Free State of Jones Page #4

You was willin'

to get killed for 'em.

For lord's sake, play

somethin', will ya, Lucas,

before a whole new war

breaks out here?

Colonel?

You Sally?

Lam.

Mmm.

You're a businesswoman.

When was the last time

you saw any real whiskey?

Irish whiskey?

This is from Boston.

Hmm.

We can run anything

through that blockade,

but the whiskey always

seems to get here first.

I suppose the only

neutral parties in any war

are the people

makin' money from it.

Just want to give you the

opportunity to make a little more.

We need to get

a message to him.

"Him"?

Stop, I don't have

the Patience for that.

Tell your unionist friend

that if he will disband

this little, little, um...

Army.

Company 0' theirs,

we will rescind

the hangin' notice

and Grant him full pardon.

All he has to do is

come out of that swamp.

He can go right

back in the army.

Two barrels of molasses,

100 pounds of wheat flour,

three barrels of

whiskey, and $500.

Is that yankee currency?

Fine.

I'll see what I can do.

Take that back to her.

Yeah, why would you

trust someone

who just burned

your farm, son?

I'm not sayin'

i trust 'em.

I'm just sayin'...

That you want it to stop?

Yeah, so do I.

Thomas, I don't think that

turnin' ourselves in

is gonna stop 'em.

I know you lost your farm,

and I know your mama's

hurtin', all right?

But that does not make

these men your friends.

We're your friends,

right here.

Look out there.

That's your friends.

Evening, Jesse.

Hey.

I brought you

some biscuits.

Smell fresh.

They is.

Thank you.

I better go.

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

What happened? Hmm?

What happened?

I wouldn't let him.

All the other times

i just let him.

'Cause what can I do?

It's just easier.

I tell myself

I'm somewhere else

an' it's not like

it's happenin' to me.

But this time I couldn't.

Mmm-hmm.

I couldn't anymore.

And I screamed

and I screamed.

Look, look, look.

I can read this now.

"In the beginning,

"god created the heaven

"and the earth.

"And god said,

'let there be light."'

all right. Look here.

There's a full troop transport

headed this way

outta meridian.

It's got 50 soldiers.

It's 15 cars long.

We gonna blow the tracks

with powder, y'hear?

It's a train?

Yeah, it's a train.

With guns, ammo,

and artillery.

What's that got to

do with my farm?

It has everything to do

with your farm, ward.

H ow?

'Cause they are the

folks that burned it.

So we fightin'

for the union now?

No, we're not fightin'

for the union,

but we are fightin'

the same people they are.

Yeah, for different reasons.

But these folks

got plantations

from here to the Mississippi.

I know, they're rich.

So what?

Are we gonna start

killin' rich people?

It's why they're rich, ward.

Don't ya understand?

You, me, all of us...

We're all out there dyin'

so they can stay rich.

You own any slaves, ward?

You got any negroes

to fight for?

No, but it sure

looks like you do.

That's fine, ward.

You leave any time you want.

Save your farms.

All you got to do

is lay down your arms.

You ain't bein' disloyal.

You're just bein' smart.

Your mama don't

need you dead.

She's done lost her farm.

She don't need to lose

her boys, too.

You're sure he said

all of 'em?

He just said they

wanted to come out, sir.

Didn't say how many.

They're comin' out.

They're comin' out.

Is that him?

Can't tell.

How many are there?

Hard to say.

Four or five maybe.

Sweet Jesus! It's boys!

Forty soldiers

capture a bunch 0' boys

with broken shotguns.

Just hang 'em.

These boys...

These young men...

They was your friends,

your cousins,

your brothers and your kin.

But to those soldiers

who didn't know 'em,

they was just n*ggers.

They was just

somebody else's n*gger.

So somehow,

some way or sometime,

everybody

is just somebody

else's n*gger.

Mr. Moses,

are you a n*gger?

No, I'm not.

What are you?

A free man, captain.

Well, why's that?

'Cause you cannot

own a child of god.

No, you cannot, can you?

You can own a horse,

you can own a mule or

cow or an ox, but you...

You cannot own

a child of god.

See anythin'?

No.

He won't miss this though.

He's out there. Somewhere.

Tell 'em to move up!

Make them boys lead 'em

to the left flank!

Damn it!

Newton, I...

I knew your daddy.

Let's go.

Get up here up front! Reload!

We need more powder.

Reload.

Keep punchin', boys!

Fire!

Up here, up here.

Cover the Cannon.

Fire! Powder!

Powder!

Move, move!

Cover fire!

Clear!

Go, go, go!

Ho, ho!

Hands up!

Uh-uh-uh.

Up.

There we go.

Quickly, children!

Mr. deason hurry, Samantha!

Yeah!

How many?

In this group

there's 40.

Got another 20

at kerman's farm.

Only 12 of us at that

railhead at paulding.

Oh, that's light.

Mmm-hmm.

Could send Jeb

and his brother.

Yeah, let's do that.

All right, hold on.

All right, all right.

Here you go.

How long would it

take you to get there?

Three, four days

if there's no patrols.

All right.

Tell sherman that

we hold everything

from pascagoula to

the Alabama border.

Tell him we need

some artillery,

20 pieces, 15 cannons,

five mortars would be fine.

Rifles. Newt:
Rifles we need.

Make it 300.

We also need some cavalrymen.

Fifty. Fifty men, that's all.

He can spare that easily.

Yeah, he can

spare that easily.

He sends this,

we can keep this

place forever.

Feathers.

Shh.

It's okay. It's okay.

They control everything

from meridian to the pascagoula.

They've seized ellisville,

hold all of Jones,

Jasper, Perry,

and half of Smith counties.

They've got 250 men,

maybe even

runaway slaves who,

frankly, sir,

don't have much to lose.

That's all they sent?

You told 'em we took

three counties?

Of course.

Hundred rifles.

They say it's not strategic.

Sherman wonders if

we're a real company.

"Real company"?

You know, it ain't exactly

what they're used to, newt.

A bunch of freed slaves,

farmers...

Holdin' down most 0'

southeast Mississippi.

Yeah.

Took three counties.

We beat an entire division.

We did.

Mmm-hmm.

They don't care.

That's fine.

We're back in the swamp.

They can't get

their horses in there

no matter how many they bring.

Take the boys back in.

We'll wait until...

Some 0' the boys

don't wanna go, newt.

With that much cavalry

comin' down here,

they're just not gonna have

any farms left to protect.

There's plenty left

to fight for, will.

Sure there is.

There sure is, but they can

get down to mobile from here.

They can get outta here

before lowry shows up.

Mmm.

And that's

what they want?

They want

your permission.

And what do you want, will?

I want to stay

here and fight.

But...

But they're boys,

newt, lots of 'em.

Might as well be.

They need somebody

to get 'em through.

So you want

my permission, too.

I guess I do. Yeah.

Take this. Pretty lucky.

No, that's your best gun.

I know.

I don't want you

to stop fightin'.

All right. Everybody,

listen up here.

Look, I know

y'all been wonderin'

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