Gettysburg Page #10

809

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08:40,700 -- 01:08:42,451

Begging the colonel s pardon.

810

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08:43,036 -- 01:08:47,247

But would the colonel please do us a favor

and get back on the damned horse?

811

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08:47,832 -- 01:08:51,543

I'll tell you, sir,

it's not easy handling these new recruits...

812

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08:51,711 -- 01:08:55,547

...when the officers act

like they ain't got any sense, sir.

813

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08:55,715 -- 01:08:57,549

MAN:

Make way, make way!

814

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08:57,717 -- 01:08:59,092

Lawrence, sir.

815

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08:59,260 -- 01:09:00,302

[BUGLE BLOWING]

816

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09:00,470 -- 01:09:02,721

We've gone over 20 miles today.

817

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09:02,889 -- 01:09:06,183

We've gone over 100 miles

in five days, sir.

818

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09:06,351 -- 01:09:08,185

[MAN YELLS INDISTINCTLY]

819

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09:08,353 -- 01:09:10,145

There's something going on.

820

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09:17,320 -- 01:09:19,446

LAWRENCE:
Col. Vincent, sir.

-Chamberlain.

821

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09:19,614 -- 01:09:21,698

Far cry from Bowdoin College,

isn't it?

822

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09:21,866 -- 01:09:23,450

No farther than Harvard Yard.

823

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09:23,618 -- 01:09:28,288

Indeed. With luck, we'll both see

our alma maters again.

824

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09:28,456 -- 01:09:31,875

In the meantime, colonel, you move

your boys along as best you can.

825

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09:32,043 -- 01:09:34,211

Two corps have engaged at Gettysburg.

826

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09:34,379 -- 01:09:37,214

So we'll keep going through dark

and on until we get there.

827

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09:37,382 -- 01:09:40,300

-Yes, sir.

-Godspeed.

828

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09:48,059 -- 01:09:49,685

[CANNONS FIRING]

829

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09:58,278 -- 01:10:00,737

OFFICER:

Battery, fire!

830

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10:33,146 -- 01:10:35,022

[SOLDIERS YELLING]

831

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10:51,289 -- 01:10:54,082

They're running! They're running!

832

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General Pender begs to report

that the enemy is falling back.

833

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11:04,427 -- 01:11:06,470

-They're on the run.

-Very well.

834

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11:08,848 -- 01:11:11,141

General Early

says the enemy's caved in...

835

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11:11,309 -- 01:11:13,352

...on the left flank,

going back to Gettysburg.

836

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11:13,519 -- 01:11:16,396

-They're all running.

-Very well. Thank you.

837

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11:16,564 -- 01:11:18,732

Find General Hill s chief of artillery.

838

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11:18,900 -- 01:11:21,944

Tell him I want fire placed on that hill.

As much fire as possible.

839

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11:22,111 -- 01:11:23,695

-Yes, sir.

-Very well.

840

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11:29,202 -- 01:11:30,702

-Major Taylor.

-Yes, sir.

841

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11:30,870 -- 01:11:32,496

Deliver this message in person.

842

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11:32,664 -- 01:11:35,999

Tell General Ewell the Federal troops

are withdrawing in confusion.

843

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11:36,167 -- 01:11:39,378

We must only push those people

in order to gain the heights.

844

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11:39,921 -- 01:11:43,298

Tell him to take that hill, if practical.

The one beyond the town.

845

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11:43,466 -- 01:11:45,217

-Do you understand?

-Yes, sir.

846

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11:45,385 -- 01:11:46,885

LEE:
Very well.

-Hyah!

847

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11:57,438 -- 01:11:58,981

Congratulations, general.

848

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11:59,148 -- 01:12:00,399

I want you to see this.

849

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12:00,566 -- 01:12:02,734

OFFICER:
It's like second Manassas

all over again.

850

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12:02,902 -- 01:12:04,903

Couldn't have worked better

if we'd planned it.

851

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12:05,071 -- 01:12:08,740

If we can take that hill,

I want it occupied by nightfall.

852

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12:08,908 -- 01:12:11,952

Sir, the Federal army has fallen back

through Gettysburg.

853

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12:12,245 -- 01:12:14,579

They're reforming on the ridges

outside of town.

854

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12:14,747 -- 01:12:15,789

Very well.

855

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12:16,708 -- 01:12:19,876

This is almost perfect.

We got them where we want them.

856

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12:20,044 -- 01:12:22,796

Let's move south and east,

get between them and Lincoln...

857

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12:22,964 -- 01:12:24,381

...find some high ground...

858

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12:24,549 -- 01:12:26,133

...and they'll have to hit us.

859

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12:26,300 -- 01:12:28,343

Then we have them, general.

860

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12:28,511 -- 01:12:30,387

You mean disengage?

861

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12:30,555 -- 01:12:32,514

I've always been under the impression...

862

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12:32,682 -- 01:12:36,601

...that it was our strategy to conduct

a defensive campaign wherever possible...

863

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12:36,769 -- 01:12:38,353

...in order to keep the army intact.

864

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12:38,521 -- 01:12:41,314

Granted, but the situation has changed.

865

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12:41,482 -- 01:12:43,734

-How?

LEE:
We already pushed them back.

866

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12:43,901 -- 01:12:45,777

They're on the run, vacating the town.

867

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12:45,945 -- 01:12:48,989

How can we move off

in the face of the enemy?

868

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12:49,157 -- 01:12:50,866

-Major Marshall?

MARSHALL:
Yes, sir.

869

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12:51,034 -- 01:12:53,785

I ordered firing on that hill,

but no cannons are firing.

870

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12:53,953 -- 01:12:56,288

-Send over and find out why.

-I'll see to it, sir.

871

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12:56,456 -- 01:12:57,998

Thank you.

872

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What are you thinking, general?

873

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13:06,174 -- 01:13:07,966

Maybe we should not have fought here.

874

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13:08,134 -- 01:13:11,803

I know that. But we have prevailed.

The men have prevailed.

875

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13:11,971 -- 01:13:13,513

LONGSTREET:

They've always done that.

876

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13:13,681 -- 01:13:16,308

But in the morning,

we may be outnumbered...

877

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13:16,476 -- 01:13:19,853

...and they'll be entrenched

on the high ground.

878

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13:20,021 -- 01:13:23,482

You know as well as I, we've never been

concerned with being outnumbered.

879

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13:23,649 -- 01:13:25,484

LONGSTREET:

That is true. You are right.

880

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13:25,651 -- 01:13:28,445

If we move south to Washington,

they have to pursue us.

881

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13:28,613 -- 01:13:30,864

Then we can fight on ground

of our choosing.

882

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13:31,032 -- 01:13:32,783

But the enemy is here.

883

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13:32,950 -- 01:13:35,494

We did not want the fight,

but the fight is here.

884

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13:35,661 -- 01:13:40,082

How can I ask this army to retreat

in the face of what they've done this day?

885

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13:40,249 -- 01:13:42,709

Not retreat, sir. Re-deploy.

886

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13:42,877 -- 01:13:46,797

Our guns will move them off that hill

or Ewell will push them off.

887

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13:46,964 -- 01:13:49,758

But if Meade is there tomorrow,

I can't move this army away.

888

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13:49,926 -- 01:13:51,009

I will attack him.

889

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13:51,177 -- 01:13:54,805

If Meade is up there tomorrow,

it is because he wants us to attack him.

890

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13:54,972 -- 01:13:58,433

We pushed back two corps,

but there are five more coming.

891

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General, I will bring up my boys

as soon as I can.

892

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Very well.

893

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14:07,735 -- 01:14:09,361

-General?

-Sir?

894

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Your man Harrison, the actor,

he was quite correct.

895

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14:12,240 -- 01:14:16,535

Had it not been for him, this entire army

might have been destroyed in detail.

896

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14:16,702 -- 01:14:20,122

The Federal force might've been here

waiting when we turned around.

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