Gettysburg Page #6

459

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...knowing it will fail,

but you cannot stop it.

460

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You must even take part and help it fail.

461

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Sir.

462

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We have 2,500 men.

463

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They'll be coming in force.

464

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There could be 20,000

coming down that road in the morning.

465

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If we hold this ridge for a couple of hours,

we can keep them away.

466

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41:05,713 -- 00:41:08,257

We can block that road

until our main body gets here.

467

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We can deprive the enemy

of the high ground!

468

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The boys are ready for a brawl.

No doubt of that.

469

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We'll force the reb to deploy.

470

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That's a narrow road

they'll be coming down.

471

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If we stack them up, it will take them a

while to get on track to get into position.

472

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Is Calef's battery up yet?

473

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His six guns are deploying now.

474

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How far back is Reynolds

with the main force?

475

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About 10 miles, sir. Not much more.

476

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[BUGLE BLOWING]

477

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Sir, you were right.

478

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My scouts report the rebel army

is coming this way for sure.

479

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They're all concentrating in this direction.

480

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[SIGHS]

481

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We'll hold here in the morning.

482

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Long enough for Reynolds

and the infantry to arrive.

483

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If we hang on to the high ground,

we have a chance...

484

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...to win this fight that's coming.

485

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-Understood?

ALL:
Yes, sir.

486

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Post the cannon along this road,

the Chambersburg Pike.

487

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The rebels will hit us at dawn.

I think we can hold them at least 2 hours.

488

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Hell, general,

we can hold them all the livelong day.

489

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He's right, sir.

490

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At Thoroughfare Gap,

you held against Longstreet.

491

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You held for six hours.

492

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They never came. We held for nothing.

493

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The rebs will hit us just about first light.

494

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Keep a clear eye.

495

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Have the pickets give us a good warning.

496

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All right, gentlemen.

497

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-Let's get posted.

-Sir.

498

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[YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

499

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BUFORD [IN VOICE-OVER]: Gen. Reynolds,

my troops are deployed on good ground...

500

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...west of Gettysburg

on the !hambersburg Pike.

501

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I've sent reconnaissance parties

in every direction...

502

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...from which the enemy

might be approaching.

503

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I'm satisfied A.P. Hill s corps

is massed just west of here...

504

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...back of Cashtown.

505

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The enemy's pickets

are within four miles of my position.

506

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Rumor says Ewell s coming

over the mountains from !arlisle.

507

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If true, two Confederate corps

will converge upon us in the morning.

508

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One from the west

and one from the north.

509

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Do you want me to hold

this position if attacked?

510

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Confirmation requested.

511

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J.N.O. Buford.

512

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LEE [IN VOICE-OVER]:

"Bow down thy heaven, O Lord.

513

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!ome down and touch the mountains

and they shall smoke.

514

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Blessed be the Lord, my strength,

which teaches my fingers to fight...

515

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and my hands to war. Amen."

516

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Good morning, Lucy.

517

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Traveler, good morning to you, sir.

518

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Good morning, sir.

519

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Good morning, Major Taylor.

520

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How are you this morning, sir?

How you feeling, sir?

521

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Is there any word from General Stuart?

522

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No, sir. I would have

wakened you, sir, if....

523

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There was no report at all, sir.

524

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If I don't hear from General Stuart by this

evening, I m gonna send word out to him.

525

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Yes, sir. I have a message

from General Hill, sir.

526

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-Yes?

-General Hill wishes to inform you that...

527

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...he is going to Gettysburg this morning

with his lead division general, Heth.

528

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-For what purpose?

-He advises me that there is...

529

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...a supply of shoes in the town, and he

intends to requisition some footgear.

530

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General Hill knows I want no fight

till this army is concentrated?

531

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General Hill expects no opposition...

532

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...except for some local militia

with shotguns and such.

533

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Very well.

534

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-Will the general have breakfast?

LEE:
No, thanks.

535

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We have flapjacks in small mountains.

536

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Fresh butter, bacon, wagons of ham,

apple butter, ripe cherries.

537

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You really ought to pitch in, sir.

538

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Courtesy of our host,

the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

539

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Has there been any trouble

from the local population?

540

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Oh, no, sir. No trouble with them.

541

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The men are behaving very well.

542

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But there are some local women

who claim we have taken all their food.

543

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And though they don't complain of

our having paid for it...

544

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...in the good dear coin

of mighty Virginia...

545

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...well, sir, they do object to starving.

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