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NARRATOR:
In June 1863, after more

than two years of bloody conflict...

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...the Confederate army of Northern

Virginia, Robert E. Lee commanding...

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...slips across the Potomac

to begin the invasion of the North.

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It is an army of 70,000 men.

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They move slowly behind the Blue Ridge...

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...using the mountains

to screen their movements.

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Their objective is to draw

the Union army out into the open...

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...where it can be destroyed.

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Late in June, the Union army

of the Potomac, 80,000 men...

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...turns north from Virginia to begin

the great pursuit up the narrow roads...

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...across Maryland and into Pennsylvania.

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General Lee knows that a letter has been

prepared by the Southern government.

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A letter which offers peace.

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It is to be placed on the desk

of Abraham Lincoln, resident of the U.S...

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...the day after Lee has destroyed

the Army of the Potomac...

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...somewhere north of Washington.

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[EAGLE CRYING]

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Federal cavalry. Two brigades.

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Howdy, friend. Where you headed?

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-General Longstreet. I must see him.

-Is that a fact?

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I know General Lee's headquarters

are up here a little ways.

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Wherever he is, Longstreet is nearby.

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-Take me that way. It's urgent.

SERGEANT:
Let me put it to you like this.

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You're not in a uniform

and you're coming through my picket line.

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I'll take you up there,

but if nobody there knows you...

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...I guess, unfortunately,

you'll have to be hanged.

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[CHATTERING]

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Sir. General, sir.

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I'm sorry, excuse me, sir,

but Harrison is back.

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-Harrison?

SORREL:
Yes, sir.

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The scout, Harrison, sir.

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I knew you'd want to know that

as soon as possible.

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He's right outside here, sir.

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HARRISON:

Your servant, general.

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Didn't expect to see me, did you?

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I paid you in gold three weeks ago.

What do you got?

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I don't suppose you got

another one of those.

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That good southern tobacco.

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What do you got?

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I got the position of the Yankee army.

They're only a few miles down the road.

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The whole Yankee army coming this way.

Seven corps.

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A few miles?

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HARRISON:
Yes. Two brigades

of Yankee cavalry down that road about...

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...two, four hours away.

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Behind that there's seven corps.

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I put it all on a map, if you'd like to

see it. About 80,000 men.

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All seven corps.

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HARRISON:

You didn't know any of that?

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You didn't know they were on the move.

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You wouldn't be spread so thin

if you'd known.

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How do you know we're spread out?

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Listen, general. I'm good at this business.

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Sir, I beg your pardon,

but if this man's story is true...

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...why haven't we heard about it?

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General Stuart's cavalry is out there.

He would have reported.

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-What do you know about Jeb Stuart?

-He's out there all right.

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He's riding up north somewhere

getting his name in the papers.

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He hasn't caused anything

but a little fuss.

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If the Federal army was moving that fast,

as close as you say...

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-...I believe General Stuart--

HARRISON:
Look here.

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I came within an angry mule's kick

of the whole Yankee cavalry.

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And all the way through a picket line.

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Hazardous too.

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I don't know what Jeb Stuart's doing.

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I don't care. I do my job.

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Yankee cavalry's down the road,

thick as fleas...

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...not two hours hard ride

from this here now spot.

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And that, by God, is the Lord's truth.

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-Major Sorrel.

-Yes, sir.

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Will you go to General Lee's headquarters

and notify him about this?

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Yes, sir.

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-Captain Goree.

GOREE:
Yes, sir.

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Get this man a tent.

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And a cigar.

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GOREE:

Sir.

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LONGSTREET:
He says the lead

element is here with the Third Corps...

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...the Sixth right behind...

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...supported by

a column of Federal cavalry.

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Seven corps all together.

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The First and Eleventh

are above Taneytown.

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And there's more cavalry two hours east.

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There may be as many

as 100,000 altogether.

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Do you believe the man,

this Mr. Harrison?

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No choice. You remember him, sir,

the actor from Mississippi?

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An actor?

We move on the word of an actor?

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Can't afford not to.

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LEE:
There would be some word

from General Stuart.

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General Stuart would not leave us blind.

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