Gettysburg Page #17

We must strike him now.

1441

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LEE:
We pushed him yesterday

and he will remember it.

1442

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51:14,960 -- 01:51:20,131

The men are ready and they are eager.

I see no useful alternative.

1443

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51:20,299 -- 01:51:21,424

LONGSTREET:

Yes, sir.

1444

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51:21,592 -- 01:51:22,842

LEE:

Very well.

1445

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51:24,845 -- 01:51:26,346

Gentlemen.

1446

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51:27,264 -- 01:51:29,766

-Good morning, all.

OFFICER:
Good morning, sir.

1447

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51:29,933 -- 01:51:33,603

Longstreet will attack on the right

with the First Corps.

1448

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Hill will support...

1449

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...with Heth in reserve.

1450

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Ewell s people on the left

will demonstrate to keep the enemy...

1451

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51:43,614 -- 01:51:45,865

...from reinforcing against our right flank.

1452

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Yes, sir. But I still don't have Pickett.

1453

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He's at the rear of column,

a full day's march.

1454

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All I've got is Hood and McLaws.

1455

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I do believe that Hood's

and McLaws' divisions will be sufficient.

1456

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-With the general s permission.

-General Hood?

1457

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Moving in front of those rocky heights,

we'll have enfilade fire...

1458

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...coming down on us.

1459

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Perhaps, but not for long. Your division...

1460

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...will be up over this unoccupied hill,

the little, rocky one.

1461

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52:13,769 -- 01:52:15,895

From there you will threaten

the enemy flank.

1462

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When you're heavily engaged,

General Ewell will strike from the left.

1463

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Very well, sir.

1464

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-General?

-Let's move out, gentlemen.

1465

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Sir.

1466

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LEE:
General Barksdale,

is Mississippi ready for this day?

1467

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-Mississippi is ready.

LEE:
Very well, sir.

1468

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Let's go to it, Sam.

1469

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If he's right, General Lee...

1470

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...then the war is over by sundown.

1471

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Hm. We'll see.

1472

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I don't like going in without Pickett.

1473

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It's like going in with one boot off.

1474

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I'll wait as long as I can.

1475

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Do you have any idea of the force?

1476

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We counted five corps, including

the two involved in yesterday's action.

1477

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That don't mean how many might be...

1478

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..hidden behind those hills there.

1479

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And, damn it, with Stuart gone

there ain't no way of knowing for sure.

1480

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Hey, Sam.

1481

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Take good care of yourself today,

you hear?

1482

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You, too, Pete.

1483

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With your permission, sir.

1484

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I don't believe I've had the pleasure.

1485

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That's Major General John Bell Hood,

but we call him Sam.

1486

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One of my three division commanders.

Fellows from TeEas and Alabama.

1487

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Oh, you've been to Texas, as I recall.

1488

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Yes. Actually that's where I came through.

1489

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Courtesy of the Yankee Navy

who denied me any other point of entry.

1490

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It's a marvelous place, Texas.

1491

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Full of red Indians and Mexicans...

1492

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...cowboys, bandits and desperados.

1493

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Even hotter and more humid

than this place.

1494

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If that's possible.

1495

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[CHUCKLING]

1496

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That fellow Hood...

1497

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...does his performance in battle

match his appearance?

1498

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He really does look the part.

1499

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He does his job.

1500

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Most interesting army, I must say.

1501

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Virginia gentlemen fighting

alongside Texas frontiersmen...

1502

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...and bayou bushwhackers

from Louisiana.

1503

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Drawn together from across a continent.

1504

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Having traveled a good piece of it myself,

I feel a part...

1505

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...or almost a member of this enterprise.

1506

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You call yourselves Americans,

but you're really transplanted Englishmen.

1507

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Look at your names, Lee, Hood...

1508

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...Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart.

1509

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My people were Dutch.

1510

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And the same for your adversaries.

Meade, Hooker, Hancock, and...

1511

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...shall I say? Lincoln.

1512

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The same God. Same language.

Same culture and history.

1513

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The same songs, stories, legends, myths.

1514

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But different dreams.

1515

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Different dreams.

1516

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It's so very sad. Very sad.

1517

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You English had your own civil war once,

didn't you?

1518

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That was ages ago.

We wouldn't dream of it now.

1519

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Cavaliers and Roundheads.

1520

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"Off with his head! Off with his head!"

1521

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Heads lying everywhere.

1522

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One could hardly take a step

without tripping over a fallen crown.

1523

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We're much more civilized now,

I assure you.

1524

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We have so much in common,

your country and mine.

1525

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I earnestly hope

that we shall become allies.

1526

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Your government would never ally itself

with a Confederacy...

1527

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...that had the institution of slavery.

You know that. So do I.

1528

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[SIGHS]

1529

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We should have freed the slaves,

then fired on Fort Sumter.

1530

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