Gettysburg Page #15

out there someplace.

1260

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37:17,916 -- 01:37:19,416

Yes, sir.

1261

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37:57,372 -- 01:37:59,748

Well, General Reynolds...

1262

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38:01,626 -- 01:38:04,086

...we held the high ground.

1263

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38:20,645 -- 01:38:22,145

General Trimble is waiting.

1264

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38:22,313 -- 01:38:24,106

-Will you see him?

LEE:
Very well.

1265

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38:24,274 -- 01:38:28,277

I want a scouting party sent out

posthaste to find General Stuart.

1266

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38:28,444 -- 01:38:30,821

-Yes, sir. Right away.

LEE:
Thank you.

1267

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38:44,836 -- 01:38:46,670

LEE:

General Trimble.

1268

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38:48,881 -- 01:38:52,926

Sir, I most respectfully request

another assignment.

1269

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Do please go on, general.

1270

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The man is a disgrace.

1271

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39:03,396 -- 01:39:07,316

Sir, have you been listening at all

to what the aides have been telling you?

1272

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Ask General Gordon or General Ewell.

Ask them.

1273

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39:12,530 -- 01:39:14,698

We could've taken that hill.

1274

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God in his wisdom knows

we should've taken it.

1275

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39:17,201 -- 01:39:20,954

There was no one there at all

and it commanded the town.

1276

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General Gordon saw it.

I mean, he was with us.

1277

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Me and Ewell and Gordon...

1278

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...all standing in the dark like idiots

with that bloody damned hill empty.

1279

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I beg your pardon, general.

1280

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39:38,723 -- 01:39:42,517

That bloody damned hill was bare

as his bloody damned head!

1281

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39:42,685 -- 01:39:45,270

We all saw it, as God is my witness.

1282

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39:45,438 -- 01:39:47,439

We were all there.

1283

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I said to him, "General Ewell,

we have got to take that hill."

1284

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General Jackson wouldn't have stopped

with them on the run...

1285

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...and plenty of light

on a hill like that empty.

1286

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God help us!

1287

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I don't know--

1288

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I don't know why I....

1289

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Do please continue, general.

1290

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Yes, sir.

1291

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40:12,757 -- 01:40:14,257

Sir.

1292

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I said to General Ewell these words....

1293

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I said to him:

1294

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"Sir, give me one division

and I will take that hill."

1295

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He said nothing.

He just stood there and stared at me.

1296

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I said, "General Ewell,

give me one brigade...

1297

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...and I will take that hill."

1298

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I was becoming disturbed, sir.

1299

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And General Ewell put his arms

behind him and blinked.

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So I said,

"General, give me one regiment...

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...and I will take that hill."

1302

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And he said nothing.

1303

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He just stood there.

1304

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I threw down my sword.

Down on the ground in front of him.

1305

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We could have done it, sir.

1306

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A blind man should have seen it.

1307

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Now they're working up there.

1308

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You can hear the axes

of the Federal troops.

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And so in the morning...

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...many a good boy will die...

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...taking that hill.

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Sir.

1313

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I must request another assignment.

1314

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No, sir. That won't be necessary.

1315

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You will be of great service.

1316

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And I do thank you.

1317

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HANCOCK:

General Meade, sir.

1318

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Hancock. It's so damn dark out there

I can't see a thing.

1319

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Well, gentlemen.

1320

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I hope to God that this is...

1321

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...good ground.

1322

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Is this good ground, general?

1323

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Is this the place to have an army?

1324

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Very good ground, sir. Very good ground.

1325

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I hope you are right.

1326

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Because we are going to have a fight here

sure enough in the morning.

1327

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General Ewell, I had hoped that

after moving through the town...

1328

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...you would've taken that hill.

1329

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I didn't think it was practical.

1330

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Well, for many reasons.

1331

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We marched all day, and we'd fought.

1332

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And your orders were to caution

against bringing on a general engagement.

1333

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There were reports of Federal troops

in the north, sir.

1334

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We couldn't bring sufficient artillery

to bear on that hill.

1335

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We decided it was best to wait

for another of our divisions, Johnson's.

1336

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Yes, sir. Johnson didn't arrive

till after dark, just a while ago.

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He's out there now,

looking over the terrain.

1338

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General Early, do you think you can

attack on your flank in the morning?

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[SIGHS]

1340

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That hill will be a very strong position

once it's fortified...

1341

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...which is what they're doing

right now, sir.

1342

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I am very much aware of that, general.

1343

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Have you looked over

the ground yourself, sir?

1344

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From a distance only.

1345

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I do not think we should attack

this point.

1346

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This will be the strong point.

1347

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Our troops have marched hard

and fought hard today.

1348

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I suggest we hold here while the rest

of the army attacks the other flank.

1349

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Do you think an attack on your flank

will succeed?

1350

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I think it would be very costly.

1351

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Very costly, sir.

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