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- That's perfect.

Cups.

What are the chances exactly

of getting outside the walls?

We know a thing or two about tunneling.

These gentlemen are from

West Pennsylvania. They're coal miners.

And when we get outside...

That's right. What happens

when we get outside?

They heard Wirz talking about the dogs.

We saw the dogs.

Who is this Wirz anyway?

Well, he's Prussian or Swiss or something.

He joined up with the Rebs.

He wants to be a general.

We shot his arm up pretty good

in some battle.

We got a surprise for him.

We got this...

Tobias.

Sir.

Sergeant, these men can be trusted.

All right, now. Olek, open it up.

- Jesus.

- What do you think of that, huh?

A slave working on the wall

brought us a map.

I mean, hell, we can go creek and river

the whole way.

Swim, float on logs, creeks to Flint River,

Flint to Apalachicola...

...Apalachicola down

to the Gulf of Mexico.

No dog alive can track us

if we never touch land.

- He's right.

- When can we start the digging?

- Soon as you eat in the morning.

- lf you eat.

It's hard work. You gotta keep

your strength up and your wits about you.

Things can get a bit squirrelly

down there after a time.

How long will it take?

I figure a month, maybe more,

maybe less. Now, listen here.

Pennsylvania boys know this, and you

Massachusetts men gotta learn it quick.

What goes on in here stays in here.

Good.

Well, all we have is some hardtack,

but you're welcome to it.

- Oh, yes, sir.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Dick?

No, I had mine.

Thank you.

I gotta... I got some hard...

Sergeant.

All right, give him some air.

Massachusetts men, outside.

Yeah, Pennsylvania men too. Let's give

him some air. Martin, you stay here.

Sorry, I got a little addled.

That's all right, sergeant.

Took a bullet two days ago.

It's gotta come out.

All I got is this hunting knife.

You ever do anything like that before?

I don't see as we have a choice.

I guess not. See if we got some

rainwater out there and bring it in.

Yeah, yeah.

Look, I wish I had some whiskey

or something.

Me too. Of course, I always wish

I had some whiskey.

- All right.

- All right.

- Have at it.

- Okay.

I've got a new man who needs

some whiskey. I've got a shirt for trade.

Raiders got some whiskey.

Looking for some whiskey to trade.

Got a good shirt.

Looking to trade for some

whiskey. I got a sergeant.

They got whiskey up there.

Raiders got whiskey.

Go up there, you come back without

your shirt, without your whiskey...

...without one of your legs, if you're lucky.

We'll have our day.

When?

We'll have it.

I'm looking for some whiskey.

I got a good shirt to trade for whiskey.

Dickie, nice haircut.

Thank you, sir. I want you to meet Josiah.

- This is Patrick.

- Patrick.

- Drummer boy from New York.

- Nice to meet you.

- They caught him in Culpeper, right?

- Yes, sir.

He's been here since they built this place.

We call him the oldest man in here.

- Give us a hand tonight?

- Sure.

- We're looking for whiskey.

- Got a good shirt. Need some whiskey.

We're looking for whiskey.

Sounds good, boys.

Louder, boys, louder.

A man needs all the music he can get.

Well, I seen

some nice, full haversacks, boys.

Hey, little Munn, any of them fresh fish

look wounded to you?

Not too many.

Oh, that's too bad.

Give me your cup, little rascal.

How the supplies doing, Curtis?

I ain't seen bacon in over a week.

- I'll see to it.

- You do that.

Delaney, I want a strict accounting

of our catch tonight.

You hear that, gentlemen?

We are doing business here,

and don't you forget it.

Gotta balance the books, huh?

That's right. Square the ledger.

Every day, boys, the population's

getting bigger here.

Each new fish brings something extra

to our table.

Stansfield, Sullivan...

...you keep them fires stoked.

We'll have a nice, long night of it.

Oh, you like music. I can tell.

You play anything?

No, I wish I did.

Why don't you sit up here? I'll teach you

a thing or two about the banjo.

- You will?

- Sure.

You stick your finger...

See this notch? Here it is.

Is there any way to get

a letter out of here, Dick?

Yeah. You give the guards $2.

You got $2?

- No.

- Well, I got $ 1 squirreled away...

...and I'd be glad to give it to you.

But they're gonna demand 2.

Josie, I gotta ask you.

You think my father knows

that I'm a prisoner?

If you all thought

that I was killed then...

I mean, I had written them this letter,

but them bastards, they...

They wouldn't send it.

They said $ 1 wasn't enough.

Just the idea that he thinks that I

might be dead, you know...

Well, just think, when you show up

alive and kicking...

I don't know about the kicking.

Hey, Dick.

Maybe tomorrow

we take them grayback racing.

What?

Graybacks? What's that?

In here, we call lice "graybacks."

We race them and bet on them.

We call Johnny Reb "grayback," right?

Well, in here, we call lice "grayback"

and Johnny Reb "lice."

Oh, that gets better every time I hear it.

The way you kill lice in here is...

...you hold your clothes up

as close as you can to the fire...

...without it catching, and you'll hear

them go... They'll pop right off.

As far as the gnats and the chiggers

and the flies...

...there's nothing you can do about them.

They get you even at the night.

Rain. You boys get a lot of rain here.

Yeah, and when it rains,

you collect it in your clothes...

...and wring it out to drink.

Don't drink from that swamp.

I'm telling you, you'll get sick.

It'll kill you. I've seen it happen.

So, what do you do when it don't rain?

You do without.

You do? How?

Teach yourself.

You can get a swallow or two from one

of these wells every now and then...

...but, Josie, a lot of these boys

are not gonna be able to.

But you're gonna be able

to do it. Hear me?

Look, here. Patrick!

Hi.

This is for your sergeant.

Well, where'd you get this?

Well, wait a minute, the shirt.

Let me get that shirt. I had it,

but the sergeant...

The sergeant will taste this,

he'll think he's gone to heaven.

Will you show me

what else I need to do, Dick?

To stay alive in this place?

We're gonna go fishing again, Josiah,

just as soon as we get out of here.

I think about that more than anything else

since I been in here, casting a good line.

You know, out of all my friends...

...my father, he always liked you

and your cousin the best.

You know what? Me too.

Raiders! Raiders!

Everybody grab something.

Look out, there's more coming in

from over there. You...

- Go look after the sergeant.

- Right.

Take him!

That's him!

Get him!

Get everything they got, boys.

- Get everything!

- Get everything!

- Get all the shirts.

- There's two of them.

Give me that.

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go.

- I got a banjo!

- Good for you, little Munn. Good for you.

Stick with Collins, boys.

You'll live like kings.

- You all right?

- My shoes.

Good fight, men.

Massachusetts men, we all right?

My banjo! My banjo.

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