Free State of Jones

Man'. Left, left, right, left!

Left, left,

left, right, left!

Left, left, left, right, left!

Left, left, left, right, left!

General 12 stay with me!

Left,right, left!

Close that rank.

Steady, boys.

Steady!

Left, right, left!

Left, left, left, right, left!

Left of the colors, boys.

Guide right!

Left, left, left, right, left.

Top of the hill, boys.

Just over that Ridge.

Left, left,

left, right, left!

Left, left, left, right, left!

Heel!

Left, left,

left, right, left!

Left, left,

left, right...

Left, left, left, right, left!

Ready!

Left, left,

left, right, left!

General 2; Fire!

Left, left,

left, right, left!

Left, left, left, right, left!

Almost there, boy,

almost there.

It's my leg.

I know it's your leg.

It hurts.

Yep, they got ether.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Move that private!

We got an officer here!

Hold pressure, hold pressure.

Here we go.

Right there.

Let's get this off you.

If they think you're an officer,

they'll fix you sooner.

Yeah, they'll fix you.

Here we go.

One, two, three.

We need clean water!

Hold pressure here.

The lord is the

stronghold of my life.

Captain Jeffrey baylor here,

10th Tennessee, minie ball,

left thigh.

Captain! I've got

a captain here!

Captain up front,

captain up front.

Hold him down!

Hold him!

Where are they going?

Charleston.

Charleston.

That's Carolina 3rd.

A bunch of them

are headed home.

Twenty negro law.

If you own 20 negroes,

you get to go home.

Since when?

The 1st, I guess.

New conscription act.

"Poor man's fight and

a rich man's war."

Yeah.

You know they got

a house in natchez

with gold doorknobs.

Not gold-lookin'...

Gold, real gold.

"But all their gold

and all their silver

"shall not protect them

from the wrath of the lord."

You so smart, Jasper,

how come you're

still here, huh?

"The oldest son

on such plantations

"where 20 or more negroes

are owned or leased

"are hereby exempt

in the armies

"of the confederate states.

"Furthermore, any plantation

"where the total number

of negroes owned or leased

"shall equal 40, the

eldest and second eldest

"shall be exempt

from military service."

That's you and a brother.

And then it goes up

one family member

for every 20 negroes

after that.

So if we all chip in,

buy us one negro,

we get a couple weeks off?

Ah, I swear,

I'm tired of it, Jasper,

tired of helping them

fight for their damn cotton.

You don't fight anyway.

You're a nurse.

Yeah, you get gut-shot

out there tomorrow, will,

why don't you go find

an artillery officer,

see if he can help you?

I ain't fighting for cotton.

I'm fighting for honor.

Oh, that's good, will.

I'd sure hate to be

fighting for cotton.

Who's there?

Uncle newt.

Daniel? That's you,

boy? Come here.

Hey, hey, hey,

what happened?

They took me and they took

the mule and our hogs,

half the corn crib,

and they told me

I'd been drafted.

Can I stay with you?

Of course you can,

boy, you're my kin.

They put me

with another company

and I finally ran off

and I looked for you all day.

And then I found this man

and I told him

i was from Jones

and he said that was

Mississippi 7th and so...

I've got you, boy. I've got

you, I've got you.

I've got you, boy. I've

got you, I've got you.

You're with me.

You're with me now.

Are you going to be there

with me tomorrow?

Yeah, I'm going to be there

with you tomorrow.

You hear me?

I'm going to be there

with you tomorrow.

Okay.

We're going to

get out of this trench

and we're going to make

for a treeline

about a quarter mile out.

You don't listen

to no sergeant,

you don't listen

to no officers,

only me.

You understand now?

When I tell you

to go, move fast

and you stay close to me.

You've got a full load?

Half-cock, safe,

full cock, die.

Ain't no different

than shooting

a bird or a deer, Daniel.

No different than that.

All right?

All right.

They're shelling us.

Move, move.

Stay low, low. Stay low.

See that rifle pit?

'Bout 50 yards out.

That's where we're headed.

That's where we're going.

You ready? Ready?

Come on. Go! Go! Go!

Stay behind me!

You all right? Huh?

You all right?

All right, now listen.

They've got sharpshooters

out there.

We're going to make a way for

that treeline, all right?

Find some shelter

and hide out.

You ready?

All right, let's go. Stay low.

Ah! Whoa! Whoa!

Down, boy. Down.

Who you with?

Mississippi 5th, f company.

We're all that's left.

All right,

you're with us now.

We're making for that Ridge

over to the right.

Uh-huh.

So fix bayonets!

Fix your bayonet, boy!

Yeah, I got it, I got it.

Here.

Fixed!

All right, you ready?

Ready?

All right, on my command,

ready, go! Go! Go!

Go!Go!Go!Go!

Go, boy, move!

Hold, hold, hold, Daniel!

Hold, Daniel!

Go! Move!

Sh*t.

Uncle newt?

Oh...

Uncle newt?

I got you, boy.

You're gonna be all right.

It's all right.

It hurts.

I know it hurts.

Just hold onto me tight.

Hold onto me.

Am I going to die?

Oh, you're not going to die.

I'm going to fix you.

Could I get your help right here?

I've got a boy here.

I've got a boy here!

Well, I've got a boy here!

I've got officers

i can't even get to.

It hurts...

I got you,boy.L got you.

I got you, all right.

We'll get you a doctor.

Going to get you a doctor.

Hang on. Hang on.

Can I have some water?

Shh.

In a second.

In a second.

I'm just so thirsty.

Why am I so thirsty?

Shh.

Hang on, boy. Hang on, boy.

Hang on. Hang on. Hang on.

There we go, there we go.

There we go.

You love god,

don't you, Daniel?

Hmm?

Yes.

There we go.

I'm scared.

I know you are.

But you love god

and god loves you.

You understand?

Jesus loves you, son.

You're not dying.

You're not dying.

You're not dying.

You're not...

You're not dying.

You know they shoot

deserters, don't you?

Hell, they shoot everybody

around here anyway.

It don't seem to

make no difference

where the bullet

comes from.

And you're stealing a mule.

You know, we can bury him

proper right here, newt.

We don't have to leave him.

He's going home, Jasper.

It's where he belongs.

Here.

Take my hardtack too.

It's a long trip.

'Preemie u.

He died with honor, newt.

No, will, he just died.

I tried to

save him, Annie.

I did everything I could.

He was... he... he...

It ain't your fault.

You didn't start

this war, did you?

Or drag him out of here.

My boy.

My boy.

They hung three deserters

down in Perry.

Didn't put 'em

back in the army.

Just hung 'em.

Yeah, I got a leave.

No, you didn't.

His mama deserves

to see her son again.

Hmm.

She don't deserve

to see him like that.

No.

No, she don't.

"Lf I go up to the

heavens, you are there.

"If I make my bed in the

depths, you are there.

"Even in the darkness,

will not be dark to you.

"The night will

shine like day,

"the darkness is

as light to you.

"It is you who hath

possessed my reign.

"It is you who hath covered

me in my mother's womb."

No, not that cloth.

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