837 --> 00:39:37,568 You boys oiI up the engine. You"re too busy to bother with anybody. 497 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:39,199 Understand? 498 00:39:43,247 --> 00:39:44,737 I"II do the taIking. 499 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,511 Looks Iike I"II have to do pIenty. 500 00:39:57,594 --> 00:40:00,529 Hand me that wrench. 501 00:40:00,597 --> 00:40:02,588 I reckon I don"t know you. 502 00:40:02,666 --> 00:40:04,725 It"s their engine, aII right. 503 00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:07,066 But there ain"t none of their men aboard. 504 00:40:07,137 --> 00:40:09,469 GentIemen, I"ve taken this train by government authority 505 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,940 and I"m running it through to Beauregard. 506 00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:16,479 Where"s Jeff Cain and FuIIer? 507 00:40:16,547 --> 00:40:19,209 They were fitting out another train when we Ieft AtIanta. 508 00:40:19,283 --> 00:40:22,810 I got a dispatch for FuIIer to wait here untiI the southbound freight passes. 509 00:40:22,886 --> 00:40:26,686 He"II be aIong. The southbound freight may have to wait for him. 510 00:40:30,427 --> 00:40:32,418 What you got in them boxcars? 511 00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:35,829 Enough ammunition to bIow this depot to kingdom come. 512 00:40:39,703 --> 00:40:42,536 One of them was pointing toward us. 513 00:40:42,606 --> 00:40:45,575 They aII Iook mighty suspicious. 514 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:05,189 From the north. 515 00:41:14,938 --> 00:41:17,133 AII right, boys. Here we go. 516 00:41:28,452 --> 00:41:29,817 [Andrews] Engineer! 517 00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:32,617 I"m running an ammunition train down to Beauregard. 518 00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:36,592 - WiII you puII down and cIear the tracks? - You can"t take no train north. Not yet. 519 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,323 - [engineer] There"s another behind me. - Pete Bracken"s express freight? 520 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:42,456 [engineer] No, one that ain"t scheduIed. 521 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:45,434 - Can"t be. - Maybe there can"t be but there is. 522 00:41:45,502 --> 00:41:46,867 Ain"t you heard the news? 523 00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:50,896 A Yankee generaI named MitcheII marched down and captured HuntsviIIe yesterday. 524 00:41:50,974 --> 00:41:52,236 [train yard worker] I"II be darned! 525 00:41:52,309 --> 00:41:54,800 [engineer] Took every train on the Memphis and CharIeston road. 526 00:41:54,878 --> 00:41:58,314 We"re hauIing bacon out of Chattanooga before the Yankees get there. 527 00:41:58,382 --> 00:42:02,819 If you tried to get through to Beauregard now, you"d run right smack into oId Mitch. 528 00:42:02,886 --> 00:42:06,049 Didn"t Ledbetter go to defend Chattanooga? 529 00:42:06,123 --> 00:42:07,385 He"II try. 530 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:10,188 Then he"II need ammunition even more than Beauregard. 531 00:42:10,260 --> 00:42:13,559 WiII you puII your train way down so that other freight can cIear? 532 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:19,928 [steam puffing] 533 00:42:37,421 --> 00:42:39,889 - It"s Knight. Can you hear me? - Go ahead. 534 00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:42,858 - We"II have to wait Ionger than pIanned. - [Pittenger] What"s up? 535 00:42:42,926 --> 00:42:45,588 MitcheII got through yesterday. Captured HuntsviIIe. 536 00:42:45,662 --> 00:42:48,722 The enemy is running extra freight trains and cIogging up the road. 537 00:42:48,799 --> 00:42:51,632 He got through. We"re too Iate! I"m getting out of here! 538 00:42:51,702 --> 00:42:54,899 Shut up and Iisten. Andrews says to Iie Iow and wait. 539 00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:58,669 If these foIks get too suspicious, be ready to jump out and give it to "em hot and fast. 540 00:42:58,742 --> 00:43:00,835 - What"II be our signaI? - A pistoI shot. 541 00:43:00,911 --> 00:43:05,575 If the station master tries to send a message up the Iine, we might shoot him. 542 00:43:06,316 --> 00:43:07,977 That"s more Iike it. 543 00:43:13,891 --> 00:43:16,883 Yonah! 544 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,758 [Murphy and FuIIer] Yonah! Wait for us! 545 00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:30,430 - UncoupIe your cars, HiIIy! - We gotta borrow your engine. 546 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:40,114 Get on the tender, boys. We"re chasing down Yankees, and we need your guns. 547 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,584 We"ve got orders to report to Camp MacDonaId. 548 00:43:42,653 --> 00:43:44,644 Can"t get through today. The track"s out beIow. 549 00:43:44,721 --> 00:43:48,179 What do you want to do, driII or shoot Yankees? Come on! 550 00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:54,425 Open her up, HiIIy! Let"s stoke that peanut burner. 551 00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:13,841 Something"s wrong. Something"s bad wrong, I teII you. 552 00:44:25,929 --> 00:44:28,397 - How Iong? - 45 minutes. 553 00:44:28,465 --> 00:44:32,265 Burn their bridges, wiII we? Looks Iike we burned our own! 554 00:44:35,205 --> 00:44:36,536 CampbeII! 555 00:44:37,674 --> 00:44:42,008 You"II wait here, Iike the rest. That"s an order. 556 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:46,880 We ain"t in uniform now. 557 00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:49,851 - We"re stiII soIdiers. - No, we ain"t. 558 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,514 We"re Yankee contraband smuggIed into a boxcar 559 00:44:52,589 --> 00:44:55,387 by a sIick-taIking bIockade runner. 560 00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:57,825 He hasn"t faiIed us yet. 561 00:45:02,165 --> 00:45:06,158 AII right. I"II give him five more minutes. 562 00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:18,911 I teII you, I know BiII FuIIer. Ain"t a better man on the state road. 563 00:45:18,982 --> 00:45:21,780 He wouIdn"t be this Iate without Ietting us know. 564 00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:24,377 Why don"t you teIegraph AtIanta and find out? 565 00:45:24,454 --> 00:45:26,786 The Iine to the south"s gone dead! 566 00:45:26,857 --> 00:45:29,587 Maybe our friend here can teII us why. 567 00:45:31,461 --> 00:45:33,326 I don"t know why. 568 00:45:33,397 --> 00:45:37,356 There are many things about how this road is run I wouIdn"t attempt to expIain. 569 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:42,497 But I can teII you this: If Beauregard couId get his orders fiIIed by reguIar channeIs 570 00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:46,441 without these ruinous deIays, he wouIdn"t have sent me to bring his powder through. 571 00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:49,104 It"s a shame you foIks have to wait for the train. 572 00:45:49,179 --> 00:45:51,841 But it"s more of a shame to bIock the road with ordinary traveI 573 00:45:51,915 --> 00:45:54,748 when the fate of brave soIdiers hangs in the baIance. 574 00:45:54,818 --> 00:45:57,286 Mr. Andrews? I"II get you through. 575 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:01,016 I"II get an authorization to cIear that track for you 576 00:46:01,091 --> 00:46:05,255 - if I have to go aII the way to Richmond. - No! You needn"t do that. 577 00:46:05,329 --> 00:46:06,762 Why not? 578 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:09,424 Because... 579 00:46:09,666 --> 00:46:12,066 [train whistIe] 580 00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:17,572 That freight"s coming in now. 581 00:46:30,087 --> 00:46:32,851 - You can throw that switch now. - Don"t reckon I wiII. 582 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:36,654 If you was aII you cIaimed to be, we"d have heard from the road superintendent of you, 583 00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:40,595 - I ain"t throwing no switch untiI we do. - I"m not above doing it. 584 00:46:54,878 --> 00:46:56,869 - Sorry, Pops. - Who do you think you are? 585 00:46:56,947 --> 00:46:59,211 Think you own the whoIe raiIroad? 586 00:47:13,563 --> 00:47:16,828 Take your hat off to Andrews. He got us past the big one. 587 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:18,991 Yeah. 588 00:47:19,069 --> 00:47:21,469 You don"t seem very happy about it. 589 00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:26,339 When I was a IittIe boy, my father Iocked me in a cIoset for 1 4 hours. 590 00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:32,007 I aIways obeyed him after that, but I never Iiked him much. 591 00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:37,112 You"re not going to side with him? 592 00:47:37,187 --> 00:47:40,315 No, it"s Iike Pittenger said. I"m stiII a soIdier. 593 00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:43,655 GeneraI MitcheII shouId"ve put someone in command. 594 00:47:43,727 --> 00:47:47,060 - He put Andrews. - I mean, a soIdier to give proper orders. 595 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:49,394 Like Ross here, or Pittenger, or Knight. 596 00:47:49,466 --> 00:47:52,731 I got so used to taking orders, I feeI kinda Iost without "em. 597 00:47:52,803 --> 00:47:55,328 Andrews said to forget we"d ever been soIdiers. 598 00:47:55,405 --> 00:47:57,873 He"d better pray we don"t. 599 00:47:57,941 --> 00:48:00,000 PuII around that bend and stop. 600 00:48:00,077 --> 00:48:01,874 We"ve gotta cut the wire again. 601 00:48:03,814 --> 00:48:07,580 [train whistIe] 602 00:48:17,027 --> 00:48:19,495 They"ve gone! They got away! 603 00:48:20,964 --> 00:48:22,488 Come on, men! 604 00:48:24,301 --> 00:48:27,031 - Why"d you Iet those Yankees get away? - Yankees? 605 00:48:27,104 --> 00:48:29,834 - I thought they was Beauregard"s men. - I toId you! 606 00:48:29,906 --> 00:48:31,669 - They"re Yankee spies. How many? - Four. 607 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:34,142 Try to get a message to every station up the Iine, quick. 608 00:48:34,211 --> 00:48:36,645 They"re probabIy cutting wires right now. 609 00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:40,046 Stephens! Did Pete Bracken bring in his express freight? 610 00:48:40,117 --> 00:48:41,709 Not yet. They"re both extras. 611 00:48:41,785 --> 00:48:44,913 - The Yankees may run into them. - They know the scheduIe. 612 00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:47,250 Come on, boys! 613 00:48:50,861 --> 00:48:52,260 PiIe on! 614 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:40,868 [train whistIe] 615 00:49:40,944 --> 00:49:42,343 Bracken"s freight! 616 00:49:59,129 --> 00:50:03,122 - Here"s your coffee, Mr. Bracken. - Thank you, Henry. 617 00:50:10,540 --> 00:50:11,939 Henry! 618 00:50:23,553 --> 00:50:25,214 Put it in reverse, Pete. 619 00:50:25,288 --> 00:50:28,189 What you men doing here? Where"s your train, Mr. FuIIer? 620 00:50:28,258 --> 00:50:31,887 Yankees got it. Back into AdairsviIIe. We"II drop these cars off at a sidin". 621 00:50:31,962 --> 00:50:35,420 - Bring her back, we"II expIain Iater. - Watch my signaIs, now. 622 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:49,039 [train whistIe] 623 00:51:22,946 --> 00:51:25,346 Yankees stoIe our train. Come on! 624 00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:34,622 - My name is Cox. - I"m AIonso Martin. 625 00:51:34,691 --> 00:51:37,023 - How can we heIp? - Pass wood to the fireman. 626 00:51:37,093 --> 00:51:39,823 - We can do that. - There may be fighting Iater on. 627 00:51:39,896 --> 00:51:41,887 I reckon we can do that, too. 628 00:51:49,706 --> 00:51:53,437 Those Yankees stiII have to pass the Morning Express from Chattanooga. 629 00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:56,274 If she"s running on time, she shouId be in CaIhoun now. 630 00:51:56,346 --> 00:51:59,975 She won"t stop Andrews. He taIked his way past three trains at Kingston. 631 00:52:00,050 --> 00:52:01,915 He taIked me onto a sidin". 632 00:52:01,985 --> 00:52:06,183 He"II try to persuade them they"ve got a cIear track beIow, and we"II run into her. 633 00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:10,022 What do you want me to do, run her at haIf speed? 634 00:52:10,093 --> 00:52:12,220 No. Open her up. 635 00:52:12,295 --> 00:52:14,263 I"II watch the track for you. 636 00:52:14,331 --> 00:52:19,132 Keep that whistIe going! Let "em know we"re on their taiI so they won"t rip up track! 637 00:52:19,202 --> 00:52:21,966 [train whistIe] 638 00:52:22,939 --> 00:52:26,670 - When did those Yankees puII outta here? - Yankees? What Yankees? 639 00:52:26,743 --> 00:52:30,406 Powder-train Yankees. They stoIe the GeneraI at Big Shanty. 640 00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:32,744 - When"d they Ieave? - Ten minutes ago. 641 00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:36,752 Grab aII the men and guns you can find and foIIow us. We"re gonna run "em down. 642 00:52:36,820 --> 00:52:40,779 - Your teIegraph working? - No, but there"s the operator from DaIton. 643 00:52:47,297 --> 00:52:48,889 Come on here, sIim. 644 00:52:52,035 --> 00:52:55,596 - Why aren"t you up at DaIton"s? - Got a dispatch saying the wire was dead, 645 00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:58,368 so I rode the express down to find the break and fix it. 646 00:52:58,441 --> 00:53:00,966 Yankees have been cutting the wire. Come on. 647 00:53:02,445 --> 00:53:07,439 I want you to take down a teIegram to GeneraI Ledbetter in Chattanooga. 648 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:11,511 When we get to DaIton, we"II drop you off so you can send it. 649 00:53:11,588 --> 00:53:16,252 ""My train was captured by FederaI spies making for Chattanooga, 650 00:53:16,326 --> 00:53:19,454 ""possibIy hoping to burn bridges behind them. 651 00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:22,259 ""If I do not capture them, 652 00:53:22,332 --> 00:53:24,061 ""try to head them off. 653 00:53:24,134 --> 00:53:26,466 ""Signed, WiIIiam A. FuIIer."" 654 00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:32,367 It"s the Iast time we"re gonna have to do this, boys. 655 00:53:32,442 --> 00:53:36,469 - Get one end free, we"II do the rest. - Now you"re using your head. 656 00:53:40,550 --> 00:53:42,313 Shimmy up there, monkey boy. 657 00:53:43,553 --> 00:53:47,751 When we get this one up, we"II have Ieft broken track for every train south of us, 658 00:53:47,824 --> 00:53:50,292 and cIear road ahead aII the way into Chattanooga. 659 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,158 - No more Kingston, sir? - What was the matter with Kingston? 660 00:53:53,229 --> 00:53:58,792 I"ve been in tight pIaces, but that"s the first time I"ve been a Iive corpse in a coffin! 661 00:53:58,868 --> 00:54:01,063 That"s aII behind us now. 662 00:54:01,137 --> 00:54:06,234 [train whistIe] 663 00:54:06,309 --> 00:54:09,574 - Who are they? - Must be that express train. 664 00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:12,376 - ShaII we wreck her? - They might wreck us. 665 00:54:12,449 --> 00:54:15,077 They wouIdn"t be coming Iike that without a force on board. 666 00:54:15,151 --> 00:54:17,676 Knight, how about it? 667 00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:20,188 We"ve got as good a Iocomotive as ever need to be. 668 00:54:20,256 --> 00:54:23,123 With cIear track ahead, it"II outrun anything we"ve passed yet. 669 00:54:23,193 --> 00:54:26,128 Then Iet her go. Give her every ounce of steam she"s got. 670 00:54:26,196 --> 00:54:29,256 Put that raiI on board! LiveIy! 671 00:54:29,332 --> 00:54:33,200 [train whistIe] 672 00:55:07,203 --> 00:55:09,228 Knock the ends out of aII the cars, boys. 673 00:55:09,305 --> 00:55:11,398 Make a waIkway aII the way through. 674 00:55:11,474 --> 00:55:14,773 [banging] 675 00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:26,786 [train whistIe] 676 00:55:37,634 --> 00:55:39,966 [train whistIe] 677 00:55:53,216 --> 00:55:55,582 [train whistIe] 678 00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:35,923 [train whistIe] 679 00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:49,030 Stop her when we"re weII past the trestIe, 680 00:56:49,105 --> 00:56:52,939 then reverse and run at haIf speed as soon as I give you the signaI. 681 00:57:04,954 --> 00:57:08,219 Boys! Bring your coats! We"re gonna drop that car. 682 00:57:18,701 --> 00:57:19,963 - Buffum? - Yes? 683 00:57:20,036 --> 00:57:21,503 PuII the pin. 684 00:57:26,509 --> 00:57:27,942 [Andrews] Push her back! 685 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:29,672 [Andrews] Push her back! 686 00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:52,932 Aren"t we gonna stop and see the fun, sir? 687 00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:58,531 AII I want to see is the first bridge over the Chicamauga going up in fIames. 688 00:58:13,289 --> 00:58:15,086 Reverse! Reverse! 689 00:58:32,375 --> 00:58:33,706 Come on! 690 00:58:52,462 --> 00:58:56,523 TeII Pete Bracken we"II do another fIying switch at the first siding. 691 00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:02,566 [train beIIs] 692 00:59:07,977 --> 00:59:10,036 DaIton. Way ahead of time. 693 00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:12,240 We gotta take on wood and water. 694 00:59:12,315 --> 00:59:14,715 Not here. Stop at the first tank beyond town. 695 00:59:39,976 --> 00:59:43,275 - Watch my Sunday suit! - Been raining up here. 696 00:59:43,346 --> 00:59:45,211 Might"ve been, but it"s cIeared up nice. 697 00:59:45,281 --> 00:59:47,078 - ShaII we rip up track? - Nope. 698 00:59:47,150 --> 00:59:48,742 Let"s get a wood Iine going. 699 00:59:48,818 --> 00:59:50,149 Mr. Scott? 700 01:00:07,236 --> 01:00:11,570 [teIegraph operator] ""My train was captured by FederaI spies making for Chattanooga, 701 01:00:11,641 --> 01:00:15,372 ""possibIy hoping to burn the bridges behind them. 702 01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:19,245 ""If I do not capture them, try to head them off. Signed, WiIIiam A. FuIIer."" 703 01:00:19,315 --> 01:00:21,909 So that"s why MitcheII hasn"t attacked me! 704 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:26,149 He wants to be sure those bridges are out. AcknowIedge and send this message back. 705 01:00:26,222 --> 01:00:31,285 ""Direct to DaIton operator to caII CoIoneI AIIen"s regiment to engage the Yankees."" 706 01:00:31,361 --> 01:00:33,124 The Iine to DaIton"s gone dead! 707 01:00:33,196 --> 01:00:37,724 Then caII RinggoId, and teII him to send cavaIry down the track to cut them off. 708 01:00:39,002 --> 01:00:41,129 They"re more than haIf water-Iogged. 709 01:00:41,204 --> 01:00:43,263 ProbabIy those bridges are, too. 710 01:00:43,673 --> 01:00:48,201 [train whistIe] 711 01:00:48,277 --> 01:00:51,474 Back on board, boys! UncoupIe that Iast car. 712 01:00:52,415 --> 01:00:54,474 - Think it"II stop "em? - No, but it"II sIow "em down. 713 01:00:54,550 --> 01:00:56,347 We"II stop them further up the track. 714 01:00:58,488 --> 01:01:00,479 [Andrews] WiIson! Hop on. 715 01:01:14,771 --> 01:01:16,762 This is no time to think about food! 716 01:01:16,839 --> 01:01:20,172 I"m not! I"m thinking of a hot, quick fire to heIp that wet wood! 717 01:01:49,072 --> 01:01:50,869 [Andrews] Bring it around. 718 01:02:00,116 --> 01:02:03,176 This oughta be a good pIace. 719 01:02:03,252 --> 01:02:07,154 Watch your fingers. Dig it out a IittIe bit in here. 720 01:02:07,690 --> 01:02:11,217 [train whistIe] 721 01:02:12,295 --> 01:02:14,024 Run at haIf speed. 722 01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:17,626 This time, we"re gonna see what happens. 723 01:02:31,047 --> 01:02:33,413 - Reverse! - Reverse! 724 01:02:53,769 --> 01:02:55,703 Won"t anything stop that train? 725 01:02:55,771 --> 01:02:57,636 We wiII. 726 01:03:07,150 --> 01:03:09,482 How Iong is that tunneI? 727 01:03:09,552 --> 01:03:11,543 Through the top of the hiII. 728 01:03:13,556 --> 01:03:16,423 Mr. Andrews, we want to stop and have it out with them. 729 01:03:16,492 --> 01:03:18,084 That"s right. 730 01:03:18,161 --> 01:03:20,721 - We can ambush them inside that tunneI. - How? 731 01:03:20,796 --> 01:03:25,392 - Send this boxcar back to smash into "em. - They might just push it out again. 732 01:03:25,468 --> 01:03:28,904 Then reverse our engine and send it back, too. How about it? 733 01:03:30,973 --> 01:03:32,941 WeII, how about it? 734 01:03:37,381 --> 01:03:39,713 - What are we sIowing for? - I ordered them to stop. 735 01:03:39,783 --> 01:03:42,047 We don"t want to go in there bIind. 736 01:03:42,119 --> 01:03:43,916 And give the Yankees time to burn a bridge? 737 01:03:43,987 --> 01:03:46,251 They"re not burning any bridge, they"re tearing up track. 738 01:03:46,323 --> 01:03:50,953 - They won"t have time if we crowd "em. - Throwing our Iives away won"t heIp. 739 01:03:51,028 --> 01:03:54,088 You boys jump off. Get down, Pete, I"II take her. 740 01:03:54,998 --> 01:03:57,330 I"II fire for you, Mr. FuIIer. 741 01:04:02,472 --> 01:04:06,670 Open her up, Pete. If we"re going to gIory, we may as weII go a"kiting. 742 01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:36,798 It"s time the army showed the Secret Service how to fight. 743 01:04:36,873 --> 01:04:38,807 I"m gonna stop this train. 744 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:40,137 CampbeII... 745 01:04:41,311 --> 01:04:45,304 Nobody stops this train untiI we reach the first Chicamagua bridge. 746 01:04:48,585 --> 01:04:53,522 I know it"s hard on you men. I"ve been tempted to stop, too. 747 01:04:53,590 --> 01:04:57,458 But we can"t risk any encounter that might Iose us our engine. 748 01:04:57,527 --> 01:05:02,260 Even after we burn the bridges, we"ve got to get through to MitcheII and Iet him know. 749 01:05:03,433 --> 01:05:05,867 You needn"t worry about us, Mr. Andrews. 750 01:05:06,870 --> 01:05:08,861 Any of us. 751 01:05:20,350 --> 01:05:23,148 If we don"t wood up soon, we won"t go much farther. 752 01:05:23,220 --> 01:05:27,088 Once we set the first bridge afire, we"II have pIenty of time to hunt for wood. 753 01:05:31,328 --> 01:05:33,489 Any of that coaI-oiI Ieft? 754 01:05:35,298 --> 01:05:37,095 Just a sIosh. 755 01:05:37,167 --> 01:05:39,362 Take it back to the boxcar. 756 01:05:52,516 --> 01:05:54,711 Back in the tender, men. 757 01:06:37,460 --> 01:06:39,257 Go ahead! 758 01:07:01,718 --> 01:07:04,414 [train whistIe] 759 01:07:32,616 --> 01:07:34,914 Back up! Try her again! 760 01:07:38,154 --> 01:07:40,019 They set the brake! 761 01:08:07,917 --> 01:08:09,646 Push her out! 762 01:08:45,021 --> 01:08:47,546 There"s gotta be wood somewhere. 763 01:08:47,624 --> 01:08:50,889 There"s a wood station just this side of RinggoId. 764 01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:52,951 Knight! 765 01:08:53,029 --> 01:08:55,964 - Can you get another miIe out of her? - I don"t know. 766 01:09:00,704 --> 01:09:02,695 She"s aII right. 767 01:09:09,846 --> 01:09:11,507 Hey, Bracken! 768 01:09:11,581 --> 01:09:13,048 Come on, Pete! 769 01:09:23,426 --> 01:09:25,621 Let"s go! 770 01:09:25,695 --> 01:09:29,028 There"s onIy one thing for it. We"II have to get out and push. 771 01:09:33,202 --> 01:09:37,696 I"m so used to seeing train smoke behind, I thought she was chasing us again! 772 01:09:39,141 --> 01:09:41,268 That"s just the smoke from the bridge. 773 01:09:41,343 --> 01:09:44,141 I know, but I thought I saw it move. 774 01:09:44,213 --> 01:09:47,080 It is moving! Pittenger, Iook! It is moving! 775 01:09:47,149 --> 01:09:49,617 Yeah, you"re very funny, you two. 776 01:09:50,886 --> 01:09:52,877 It"s no joke. 777 01:09:56,492 --> 01:09:58,892 AII right, you"ve been spoiIing for a fight. 778 01:09:58,961 --> 01:10:01,020 You might as weII have it now. 779 01:10:01,097 --> 01:10:03,827 Jump down and get a barricade across the track. 780 01:10:13,709 --> 01:10:18,237 Try to coax her around the bend. It"II Iook better if they don"t see her. 781 01:10:28,023 --> 01:10:32,016 [train whistIe] 782 01:10:34,463 --> 01:10:38,593 [whoops and hoofbeats] 783 01:10:38,667 --> 01:10:40,032 CavaIry! 784 01:10:40,803 --> 01:10:45,001 That settIes it. Scatter and make for the woods, boys. 785 01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:47,065 Get home the best way you can. 786 01:11:32,588 --> 01:11:36,581 [Pittenger] So, we left the field to the victors, whoever they might be. 787 01:11:36,659 --> 01:11:40,322 We couldn"t have guessed all our plans were wrecked by the fantastic courage 788 01:11:40,396 --> 01:11:42,660 and determination of one man: 789 01:11:42,731 --> 01:11:46,462 The mild-mannered conductor, William A. Fuller. 790 01:11:46,535 --> 01:11:51,598 The great locomotive chase was over, but our troubles were just beginning. 791 01:11:51,674 --> 01:11:54,768 For a week, the country below Chattanooga was in an uproar, 792 01:11:54,844 --> 01:12:00,077 with soldiers and citizens beating the backwoods to find the ""engine thieves. "" 793 01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:03,346 I was taken, along with many other suspicious characters, 794 01:12:03,419 --> 01:12:07,788 to Chattanooga to be questioned at the headquarters of General Ledbetter. 795 01:12:10,960 --> 01:12:14,760 When it came my turn, I represented myself as a Southern sympathizer, 796 01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:16,957 ready to join their army. 797 01:12:20,369 --> 01:12:22,360 Another recruit, GeneraI. 798 01:12:22,438 --> 01:12:25,498 A Mr. Pittenger from FIemingsburg, Kentucky. 799 01:12:25,574 --> 01:12:29,772 - Where"d they find him? - Wandering the hiIIs above Lafayette. 800 01:12:29,845 --> 01:12:31,574 What were you doing there? 801 01:12:31,647 --> 01:12:33,444 I was on my way to Camp MacDonaId. 802 01:12:33,515 --> 01:12:36,973 - Oh, a conscript? - No, sir, a voIunteer. 803 01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:39,043 Why don"t you join us? 804 01:12:40,055 --> 01:12:42,455 - I"d be proud to, sir. - Good. 805 01:12:42,524 --> 01:12:45,925 I think we have just the pIace for a smart young Iad Iike you. 806 01:12:45,995 --> 01:12:48,486 - Take care of him, FIetcher. - Yes, sir. 807 01:13:11,353 --> 01:13:14,413 Did you ever see any of these men before? 808 01:13:15,424 --> 01:13:16,618 No. 809 01:13:16,692 --> 01:13:19,559 That"s strange, mighty strange. 810 01:13:19,628 --> 01:13:23,086 Every Iast one of them"s from FIemingsburg, Kentucky. 811 01:13:27,569 --> 01:13:30,504 [Pittenger] Our suffering in prison would"ve been easier to bear 812 01:13:30,572 --> 01:13:33,040 had we not thought our raid a failure. 813 01:13:33,108 --> 01:13:37,169 We could not know that the Southern newspapers, praising Fuller"s bravery, 814 01:13:37,246 --> 01:13:40,306 were amazed and alarmed that a handful of Yankee soldiers 815 01:13:40,382 --> 01:13:43,647 had almost wrecked the Confederacy. 816 01:13:43,852 --> 01:13:46,116 Full 50 times our number had to be diverted 817 01:13:46,188 --> 01:13:50,318 from Confederate battle lines for guarding their railroads and bridges. 818 01:13:50,392 --> 01:13:55,056 All we knew was that official orders transferred us from jail to jail... 819 01:13:55,130 --> 01:13:57,792 Chattanooga, Madison, Knoxville. 820 01:13:59,201 --> 01:14:02,193 Now we were being moved again. 821 01:14:13,349 --> 01:14:15,681 Where are you taking "em, Major? 822 01:14:15,751 --> 01:14:16,877 AtIanta. 823 01:14:16,952 --> 01:14:19,147 Why not just hang "em up in Chattanooga? 824 01:14:19,221 --> 01:14:21,951 Gotta have a court-martiaI triaI for them first. 825 01:14:22,024 --> 01:14:24,322 Ain"t there no Iawyers in Chattanooga? 826 01:14:24,393 --> 01:14:28,523 - I have orders from Richmond. - No offense, Major. 827 01:14:37,039 --> 01:14:38,768 Mr. FuIIer? 828 01:14:39,641 --> 01:14:42,303 May I have a word with you? 829 01:14:42,378 --> 01:14:45,245 You had a word with me, going north. 830 01:14:46,382 --> 01:14:48,441 You"re going south now. 831 01:14:59,995 --> 01:15:03,453 [mumbIing] 832 01:15:08,871 --> 01:15:12,329 - No taIking in the yard. - How many Yanks can you Iick today? 833 01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:16,473 Any more troubIe out of you, we put you down the hoIe. 834 01:15:26,055 --> 01:15:29,547 - Captain, assembIe your prisoners. - Line them up, CorporaI. 835 01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:30,649 [CorporaI] Line "em up. 836 01:15:30,726 --> 01:15:33,286 Got to read them the sentence of the court-martiaI. 837 01:15:33,362 --> 01:15:35,762 - What"s the verdict? - GuiIty. AII of them. 838 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:38,322 I heard they were just hanging the ringIeader. 839 01:15:38,400 --> 01:15:41,369 So did I, but the orders from Richmond said different. 840 01:15:41,437 --> 01:15:44,304 ""Hang every Iast one of them, on or before the 1 5th."" 841 01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:56,450 [prisoners]? Roll, Jordan, roll ? 842 01:15:56,518 --> 01:16:01,080 ? Roll, Jordan, roll ? 843 01:16:01,156 --> 01:16:07,618 ? I want to go to heaven When I die ? 844 01:16:07,696 --> 01:16:12,190 ? For to hear old Jordan roll ? 845 01:16:13,268 --> 01:16:17,762 ? Roll, Jordan, roll ? 846 01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:22,433 Why not go ask the captain of the guard to Iend you his master key? 847 01:16:22,511 --> 01:16:24,445 Then you"d have something to go by. 848 01:16:24,513 --> 01:16:28,779 ? I want to go to heaven When I die ? 849 01:16:28,851 --> 01:16:33,220 ? For to hear old Jordan roll ? 850 01:16:35,958 --> 01:16:38,085 - Hey, boys! - Sir? 851 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:40,321 [guard] Give us Tenting Tonight. 852 01:16:42,364 --> 01:16:47,233 ? We"re tenting tonight On the old camp ground ? 853 01:16:48,103 --> 01:16:51,436 ? Give us a song to cheer? 854 01:16:52,441 --> 01:16:57,378 ? Our weary hearts a song of hope ? 855 01:16:57,446 --> 01:17:01,177 ? And friends we love so dear? 856 01:17:02,618 --> 01:17:07,715 ? Many are the hearts That are weary tonight ? 857 01:17:07,790 --> 01:17:11,021 ? Wishing for the war to cease ? 858 01:17:12,194 --> 01:17:15,027 ? - Many are the hearts... ? - Look! 859 01:17:15,097 --> 01:17:16,689 Look what Knight... 860 01:17:19,935 --> 01:17:23,598 What"s going on in there? Why"d you stop singing? 861 01:17:23,672 --> 01:17:26,004 Why don"t you give us the rest of it? 862 01:17:27,109 --> 01:17:31,273 ? Many are the hearts That are weary tonight ? 863 01:17:31,346 --> 01:17:35,214 ? Wishing for the war to cease ? 864 01:17:35,284 --> 01:17:39,084 ? Many are the hearts Looking for the right ? 865 01:17:39,154 --> 01:17:43,113 ? To see the dawn of peace ? 866 01:17:43,192 --> 01:17:47,492 ? Tenting tonight Tenting tonight ? 867 01:17:47,563 --> 01:17:50,555 ? Tenting on the old camp ground ? 868 01:17:51,834 --> 01:17:54,234 [snoring] 869 01:18:00,576 --> 01:18:02,305 [Andrews] So far, so good. 870 01:18:02,377 --> 01:18:04,402 Knight, you give me the key. 871 01:18:04,479 --> 01:18:07,971 Tomorrow when the guards herd us inside after our breathing time in the yard, 872 01:18:08,050 --> 01:18:11,110 I"II sIip under Mr. Turner"s bed and hide there untiI dark. 873 01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:13,916 When I"m sure he"s asIeep, I"II tie him up and gag him, 874 01:18:13,989 --> 01:18:16,423 steaI his ceII keys and unIock the doors. 875 01:18:16,491 --> 01:18:20,518 Then we creep past the guards, cIimb the waII and run for the woods. 876 01:18:20,596 --> 01:18:22,223 [Pittenger] No. 877 01:18:22,297 --> 01:18:24,356 We won"t do it that way. 878 01:18:27,903 --> 01:18:31,270 Mr. Andrews, you keep forgetting we"re soIdiers. 879 01:18:31,340 --> 01:18:34,605 We trained together, and we know how to fight together. 880 01:18:34,810 --> 01:18:37,005 We"d rather fight than scheme. 881 01:18:37,079 --> 01:18:39,206 Now you"re taIking Iike a man. 882 01:18:39,281 --> 01:18:42,273 If we try to sneak out one by one, onIy the first wiII get away. 883 01:18:42,351 --> 01:18:44,615 - The rest"II be cornered. - That"s right. 884 01:18:44,686 --> 01:18:45,948 How wouId you go at it? 885 01:18:46,021 --> 01:18:50,219 I"d wait untiI around suppertime, when it"s Iight enough to see what we"re doing. 886 01:18:50,292 --> 01:18:53,955 I"d grab Mr. Turner, take his keys, and rush the guards outside in a body. 887 01:18:54,029 --> 01:18:57,260 It"II be sudden. Bare hands against muskets, they won"t expect. 888 01:18:57,332 --> 01:18:59,527 - Good! - It"s aII right! 889 01:19:00,535 --> 01:19:02,935 What do you think, Mr. Andrews? 890 01:19:05,107 --> 01:19:07,974 Yes, it"s a good pIan. 891 01:19:08,043 --> 01:19:10,705 Go ahead, Pittenger. Assign us our positions. 892 01:19:10,779 --> 01:19:15,113 I think Buffum and I Iook the Ieast dangerous, so we"II take care of Mr. Turner. 893 01:19:15,183 --> 01:19:17,583 We"II want the biggest men to rush the guards. 894 01:19:20,789 --> 01:19:22,780 CampbeII, you"re the first. 895 01:19:27,329 --> 01:19:29,320 Then Ross, I guess. 896 01:20:00,229 --> 01:20:02,493 Through with them bread tins, boys? 897 01:20:03,966 --> 01:20:07,959 Boys, I"m sorry about the hangin". 898 01:20:08,036 --> 01:20:11,494 That"s aII right, Mr. Turner. We"ve aII got to go sometime. 899 01:20:11,573 --> 01:20:16,636 WouId you be good enough to ask the captain of the guard to fix my chain? 900 01:20:16,712 --> 01:20:17,838 Why...! 901 01:20:40,736 --> 01:20:45,673 - CorporaI, post your guard. - MacDonaId and Irvine, south post. 902 01:20:55,017 --> 01:20:56,006 Get back! 903 01:20:57,619 --> 01:20:59,109 Guards! 904 01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:36,089 [gunshot] 905 01:21:36,158 --> 01:21:37,591 Get back in! 906 01:21:38,660 --> 01:21:40,150 Try the waII! 907 01:21:44,399 --> 01:21:45,525 Guards! 908 01:21:46,101 --> 01:21:48,626 TaII ones heIp the others over the waII. 909 01:21:54,076 --> 01:21:58,945 Outside! They"re cIimbing the waIIs! Head "em off outside! 910 01:22:03,518 --> 01:22:04,917 Around back! 911 01:22:17,165 --> 01:22:19,133 Come on! Get over! 912 01:22:31,079 --> 01:22:32,671 Go on! Go! 913 01:23:08,517 --> 01:23:11,179 [gunshots] 914 01:23:29,504 --> 01:23:31,904 - Is that aII you caught? - So far. 915 01:23:32,708 --> 01:23:35,233 I got the two big ones upstairs. 916 01:23:39,314 --> 01:23:42,511 You needn"t have come back to heIp me. 917 01:23:42,584 --> 01:23:44,575 I didn"t. 918 01:23:45,987 --> 01:23:48,922 I had to see how many of "em it"d take to Iay me out. 919 01:23:50,325 --> 01:23:53,385 You mean, you"d hang for that? 920 01:23:54,062 --> 01:23:57,554 Yeah. Any day in the week. 921 01:24:00,001 --> 01:24:02,401 You shouIdn"t hate them that much. 922 01:24:02,471 --> 01:24:06,339 I don"t. Not anymore. 923 01:24:06,408 --> 01:24:10,606 I thought they was a bag of wind, but they ain"t. 924 01:24:11,613 --> 01:24:14,013 They done aII right. 925 01:24:15,150 --> 01:24:17,345 You done aII right, too. 926 01:24:17,419 --> 01:24:19,353 You reaIIy showed "em. 927 01:24:20,956 --> 01:24:24,153 There"s one more thing we"re gonna have to show "em. 928 01:24:24,226 --> 01:24:26,217 What"s that? 929 01:24:26,895 --> 01:24:29,955 That we know how to die. 930 01:24:38,740 --> 01:24:40,401 Mr. FuIIer? 931 01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:42,465 WeII, Reverend Scott! 932 01:24:42,544 --> 01:24:44,910 "Morning, sir. You riding with us today? 933 01:24:44,979 --> 01:24:48,437 No, I"ve been to the jaiI, praying with the condemned prisoners. 934 01:24:48,516 --> 01:24:52,008 One of them, a Mr. Andrews, asked to see you. 935 01:24:53,721 --> 01:24:55,916 I gave him my promise you"d come. 936 01:24:55,990 --> 01:25:00,359 He had a fair triaI, and I gave aII my testimony to the court. 937 01:25:00,428 --> 01:25:04,865 Anything further I might have to say to him wouId be of smaII comfort to him now. 938 01:25:08,069 --> 01:25:09,559 Mr. Andrews? 939 01:25:24,986 --> 01:25:27,147 Thank you for coming. 940 01:25:27,222 --> 01:25:33,627 Mr. FuIIer, I wanted you to know I"m sorry I had to deceive you. 941 01:25:34,963 --> 01:25:36,954 I guess you"II be paying for it. 942 01:25:37,031 --> 01:25:40,023 Yes. I"m gonna hang. 943 01:25:40,101 --> 01:25:42,899 I wasn"t taIking about that. 944 01:25:42,971 --> 01:25:46,429 You whipped me fair and square, 945 01:25:46,508 --> 01:25:51,673 but now that it"s aII over, I hoped you wouIdn"t hoId a grudge. 946 01:25:51,746 --> 01:25:56,683 I haven"t much use for a man who poses as a IoyaI Southerner, and isn"t. 947 01:25:56,751 --> 01:25:59,584 I was fighting for my convictions. 948 01:25:59,654 --> 01:26:02,350 My onIy weapons were the Iies a spy must teII. 949 01:26:03,358 --> 01:26:05,952 You fought in your way; I fought in mine. 950 01:26:08,897 --> 01:26:13,994 Some day the fighting wiII be over, and both sides wiII have to shake hands. 951 01:26:14,068 --> 01:26:17,003 I won"t be aIive to see that day. 952 01:26:18,006 --> 01:26:20,600 CouIdn"t we do it now? 953 01:26:26,548 --> 01:26:30,314 I"d be gIad if you wouId, sir. 954 01:26:43,498 --> 01:26:46,092 Your Ieader was a most unusuaI man; 955 01:26:46,167 --> 01:26:48,499 resourcefuI, brave and true. 956 01:26:48,570 --> 01:26:51,403 So were your comrades who perished with him. 957 01:26:51,472 --> 01:26:54,236 As soIdiers, they wiII receive, posthumousIy, 958 01:26:54,309 --> 01:26:56,539 the same award you are wearing now. 959 01:26:56,611 --> 01:27:00,206 Though the CongressionaI order must excIude Mr. Andrews himseIf, 960 01:27:00,281 --> 01:27:04,115 as a civiIian, he wiII receive an even higher decoration; 961 01:27:04,185 --> 01:27:06,915 the commendation of history. 962 01:27:06,988 --> 01:27:09,320 Because you dared and suffered with him, 963 01:27:09,390 --> 01:27:12,791 I know he wouId be as proud to have his men receive this honor 964 01:27:12,860 --> 01:27:15,988 as we are to bestow it. 965 01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,191 That means a great deaI to us, sir. 966 01:27:18,266 --> 01:27:20,257 Thank you. 967 01:27:21,305 --> 01:27:27,900 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org