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[menacing orchestral music]

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[cannons firing]

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[gunshots]

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[explosions]

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[quick orchestral music]

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[soft peaceful music]

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Reverend.

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Mr. Madlock, you remember
my lovely niece, Mary Ann,

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just returning home from school.

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Good afternoon sir.

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Mary Ann, you have grown
into a lovely young woman.

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Elizabeth, we do have
to have Mr. Madlock

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over for supper sometime.

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Absolutely, Sam.

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I'd be honored to
accept the invitation.

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But at the moment I have
some business to attend to.

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If you'll excuse me.

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[Sam] Good day, sir.

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Good news, it's twins
but Sarah's gonna be fine.

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You just make sure
she drinks that tea

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twice a day and
gets a lot of rest.

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Well I sure appreciate you
comin' into town, Mama Thorn.

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I was afraid I was
gonna lose her.

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And I'll send you some ham

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just as soon as we
butcher them hogs.

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Nah, you just keep that ham.

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You got two more mouths to feed.

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You can eat it or sell it.

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I can get my own
supplies while I'm here.

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[insects buzzing]

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Thank you.

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Must I really
endure another evening

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with one of his friends?

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He has your best interest.

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But I want to
choose my own husband.

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[footsteps]

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You come into town
to feed your body?

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You need to be coming
into church on Sunday

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to feed your soul.

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But the Bible does say,

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"Remember the Sabbath
day, keep it holy."

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My church ain't no wooden box.

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For I can see the
sun rise and set.

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And for me every day is holy.

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[footsteps]

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[grunting]

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Hey there, mind yourself.

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Hey, you stick to your
own damn business, kid.

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What's the meaning
of this, Madlock?

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We're here to
settle up a debt.

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I expect you recollect it.

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We paid that debt long ago.

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I ain't got no bone
to pick with you kid,

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now stay out of it.

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If you know what's good for
you, you oughta move along.

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[birds singing]

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[horse hooves walking]

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Nobody going anywhere
until your uncle pays up.

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What are you, hard of hearing?

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[hard punching]

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[thudding]

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- Come on!
- Now you're in for it,

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the both of ya!

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Behind a tree, boy!

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Elizabeth, you need to take
Mary Ann home, immediately.

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[leaves rustling]

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[gunshots]

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[anxious music]

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[horses galloping]

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[gunshots]

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[hooves walking]

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[insects buzzing]

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Why lady, you seem to
have gotten yourselves

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into quite a predicament.

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Please sir, we
are hopelessly stuck

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and have endured the
situation for far longer

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than we care to think about.

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I strongly urge you
to remove yourself

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from this vicinity with
the utmost hilarity

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or I'll give you a thrashin'
you won't soon forget.

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[horse galloping]

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[footsteps]

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[leaves rustling]

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[footsteps]

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[soft music]

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Forrest's the name, ma'am,
Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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I'm Ms. Montgomery and this
is my daughter, Mary Ann.

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We are indebted to you
for your kindness, sir.

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I'm always ready
to come to the aid

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of the fairer sex, ma'am.

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I'd be mighty obliged if I
could pay you a visit sometime.

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Certainly, Mr. Forrest.

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My husband, William
Montgomery went home to Jesus

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a few years ago.

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You may find us under
the governance of my uncle,

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Reverend Samuel M.
Cowan at Horne Lake.

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Mary Ann, we must
be getting home.

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Good day ladies.

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He is a fine young man.

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Pay him no
attention, Mary Ann.

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[slow guitar music]

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[footsteps]

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[dark country music]

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[door knocking]

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It's about time you
got here, young man.

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How do you know who I am?

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[Mama Thorn] I hear
stories, sit down.

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I've heard a lot of
stories about you too.

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Some people say you're
a miracle worker.

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Some say you're a witch.

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I wanna know what you
do and how you do it.

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I'm a healer.

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You might call me a root doctor.

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But I don't bleed people
and I don't cut off limbs.

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What I do know is the plants
that grow around here,

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what they do and what
I can do with them.

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Well how do you
know all of this?

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From my mama and my grandmama.

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Women in my family been healin'
for the past thousand years.

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And I learn what I can from
the Indians and the darkies.

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Now all kinds of people
come to me with their pains

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and I give 'em my
poultices and potions

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and they get better.

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I just follow the
ways of the earth.

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Ways of the earth?

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What the hell does that mean?

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Ways of the earth
says, we all got gifts

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and we should use these
gifts to help each other.

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Ways of men say some men
are better than others

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'cause of the
color of their hide

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or that men are
better than women.

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That ain't right at
all and that's why

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everybody's so damn miserable.

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So I follow the
ways of the earth.

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I got another sort of problem.

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I met this girl and
she's real pretty

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and she's real sweet
and I wanna marry her.

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But her guardian's that hellfire
preacher Reverend Samuel.

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He don't think much of me.

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He don't think
much of me either.

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To him we're both sinners
headed straight for hell.

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But I know things
that he doesn't.

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Like what?

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You ever watched
the stars at night?

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I love to see 'em
light up the sky.

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All them stars
have their place,

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just like the reverend
and those society people.

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Once in a great while,
there'll be this comet

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that just comes
flashing across the sky,

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brighter than all of 'em,
makin' it's own path.

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You are that comet, boy.

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You are not gonna
stay a poor farmer

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with dirt under
your fingernails.

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You're gonna have a fine
big house and a business

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and you're gonna lead
men into battle someday.

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But I wanna marry
Marry Ann now.

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Let me tell you something
about them Christians.

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There ain't nothing they like
better than a reformed sinner.

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And that, I am.

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Forrest is it?

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No sir, Nathan Bedford
Forrest with two R's.

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[sighing]

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I'm given to understand
that you are here to inquire

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about marrying my guileless

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and comely young
niece, Mary Ann.

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Yes sir I am.

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Am I correct to
understand that you are here

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to seek her hand in marriage?

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That is correct.

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"And the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon Adam.

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"And he slept.

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"And he took one of his ribs

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"and closed up the
flesh instead thereof.

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"And the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man,

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"made he a woman.

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"And brought unto her the man.

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"And Adam said, 'This
is now bone of my bones

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"and flesh of my flesh.

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"She shall be called woman

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"because she was
taken out of man.'

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"Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother

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"and shall cleave unto his wife.

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"And they shall be one flesh."

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Do you understand son, the
meaning of these scriptures?

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Sir, having only six
months of proper schooling

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and not being much familiar
with the Good Book,

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I cannot say.

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God is speaking here of the
seriousness of holy matrimony.

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Do you not comprehend this?

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I think I'd be the perfect
match for your niece.

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I would not even consent
to fraternity between

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you and my Mary Ann,
let alone a marriage.

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What are you thinking, son?

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With all due respect sir,
I believe I'd make as good

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of husband as any
for your niece.

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But according to your
reputation, you're a liar,

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a braggart, and a drunk.

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Miss Mary Ann, she's
a Christian girl.

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You're absolutely right, sir.

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And that's exactly why
I intend to marry her.

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[chuckling]

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[bright music]

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Mama, everything's
going exactly the way

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I was hoping it would.

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You really think you
wanna marry that man?

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I do.

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You remember that
conversation we had?

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Mama, I'm going to marry
Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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[bright music]

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Much obliged miss.

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Abigail, how is
your young one?

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We sent our doctor over
to your house yesterday.

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And he said she was
recovering rapidly

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from her fall off the horse.

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Ma'am, she was doing poorly

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but now she's doing much
better, thank you ma'am.

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Glad to hear that.

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[footsteps]

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Nathan, I am discomfited
by all this talk

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of sectional unease.

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What do you suppose
it signifies?

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Well I guess it all
boils down to the money.

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We Southerners want
to simplify things

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and the Yankees want
to complicate it.

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Well how is this tariff war
affecting our family business?

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[sighing]

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It for sure ain't helping.

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I'd give a passel of gold
nuggets to go to Washington

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and knock some sense into 'em.

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Now darling, we must
not let our tempers

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get the best of us.

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Why numination?

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Whilst on the
topic of your temple,

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it is my acute desire
that you accompany me

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to church this Sunday.

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The parishioners
all want to meet you

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and as I surely am,
they are very anxious

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about your pending salvation.

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Well I don't need to listen
to that empty-headed holy Joe!

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Life is so much better when
you're a Christian, darling.

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God loves you and desires
that you be saved.

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[sighing]

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While your concern for my
eternal soul is right touching

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there ain't no good gonna
come from me reading any book

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that I don't understand.

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I thought God helped those
who helped themselves.

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That's right, let's just focus

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on helping our family
right now, shall we?

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Well I guess there's gonna
be arduous times ahead.

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And why do you suppose such?

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'Cause those damn
Yanks can't be educated.

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Those know-it-alls think Boston
is the hub of the universe.

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[laughing]

259
00:14:42,671 --> 00:14:45,133
[booming drums]

260
00:15:16,729 --> 00:15:21,529
Gentlemen, now that Tennessee
has enacted secession,

261
00:15:22,949 --> 00:15:26,038
there ain't no reason not to
join the Confederate Army.

262
00:15:26,079 --> 00:15:27,832
Everyone's
secessed these days.

263
00:15:27,874 --> 00:15:30,336
They should be, time for
us to get some blue Billys.

264
00:15:31,714 --> 00:15:33,175
So what say you Nathan?

265
00:15:33,216 --> 00:15:34,886
Well we ain't got no choice
since Lincoln's invaders

266
00:15:34,928 --> 00:15:36,472
has overrun our country.

267
00:15:36,514 --> 00:15:38,434
The war'll be
over by Christmas.

268
00:15:38,476 --> 00:15:41,022
One of us Confeds can easily
wipe out five Federals.

269
00:15:41,064 --> 00:15:44,194
Nathan, I need a word
with you in private.

270
00:15:45,071 --> 00:15:47,742
[insects buzzing]

271
00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:52,041
Nathan, I've known
you for a long time.

272
00:15:52,083 --> 00:15:53,418
And I knew your daddy.

273
00:15:54,588 --> 00:15:55,464
He was a good man.

274
00:15:58,176 --> 00:16:01,432
Your daddy left us too
soon, I believe it was '37.

275
00:16:01,474 --> 00:16:03,686
He was a good
blacksmith wasn't he?

276
00:16:03,728 --> 00:16:04,980
And didn't your mama remarry?

277
00:16:07,818 --> 00:16:09,948
It don't matter, I just
want, you know, when you sign

278
00:16:09,989 --> 00:16:13,036
this piece of paper now, you
are joining up as a private

279
00:16:13,078 --> 00:16:15,289
in our army and what means is,

280
00:16:15,332 --> 00:16:17,252
you will be going directly into

281
00:16:17,293 --> 00:16:20,632
Captain White's Mounted
Tennessee Rifles.

282
00:16:22,845 --> 00:16:23,972
Who might this boy be?

283
00:16:24,013 --> 00:16:25,766
That's my boy Willie.

284
00:16:25,808 --> 00:16:28,229
You interested in becoming
a Confederate soldier, lad?

285
00:16:28,271 --> 00:16:30,191
I just wanna hunt
Federals with my pop.

286
00:16:31,735 --> 00:16:34,031
I hear them Yankees are ugly
and they smell like a stable.

287
00:16:34,991 --> 00:16:36,535
I hear they consort with Satan.

288
00:16:37,620 --> 00:16:39,582
Well you are
absolutely correct son,

289
00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:41,293
I have seen that myself.

290
00:16:41,335 --> 00:16:42,587
Worse than vermin.

291
00:16:44,089 --> 00:16:47,929
Nathan, he's a bit below
the legal limit, age.

292
00:16:49,265 --> 00:16:51,728
But I'll twist some arms,
make sure we get him in.

293
00:16:51,769 --> 00:16:54,942
[quick marching music]

294
00:17:06,045 --> 00:17:08,632
[cannons firing]

295
00:17:09,759 --> 00:17:12,389
[rifles shooting]

296
00:17:14,935 --> 00:17:17,731
[explosions]

297
00:17:17,773 --> 00:17:19,693
[anxious music]

298
00:17:19,735 --> 00:17:21,822
[war yells]

299
00:17:26,121 --> 00:17:29,209
[grand orchestral music]

300
00:17:40,479 --> 00:17:42,984
[insects buzzing]

301
00:17:43,025 --> 00:17:43,735
Morning, boss.

302
00:17:43,776 --> 00:17:45,196
Morning, men.

303
00:17:45,238 --> 00:17:47,491
As you know I'm a
Confederate officer, now.

304
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,369
I have my own fightin' unit.

305
00:17:49,411 --> 00:17:51,289
We heard it's a
credit company, sir.

306
00:17:51,331 --> 00:17:54,169
That's right, Ben,
it's a cavalry unit.

307
00:17:54,211 --> 00:17:56,089
Any of you gentlemen
wanna join up?

308
00:17:59,136 --> 00:18:00,848
Do we get to
ride with you, sir?

309
00:18:00,889 --> 00:18:01,766
You bet.

310
00:18:03,185 --> 00:18:05,982
What about weapons, do we
get to hold our own guns?

311
00:18:06,024 --> 00:18:08,111
Not only will you
get your own weapons,

312
00:18:08,152 --> 00:18:10,740
but you'll be drilled
just like real soldiers.

313
00:18:10,782 --> 00:18:12,326
Glory be!

314
00:18:12,368 --> 00:18:14,371
Who's ready to fight for
God and Jefferson Davis?

315
00:18:15,415 --> 00:18:17,001
What about our freedom sir?

316
00:18:18,336 --> 00:18:20,382
I wanna have a
conversation with Apollo.

317
00:18:20,424 --> 00:18:22,719
He will tell you what I
have to say about that.

318
00:18:25,098 --> 00:18:28,646
You will be among the
finest riders in the South.

319
00:18:28,688 --> 00:18:29,689
We'll all be champions.

320
00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:32,945
And I am proud to
have you in my command.

321
00:18:35,325 --> 00:18:36,368
[footsteps]

322
00:18:36,409 --> 00:18:37,995
[Apollo] You
wish to see me sir?

323
00:18:38,038 --> 00:18:40,333
Yes, I have some good news
to share with you Apollo.

324
00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:42,002
Yes sir?

325
00:18:42,045 --> 00:18:43,631
Many of your people
has come to me in private

326
00:18:43,672 --> 00:18:45,091
to discuss their conditions,

327
00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:47,429
talkin' to me about
their liberty.

328
00:18:47,471 --> 00:18:50,225
As of today, I'm closing down
my slave trading business.

329
00:18:51,811 --> 00:18:54,191
[soft music]

330
00:18:59,115 --> 00:19:01,620
Forgive me, sir.

331
00:19:01,662 --> 00:19:04,333
Am I assuming you're
giving us our freedom?

332
00:19:05,335 --> 00:19:07,547
Yes Apollo, y'all are free.

333
00:19:09,175 --> 00:19:13,891
But sir, what about
your business and money?

334
00:19:17,898 --> 00:19:20,819
Well I guess the business
will absorb the loss.

335
00:19:20,862 --> 00:19:23,032
[laughing]

336
00:19:29,042 --> 00:19:29,794
Praise be.

337
00:19:31,798 --> 00:19:34,719
All who wish to stay here
may stay on as laborers.

338
00:19:34,761 --> 00:19:38,016
And all who wish to
leave are free to go.

339
00:19:38,058 --> 00:19:39,728
I understand sir.

340
00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:43,067
[soft music]

341
00:19:48,284 --> 00:19:50,789
[cannons firing]

342
00:20:00,848 --> 00:20:03,686
[suspenseful music]

343
00:20:23,304 --> 00:20:25,891
[cannons firing]

344
00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:29,939
[rifles booming]

345
00:20:33,571 --> 00:20:35,408
[quick music]

346
00:20:35,449 --> 00:20:37,704
[rifle fires]

347
00:20:44,715 --> 00:20:47,095
[explosions]

348
00:20:48,555 --> 00:20:50,684
[gunshots]

349
00:20:52,688 --> 00:20:55,151
[guns firing]

350
00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:06,336
[anxious music]

351
00:21:18,315 --> 00:21:20,904
[pistols firing]

352
00:21:31,505 --> 00:21:34,176
[rifles blasting]

353
00:21:43,859 --> 00:21:46,364
[quick music]

354
00:22:02,768 --> 00:22:05,606
Well Senator Haynes, it's
a pleasure to meet you.

355
00:22:05,648 --> 00:22:09,404
I thank you for coming all the
way over here from Tennessee

356
00:22:09,446 --> 00:22:10,739
to talk with me.

357
00:22:10,782 --> 00:22:14,412
I sincerely appreciate
you taking the time out

358
00:22:14,455 --> 00:22:17,292
of your very busy
schedule to meet with me.

359
00:22:17,335 --> 00:22:20,048
Now the primary
focus of your letter

360
00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:24,597
was regarding your concerns
about promotion with

361
00:22:24,639 --> 00:22:28,061
Nathan Bedford Forrest to the
rank of Brigadier General.

362
00:22:28,104 --> 00:22:29,648
Yes, General.

363
00:22:29,689 --> 00:22:32,778
And you have to understand
it's with a heavy heart

364
00:22:32,819 --> 00:22:34,531
that I'm here today.

365
00:22:34,572 --> 00:22:38,831
Back home, we would
like nothing better

366
00:22:38,872 --> 00:22:43,547
than you have a bona fide hero
from the state of Tennessee.

367
00:22:44,715 --> 00:22:47,471
So you do not approve
of his promotion?

368
00:22:47,512 --> 00:22:48,931
I definitely do not.

369
00:22:50,225 --> 00:22:52,729
Do you feel that he's
unfit for this position?

370
00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:57,529
I feel he's unfit to serve
as an officer of any rank

371
00:22:58,615 --> 00:23:00,451
in this confederacy, period.

372
00:23:02,204 --> 00:23:04,751
Well senator, those are
some pretty harsh words.

373
00:23:04,792 --> 00:23:06,336
Please explain.

374
00:23:06,378 --> 00:23:09,842
This is not hearsay,
this is what I've seen.

375
00:23:09,884 --> 00:23:13,808
I've had the privilege of
being at two officers' meetings

376
00:23:13,849 --> 00:23:14,976
with this man.

377
00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:17,522
These were round table meetings,

378
00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:20,652
looking for strategy and ideas

379
00:23:20,695 --> 00:23:23,324
to send those Yankees
back where they came from.

380
00:23:24,659 --> 00:23:27,205
Well sometimes those
meetings can be productive.

381
00:23:28,416 --> 00:23:31,379
During the meeting,
the whole meeting,

382
00:23:31,421 --> 00:23:34,928
Forrest sat on his
ass in the corner,

383
00:23:34,969 --> 00:23:38,058
cross legged, like an Indian.

384
00:23:38,099 --> 00:23:39,769
He didn't say a word,

385
00:23:39,811 --> 00:23:43,692
didn't try to contribute
anything to the conversation.

386
00:23:43,735 --> 00:23:44,485
[chuckling]

387
00:23:44,528 --> 00:23:46,197
Reminds me of my firstborn

388
00:23:46,239 --> 00:23:48,618
when he was maybe
five years old.

389
00:23:48,659 --> 00:23:51,624
Exactly, totally
disrespectful.

390
00:23:51,665 --> 00:23:53,877
He saw no reason to be there.

391
00:23:55,296 --> 00:23:57,008
Okay, what else?

392
00:23:57,049 --> 00:23:58,844
At the second meeting,

393
00:23:58,885 --> 00:24:02,016
Forrest brought his
private guards with him.

394
00:24:02,058 --> 00:24:04,688
Some officers
choose to do that.

395
00:24:04,729 --> 00:24:09,488
General, his private guards
were darkies, all black!

396
00:24:14,037 --> 00:24:16,291
They're former slaves of his.

397
00:24:16,332 --> 00:24:20,005
And he's proud of it, he calls
them by their first name.

398
00:24:21,968 --> 00:24:25,599
Lord, Lord, that does
seem a bit unusual.

399
00:24:27,268 --> 00:24:30,148
The other officers
don't wanna work with him.

400
00:24:31,651 --> 00:24:35,867
They understand, there
must be some kind of order

401
00:24:36,576 --> 00:24:37,787
on the battlefield.

402
00:24:37,828 --> 00:24:39,874
Forrest is nothing
more than a guerilla.

403
00:24:41,209 --> 00:24:45,174
Senator, I promise,
I will look into this.

404
00:24:45,216 --> 00:24:48,430
What I need for you to
do, as soon as you can

405
00:24:48,472 --> 00:24:50,099
is provide me with reports

406
00:24:50,141 --> 00:24:52,312
from some of the
officers present.

407
00:24:52,354 --> 00:24:55,734
Now their conclusions did not
have to coincide with yours.

408
00:24:55,776 --> 00:24:59,282
But I'd like the reports to
corroborate your findings

409
00:24:59,324 --> 00:25:01,035
and what you've told me.

410
00:25:01,077 --> 00:25:04,249
It'll take a little
time but I'll get it done.

411
00:25:04,291 --> 00:25:06,879
Senator, I will await
your correspondence.

412
00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:11,136
[rising music]

413
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,197
[quick blues music]

414
00:25:26,288 --> 00:25:28,917
[crows cawing]

415
00:25:56,841 --> 00:25:57,592
Well.

416
00:25:59,929 --> 00:26:01,849
Here's sage to guard you.

417
00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,731
Rosemary for remembrance.

418
00:26:08,194 --> 00:26:11,115
Blessings of the mountains
for a safe journey.

419
00:26:13,452 --> 00:26:16,249
Beggin' your pardon, but
you ain't gonna need these

420
00:26:16,291 --> 00:26:17,251
where you're going.

421
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:24,305
[mysterious music]

422
00:26:33,362 --> 00:26:35,699
[upbeat music]

423
00:26:53,272 --> 00:26:54,607
Doc.

424
00:26:54,649 --> 00:26:56,152
What is it?

425
00:26:56,194 --> 00:26:57,571
Lines are broken
in three places,

426
00:26:57,612 --> 00:26:59,783
we need to evacuate immediately.

427
00:26:59,825 --> 00:27:01,035
I can't move out right now,

428
00:27:01,077 --> 00:27:03,289
I got too many men
I gotta tend to.

429
00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:06,795
Muster up your walking
wounded and bug out.

430
00:27:06,837 --> 00:27:09,801
Let me see if I can get
this man to sit up and walk.

431
00:27:09,842 --> 00:27:11,721
- You're on your own doc.
- All right.

432
00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:16,645
I can't do it doc.

433
00:27:16,687 --> 00:27:18,315
He can walk if he wears these.

434
00:27:19,192 --> 00:27:20,235
And who are you?

435
00:27:20,277 --> 00:27:21,321
I'm Mama Thorn.

436
00:27:22,489 --> 00:27:24,576
Well now, I'll see.

437
00:27:24,618 --> 00:27:26,245
Put 'em on, he'll
be able to go.

438
00:27:27,665 --> 00:27:29,710
Tell him to go cut himself
a walking stick over there.

439
00:27:29,752 --> 00:27:32,548
There's plenty of dead limbs,
don't take from a living tree.

440
00:27:34,176 --> 00:27:37,014
[birds calling]

441
00:27:37,056 --> 00:27:39,101
Get your boots on
boy, you can walk.

442
00:27:42,941 --> 00:27:45,487
[birds chirping]

443
00:28:00,889 --> 00:28:04,103
Here, use this.

444
00:28:04,145 --> 00:28:05,647
That's yours anyway.

445
00:28:08,110 --> 00:28:09,529
You get along now.

446
00:28:09,571 --> 00:28:11,825
You tell you officers, when
you go through those woods,

447
00:28:11,867 --> 00:28:14,371
don't shoot anything
you're not gonna eat.

448
00:28:14,412 --> 00:28:16,124
How are you able to do that?

449
00:28:16,165 --> 00:28:18,085
I couldn't make him walk.

450
00:28:18,127 --> 00:28:19,338
That's what I do.

451
00:28:19,379 --> 00:28:21,675
We ain't got no fancy
doctors in these parts

452
00:28:21,717 --> 00:28:23,011
so I does the healing.

453
00:28:25,474 --> 00:28:27,727
[quick music]

454
00:28:30,231 --> 00:28:32,987
[horses galloping]

455
00:28:38,997 --> 00:28:41,961
[fast country music]

456
00:29:22,990 --> 00:29:25,452
[rifle fires]

457
00:29:36,263 --> 00:29:38,391
[gunshots]

458
00:29:51,455 --> 00:29:54,252
[swords clanging]

459
00:29:54,294 --> 00:29:56,507
[gunshots]

460
00:30:06,023 --> 00:30:08,485
[fast music]

461
00:30:08,527 --> 00:30:11,198
[leaves rustling]

462
00:30:32,694 --> 00:30:35,950
[fire crackling]

463
00:30:35,991 --> 00:30:37,911
He's gone to meet his maker.

464
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:41,125
[Mama Thorn] Earth
ain't ready for him yet.

465
00:30:42,419 --> 00:30:45,634
There's nothing you can
do for him, he's gone.

466
00:30:45,675 --> 00:30:46,468
Maybe not.

467
00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:53,647
Oh yeah, there is
something I can do.

468
00:30:56,485 --> 00:30:59,282
[mysterious music]

469
00:31:05,292 --> 00:31:07,922
Hail fire, purest
of all elements.

470
00:31:14,767 --> 00:31:17,981
[loud, tuneless chanting]

471
00:31:28,082 --> 00:31:30,628
[faster wailing]

472
00:32:01,223 --> 00:32:02,224
Oh my Lord.

473
00:32:11,532 --> 00:32:15,497
I have never seen anything
like that in all my life.

474
00:32:23,971 --> 00:32:27,143
[distant cannons firing]

475
00:32:27,184 --> 00:32:28,437
Yes, Williams?

476
00:32:28,478 --> 00:32:30,107
All present and
accounted for, sir

477
00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:32,360
Why am I still hearing
gunfire somewhere?

478
00:32:32,402 --> 00:32:33,528
Target practice?

479
00:32:33,571 --> 00:32:35,365
No sir, a few skirmishers

480
00:32:35,407 --> 00:32:37,035
still causing us
a bit of trouble.

481
00:32:38,204 --> 00:32:40,124
Skirmishers, from where?

482
00:32:40,165 --> 00:32:43,004
I don't know, sir,
we'll take care of it.

483
00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:44,047
Please do.

484
00:32:45,467 --> 00:32:47,971
[guns firing]

485
00:32:49,181 --> 00:32:51,768
[menacing music]

486
00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:06,252
Yes Williams?

487
00:33:06,294 --> 00:33:08,047
All present and
accounted for, sir

488
00:33:09,675 --> 00:33:11,511
Just like
yesterday, you tell me

489
00:33:11,553 --> 00:33:12,888
all present and accounted for

490
00:33:12,931 --> 00:33:16,395
yet I'm still hearing
gunfire in the distance.

491
00:33:16,437 --> 00:33:18,315
Yes sir, still working on it.

492
00:33:18,357 --> 00:33:22,280
That gunfire kept me
awake most of the night!

493
00:33:22,321 --> 00:33:23,240
Likewise, sir.

494
00:33:24,408 --> 00:33:26,328
Williams, we're
having a scouting party

495
00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:28,165
drop behind us tomorrow.

496
00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:31,254
I want to find out who
these troublemakers are.

497
00:33:31,295 --> 00:33:33,007
Do you understand?

498
00:33:33,048 --> 00:33:34,426
Yes sir.

499
00:33:34,468 --> 00:33:35,177
See to it.

500
00:33:36,888 --> 00:33:39,393
[guns firing]

501
00:33:41,772 --> 00:33:43,943
[dark music]

502
00:33:49,828 --> 00:33:52,499
[rifles blasting]

503
00:33:58,134 --> 00:34:00,764
Why am I still hearing
this, Williams?

504
00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:03,143
More skirmishers
than we thought, sir.

505
00:34:03,184 --> 00:34:05,814
So where are they coming from?

506
00:34:05,855 --> 00:34:10,071
Well, our scouts captured
one of them, briefly.

507
00:34:10,113 --> 00:34:12,659
Briefly, why briefly?

508
00:34:12,701 --> 00:34:15,706
I'm afraid the prisoner
slipped away, sir.

509
00:34:15,748 --> 00:34:18,210
So Williams, what did this

510
00:34:18,252 --> 00:34:20,715
briefly held
prisoner have to say?

511
00:34:21,884 --> 00:34:24,054
He was part of a
larger group of cavalry,

512
00:34:24,095 --> 00:34:26,057
commanded by this
General Forrest.

513
00:34:26,099 --> 00:34:30,774
Forrest, Nathan Bedford Forrest!

514
00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:33,528
I don't know for sure, sir.

515
00:34:33,570 --> 00:34:36,241
All right, tomorrow
we double time,

516
00:34:36,284 --> 00:34:38,328
do you understand, Williams?

517
00:34:38,370 --> 00:34:42,044
We outrun these sons of
bitches, do you understand?

518
00:34:42,085 --> 00:34:43,212
Absolutely, sir.

519
00:34:44,130 --> 00:34:46,635
[guns firing]

520
00:34:48,888 --> 00:34:51,601
[anxious music]

521
00:34:52,687 --> 00:34:55,608
[rifles cracking]

522
00:35:04,958 --> 00:35:05,751
Williams!

523
00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:08,088
Yes sir.

524
00:35:08,130 --> 00:35:11,761
Who the hell is firing
that cannon at us?

525
00:35:11,804 --> 00:35:14,099
I think it's still
Forrest's men, sir.

526
00:35:14,141 --> 00:35:16,812
How long has this
been going on, Williams?

527
00:35:16,854 --> 00:35:19,525
Well over a week, sir.

528
00:35:19,567 --> 00:35:22,447
And where did they
get the cannons from?

529
00:35:24,492 --> 00:35:28,290
Must be a very small force
that can travel this fast.

530
00:35:28,332 --> 00:35:30,044
I would hope so sir.

531
00:35:30,085 --> 00:35:32,088
So tomorrow we turn about face

532
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:34,092
and strike them at midday!

533
00:35:34,134 --> 00:35:35,470
Stop the advance, sir?

534
00:35:35,511 --> 00:35:36,263
Only briefly.

535
00:35:37,974 --> 00:35:41,730
I want to show this General
Forrest who he's dealing with.

536
00:35:43,484 --> 00:35:46,113
[spooky music]

537
00:35:46,154 --> 00:35:48,450
[war yells]

538
00:35:51,831 --> 00:35:54,085
[guns firing]

539
00:36:08,944 --> 00:36:09,946
[Williams] Colonel?

540
00:36:14,830 --> 00:36:19,546
Williams, I am so damn
tired of this already!

541
00:36:22,634 --> 00:36:27,310
15 days now, 15 days!

542
00:36:29,814 --> 00:36:32,401
[guns firing]

543
00:36:32,443 --> 00:36:35,657
Why don't they have the
courage to fight us like men,

544
00:36:35,698 --> 00:36:37,870
they're just wearing us out!

545
00:36:39,247 --> 00:36:41,960
I think that may
be the plan, sir.

546
00:36:42,001 --> 00:36:46,718
All right, one more day and
we'll be close to Cedar Bluff.

547
00:36:48,805 --> 00:36:53,438
Do we have any idea of
this man's fighting force?

548
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,483
Very difficult to say sir.

549
00:36:57,570 --> 00:36:59,741
Then we bring this to an end.

550
00:36:59,783 --> 00:37:03,372
Crush these scurrying bugs
like the vermin they are!

551
00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:12,972
[rifles firing]

552
00:37:14,558 --> 00:37:17,063
[rain pattering]

553
00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:28,958
[cannons blaring]

554
00:37:49,535 --> 00:37:52,207
[horses trotting]

555
00:38:02,183 --> 00:38:04,687
[tense music]

556
00:38:58,990 --> 00:39:01,494
[cannons firing]

557
00:39:03,747 --> 00:39:06,127
[war whoops]

558
00:39:07,713 --> 00:39:10,343
[rifles cracking]

559
00:39:25,994 --> 00:39:28,624
[bugle mustering]

560
00:39:32,380 --> 00:39:34,760
[war whoops]

561
00:39:42,147 --> 00:39:45,778
[cannons and rifles blasting]

562
00:39:49,285 --> 00:39:51,747
[anxious music]

563
00:39:56,130 --> 00:39:58,927
[guns crackling]

564
00:40:09,153 --> 00:40:11,783
[gunfire echoing]

565
00:41:13,973 --> 00:41:16,853
[horses galloping]

566
00:41:20,860 --> 00:41:23,490
[guns blaring]

567
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,753
[soldiers yelling]

568
00:41:35,344 --> 00:41:37,807
[guns blasting]

569
00:41:53,543 --> 00:41:56,798
[soft percussion music]

570
00:42:01,931 --> 00:42:02,850
[rain splashing]

571
00:42:02,891 --> 00:42:04,311
Y'all see anything?

572
00:42:04,353 --> 00:42:05,480
- No.
- No sir.

573
00:42:11,407 --> 00:42:12,909
I know they're
still out there.

574
00:42:12,951 --> 00:42:15,080
Glory, when is
this rain gonna end?

575
00:42:15,121 --> 00:42:17,208
I hope it never ends,
it's in our favor.

576
00:42:18,293 --> 00:42:20,171
It makes everything
so slippery.

577
00:42:20,213 --> 00:42:22,217
Yeah, we're used to
that, the Yanks are not.

578
00:42:23,636 --> 00:42:26,266
Yeah, I'm sure they're
crying about the weather here.

579
00:42:26,307 --> 00:42:29,020
What are we supposed to
do with Streight's men?

580
00:42:30,273 --> 00:42:31,357
I need to talk
to the Lieutenant

581
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,069
and see how much
artillery we have left.

582
00:42:33,946 --> 00:42:35,866
How many prisoners do we got?

583
00:42:35,907 --> 00:42:37,160
About 30 right now.

584
00:42:38,370 --> 00:42:40,415
We're about to get
a whole lot more.

585
00:42:40,457 --> 00:42:42,753
Look out, the general's
got a plan brewing.

586
00:42:45,674 --> 00:42:48,637
Ah, Lieutenant we were
just talking about you.

587
00:42:49,807 --> 00:42:51,351
General Hill wants
to know how many

588
00:42:51,393 --> 00:42:53,104
artillery pieces we have left.

589
00:42:56,651 --> 00:42:58,947
We got maybe two
that'll still fire.

590
00:42:58,989 --> 00:43:00,700
How many pieces
exactly do we have

591
00:43:00,742 --> 00:43:02,244
of artillery that won't fire?

592
00:43:03,455 --> 00:43:06,084
We might have enough
pieces to make 10,

593
00:43:06,127 --> 00:43:07,087
but it ain't working.

594
00:43:07,128 --> 00:43:08,631
Yankees got most of 'em.

595
00:43:10,175 --> 00:43:11,386
Does most of 'em have
the wheels and carriages?

596
00:43:11,427 --> 00:43:13,097
I believe so, I
believe we got 10.

597
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,271
So we got two that works
and 10 that could roll?

598
00:43:18,731 --> 00:43:21,027
I think with a little bit
of work we can manage that.

599
00:43:21,069 --> 00:43:22,947
So what're you
thinking General?

600
00:43:22,989 --> 00:43:24,200
Let's make it
look like we have

601
00:43:24,241 --> 00:43:26,746
a whole more artillery
than we really have.

602
00:43:26,787 --> 00:43:28,040
What's the point of that?

603
00:43:28,081 --> 00:43:28,916
Well he took a beating.

604
00:43:28,957 --> 00:43:30,377
I'm gonna ask him to surrender.

605
00:43:31,253 --> 00:43:33,549
You can't be serious, General.

606
00:43:33,591 --> 00:43:35,177
I am serious.

607
00:43:35,218 --> 00:43:38,391
They still got three times
the infantry that we have.

608
00:43:38,433 --> 00:43:39,393
He don't know that.

609
00:43:40,644 --> 00:43:42,940
I can't wait to
see if this works.

610
00:43:42,982 --> 00:43:46,488
So what do you want
me to do exactly?

611
00:43:46,530 --> 00:43:48,909
I want all our
artillery in a circle.

612
00:43:48,951 --> 00:43:50,453
What about the camp?

613
00:43:50,495 --> 00:43:53,166
Don't show as much of
them but have 'em out there.

614
00:43:54,418 --> 00:43:56,297
How soon can you get this done?

615
00:43:56,338 --> 00:43:57,507
Couple hours.

616
00:43:57,549 --> 00:43:58,968
Get it done as
fast as you can.

617
00:43:59,010 --> 00:44:02,098
If you need extra
cannons use tree trunks.

618
00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:05,688
Yes sir, I'll try
to make that happen.

619
00:44:08,401 --> 00:44:11,406
[horse hooves trotting]

620
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,003
[insects buzzing]

621
00:44:19,044 --> 00:44:22,091
[paper rustling]

622
00:44:22,133 --> 00:44:25,013
"Colonel Streight I must demand
an unconditional surrender

623
00:44:25,055 --> 00:44:27,309
"of your force as
prisoners of war

624
00:44:27,350 --> 00:44:30,064
"or I shall have every
man put to the sword.

625
00:44:30,106 --> 00:44:32,276
"You are aware of the
overpowering force

626
00:44:32,317 --> 00:44:33,987
"I have at my command.

627
00:44:34,029 --> 00:44:35,531
"And this demand is made

628
00:44:35,573 --> 00:44:38,161
"to prevent further
effusion of blood.

629
00:44:38,203 --> 00:44:40,749
"I am, sir, very respectfully,

630
00:44:40,790 --> 00:44:44,088
"your obedient servant,
Nathan Bedford Forrest,

631
00:44:44,130 --> 00:44:47,093
"Brigadier General
of Cavalry, CS Army."

632
00:44:47,928 --> 00:44:50,808
[paper rustling]

633
00:44:50,850 --> 00:44:52,644
Tell General
Forrest that I shall

634
00:44:52,686 --> 00:44:55,524
meet him here in these
woods in five minutes.

635
00:44:57,486 --> 00:44:58,237
Yes, sir.

636
00:45:00,450 --> 00:45:02,913
[anxious music]

637
00:45:23,949 --> 00:45:26,620
[leaves rustling]

638
00:45:31,837 --> 00:45:33,633
General Forrest,
I will not surrender

639
00:45:33,674 --> 00:45:36,053
unless I know that your
force is equal to mine.

640
00:45:41,437 --> 00:45:43,942
[cannons firing]

641
00:45:47,406 --> 00:45:49,534
[insects buzzing]

642
00:45:49,577 --> 00:45:52,414
Great God man, how
many guns have you got?

643
00:45:52,457 --> 00:45:54,794
Well that's about 15
I've counted so far.

644
00:46:02,766 --> 00:46:05,313
[paper rustling]

645
00:46:09,778 --> 00:46:12,324
[birds chirping]

646
00:46:13,577 --> 00:46:15,622
Most of 'em are back
behind those mounds.

647
00:46:16,833 --> 00:46:18,168
Let's put a nail
in it, Colonel.

648
00:46:19,670 --> 00:46:21,883
I got enough manpower to
whip you out of your boots.

649
00:46:23,134 --> 00:46:24,888
Looks like a good
many of them, sir.

650
00:46:26,933 --> 00:46:27,893
That's what it is.

651
00:46:31,149 --> 00:46:32,651
I tell you what, sir.

652
00:46:32,693 --> 00:46:35,114
I'll allow y'all to keep your
sidearms and your baggage.

653
00:46:36,241 --> 00:46:38,954
[paper scratching]

654
00:46:42,210 --> 00:46:44,714
I'll even provide your
men with food and water.

655
00:46:48,554 --> 00:46:51,142
[cannons firing]

656
00:47:03,330 --> 00:47:06,251
[heavy breathing]

657
00:47:09,006 --> 00:47:11,343
[insects buzzing]

658
00:47:11,386 --> 00:47:13,473
[huffing]

659
00:47:36,721 --> 00:47:38,724
How could you
bamboozle me, Forrest!

660
00:47:38,766 --> 00:47:42,690
You have maybe 400
men, I've got 1700!

661
00:47:42,731 --> 00:47:46,029
I could have easily bested you
in a head to head engagement.

662
00:47:46,070 --> 00:47:49,326
Down here we call that
mere supposition, sir.

663
00:47:49,367 --> 00:47:51,622
I demand that
you return our arms

664
00:47:51,663 --> 00:47:54,084
so that we can fight
it out to the end.

665
00:47:54,126 --> 00:47:55,337
[chuckling]

666
00:47:55,378 --> 00:47:57,423
All is fair in love
and war, Colonel.

667
00:47:58,467 --> 00:48:00,554
[huffing]

668
00:48:05,479 --> 00:48:07,524
[footsteps]

669
00:48:12,950 --> 00:48:14,829
I was mightily
heartened to hear that you

670
00:48:14,870 --> 00:48:17,166
received a furlough
to visit us back home.

671
00:48:17,207 --> 00:48:18,334
Yes ma'am.

672
00:48:18,377 --> 00:48:20,923
It's been 18 months
since my last visit.

673
00:48:20,964 --> 00:48:23,093
Halcyon days.

674
00:48:23,134 --> 00:48:24,887
How's our son Willie?

675
00:48:24,930 --> 00:48:27,767
Oh, he's made a fine,
fine Confederate officer.

676
00:48:27,810 --> 00:48:28,894
Just like his father.

677
00:48:30,606 --> 00:48:34,487
Mary Ann, Lincoln's
committed so many war crimes

678
00:48:34,530 --> 00:48:36,116
we are barely making headway.

679
00:48:37,534 --> 00:48:41,124
I hear his radicals recently
suspended Habeas Corpus

680
00:48:41,166 --> 00:48:45,466
across the North so they can
silence anti-war advocates.

681
00:48:45,507 --> 00:48:47,218
What about that
naval blockade.

682
00:48:47,260 --> 00:48:50,140
What else should we expect
from a Northern coercionist?

683
00:48:51,851 --> 00:48:54,356
[menacing music]

684
00:48:54,397 --> 00:48:56,734
[rifles firing]

685
00:49:03,830 --> 00:49:06,543
[cannons blasting]

686
00:49:14,140 --> 00:49:16,894
[soldiers yelling]

687
00:49:20,109 --> 00:49:22,487
[guns booming]

688
00:49:33,047 --> 00:49:35,760
[rain sloshing]

689
00:49:44,025 --> 00:49:45,611
That battle shoulda
never been fought.

690
00:49:45,653 --> 00:49:48,366
The whole war shoulda
never been fought.

691
00:49:48,407 --> 00:49:50,578
Well boys, we
wouldn't be in this fix

692
00:49:50,620 --> 00:49:52,498
if it hadn't been
for old Lincoln.

693
00:49:52,540 --> 00:49:54,251
Don't count a
Yankee sir, traitors!

694
00:49:56,254 --> 00:49:59,218
They think they so,
what's the word, superior.

695
00:49:59,260 --> 00:50:01,305
That's what they
want us to think.

696
00:50:01,347 --> 00:50:03,100
The North's printing
lies about us.

697
00:50:04,644 --> 00:50:07,483
There was an article said
I use women as shields.

698
00:50:07,524 --> 00:50:09,694
They say I'm beatin'
y'all with chains?

699
00:50:09,736 --> 00:50:11,197
[chuckling]

700
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,702
Yeah, and I drink my coffee
out of Yankee skulls.

701
00:50:13,743 --> 00:50:16,331
Pretty soon they'll be saying
I eat babies for breakfast.

702
00:50:16,373 --> 00:50:17,083
[laughter]

703
00:50:17,124 --> 00:50:17,959
Pure bullshit.

704
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:20,213
You got some moonshine,

705
00:50:20,254 --> 00:50:22,300
best moonshine on this
side of the Mississippi.

706
00:50:23,803 --> 00:50:26,223
No thanks, my staff does
all my drinking for me.

707
00:50:26,265 --> 00:50:27,976
[laughter]

708
00:50:28,018 --> 00:50:31,107
My people ain't gonna never
see 40 acres and a mule.

709
00:50:32,192 --> 00:50:33,736
All them riches going up North.

710
00:50:34,905 --> 00:50:36,825
Why they say we
fightin' for slavery?

711
00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,829
We're not fightin' for slavery.

712
00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:40,957
Look at us, slavery is dead.

713
00:50:42,209 --> 00:50:43,754
Well boys, I guess
we'll hit the hay

714
00:50:43,796 --> 00:50:45,047
before we get wallpapered.

715
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:48,804
[military march]

716
00:50:58,780 --> 00:51:01,326
[military drums]

717
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,940
[uneasy music]

718
00:51:36,053 --> 00:51:38,849
[soldiers yelling]

719
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,484
[commanders yelling]

720
00:51:47,364 --> 00:51:50,077
[suspenseful music]

721
00:52:28,853 --> 00:52:31,524
[cannons booming]

722
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,785
[dramatic music]

723
00:52:39,371 --> 00:52:41,542
[gunshots]

724
00:52:54,647 --> 00:52:57,653
[commanders yelling]

725
00:53:07,462 --> 00:53:10,133
[rifles cracking]

726
00:53:13,806 --> 00:53:16,352
[cannons firing]

727
00:53:21,653 --> 00:53:24,491
[rapid gunshots]

728
00:53:30,417 --> 00:53:33,297
[soldiers shouting]

729
00:54:08,693 --> 00:54:11,489
[pistol banging]

730
00:54:33,152 --> 00:54:36,073
[cannons thundering]

731
00:54:45,214 --> 00:54:48,177
[artillery blasting]

732
00:55:08,755 --> 00:55:11,302
[quick shooting]

733
00:55:24,490 --> 00:55:27,287
[soldiers yelling]

734
00:55:31,545 --> 00:55:35,302
[cannons and rifles crackling]

735
00:55:50,035 --> 00:55:52,497
[serious music]

736
00:56:07,690 --> 00:56:10,487
[sporadic gunfire]

737
00:56:31,733 --> 00:56:35,113
[insects buzzing]

738
00:56:35,155 --> 00:56:39,454
Well senator, I trust you
had a safe, uneventful trip.

739
00:56:39,496 --> 00:56:42,250
It's been nearly two years
since our last meeting

740
00:56:42,293 --> 00:56:45,549
and I believe I was waiting
for some correspondence

741
00:56:45,590 --> 00:56:49,013
regarding your position
on Nathan Bedford Forrest.

742
00:56:49,054 --> 00:56:51,433
A lot has happened since then.

743
00:56:52,977 --> 00:56:56,359
The officers don't want to go
on the record against Forrest.

744
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,155
Have you changed your
position regarding Forrest?

745
00:56:59,197 --> 00:57:00,616
I definitely have not.

746
00:57:00,657 --> 00:57:04,414
In the past two years, he
has become somewhat of a legend

747
00:57:04,456 --> 00:57:05,708
among his troops.

748
00:57:05,750 --> 00:57:07,879
He's dangerous, General.

749
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,635
Dangerous to our government
and dangerous to our cause.

750
00:57:11,677 --> 00:57:16,059
Senator, Major General
Forrest's last battle,

751
00:57:19,023 --> 00:57:22,362
in Northern Mississippi
at Brice's Cross Roads,

752
00:57:22,403 --> 00:57:25,283
it's a little town near
Baldwin, Mississippi.

753
00:57:25,326 --> 00:57:27,454
I'm familiar with
that engagement.

754
00:57:27,496 --> 00:57:32,254
Forrest was confronted
by General Samuel Sturgis.

755
00:57:34,090 --> 00:57:38,849
And Sturgis had a command
of over 8,300 troops.

756
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,816
Whereas Forrest
had 3,500 cavalry.

757
00:57:45,443 --> 00:57:49,200
Sturgis was soundly
and decisively defeated

758
00:57:50,452 --> 00:57:52,289
at Brice's Cross Roads.

759
00:57:52,330 --> 00:57:54,793
Some people call it
the Battle of Gunpoint.

760
00:57:54,835 --> 00:57:57,799
Sturgis retreated
back towards Memphis

761
00:57:57,840 --> 00:57:59,969
with his troops
in total disarray.

762
00:58:01,722 --> 00:58:05,896
Forrest captured 1,600
men and a supply line

763
00:58:05,937 --> 00:58:07,357
that we can certainly use.

764
00:58:08,567 --> 00:58:11,072
In fact, people in
the area, the locals,

765
00:58:11,113 --> 00:58:15,203
call it an old fashioned
Mississippi butt whoopin'.

766
00:58:16,582 --> 00:58:21,130
I am not going to decommission
Major General Forrest.

767
00:58:22,633 --> 00:58:25,012
In fact, and this comes
from the bottom of my heart.

768
00:58:25,054 --> 00:58:29,145
I wish I had a dozen
General Forrests.

769
00:58:29,186 --> 00:58:32,985
Maybe we could turn this war
around for us and in our favor.

770
00:58:33,026 --> 00:58:34,696
What about our
troops, General?

771
00:58:34,737 --> 00:58:37,868
I've got news for ya,
they're liable to kill him.

772
00:58:37,910 --> 00:58:41,249
And if they don't, I
might do it myself.

773
00:58:41,290 --> 00:58:42,042
Good day!

774
00:58:46,883 --> 00:58:49,222
[footsteps]

775
00:58:53,145 --> 00:58:55,732
[rifle cracks]

776
00:58:56,734 --> 00:58:59,530
[grass rustling]

777
00:59:00,657 --> 00:59:02,828
[groaning]

778
00:59:04,330 --> 00:59:07,086
[leaves crunching]

779
00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:08,046
Boy, shhh.

780
00:59:09,130 --> 00:59:10,883
I know you ain't dead yet.

781
00:59:10,926 --> 00:59:13,137
But you better act like you are.

782
00:59:13,179 --> 00:59:15,850
[loud, tuneless wailing]

783
00:59:15,892 --> 00:59:18,105
Missus, who the hell are you?

784
00:59:18,146 --> 00:59:21,819
You just killed my son!

785
00:59:21,861 --> 00:59:24,699
Ma'am, my orders are to
remove anyone from this area.

786
00:59:24,741 --> 00:59:26,160
You must leave.

787
00:59:26,202 --> 00:59:28,372
He ain't resisting no more.

788
00:59:28,414 --> 00:59:30,209
Now leave us be!

789
00:59:30,250 --> 00:59:31,503
Ma'am, my orders.

790
00:59:31,545 --> 00:59:34,466
Orders, you just
carried out your orders.

791
00:59:34,508 --> 00:59:39,225
Now, a woman has got a
right to bury her child.

792
00:59:39,266 --> 00:59:42,730
You, just go on
back to your unit.

793
00:59:42,772 --> 00:59:44,609
I'm takin' my boy home.

794
00:59:46,487 --> 00:59:47,239
Yes ma'am.

795
00:59:55,169 --> 00:59:58,174
[creepy blues music]

796
00:59:58,216 --> 01:00:00,386
[grunting]

797
01:00:06,814 --> 01:00:09,193
[loud groan]

798
01:00:39,370 --> 01:00:42,209
Swamp water, dark and deep,

799
01:00:42,250 --> 01:00:45,005
all my secrets you will keep.

800
01:00:45,047 --> 01:00:48,010
[small splash]

801
01:00:48,052 --> 01:00:50,723
[insects buzzing]

802
01:01:13,305 --> 01:01:15,057
It's about time you
woke up, Stuart.

803
01:01:16,810 --> 01:01:18,605
Is this heaven?

804
01:01:18,647 --> 01:01:20,025
Do I look like an angel?

805
01:01:21,235 --> 01:01:23,405
Not exactly, but
this is the best place

806
01:01:23,447 --> 01:01:25,659
I've been in a long time.

807
01:01:25,701 --> 01:01:26,619
Where am I?

808
01:01:27,370 --> 01:01:28,832
Who are you?

809
01:01:28,873 --> 01:01:31,503
I'm Mama Thorn and
this is my swamp.

810
01:01:31,545 --> 01:01:34,049
Blue coats came through
shootin' so I brought you here.

811
01:01:35,343 --> 01:01:38,849
We were scouting, we
were gonna ambush 'em.

812
01:01:38,890 --> 01:01:40,059
But they got you first.

813
01:01:41,228 --> 01:01:42,605
Ain't there enough
hardship in this world

814
01:01:42,647 --> 01:01:45,235
without you menfolk killing
and wounding each other?

815
01:01:46,112 --> 01:01:47,656
It's the war.

816
01:01:47,697 --> 01:01:49,450
Rich man's war.

817
01:01:49,492 --> 01:01:51,705
They made you sign
up, didn't they?

818
01:01:51,746 --> 01:01:52,748
[Stuart] Yes ma'am.

819
01:01:53,625 --> 01:01:55,085
You're from Columbia.

820
01:01:55,127 --> 01:01:56,629
[Stuart] How did you know?

821
01:01:56,672 --> 01:01:59,009
You scratched it
onto your belt buckle.

822
01:01:59,050 --> 01:02:01,680
Have they taken Columbia?

823
01:02:01,722 --> 01:02:04,810
No, but Sherman's
coming through here.

824
01:02:04,852 --> 01:02:06,939
I got cousins in Pennsylvania.

825
01:02:06,981 --> 01:02:09,068
They're with Sherman now.

826
01:02:09,109 --> 01:02:10,696
I just don't want
to fight anymore.

827
01:02:11,781 --> 01:02:13,450
You don't have to.

828
01:02:13,492 --> 01:02:16,623
When you're ready to
travel, head out West.

829
01:02:16,665 --> 01:02:18,835
I know a passage
through the mountains.

830
01:02:18,876 --> 01:02:21,047
There's life and
freedom out there.

831
01:02:22,007 --> 01:02:23,593
I can't desert
the Confederacy.

832
01:02:25,012 --> 01:02:26,515
Do you wanna be
shootin' at your cousins?

833
01:02:27,558 --> 01:02:28,268
No ma'am.

834
01:02:29,478 --> 01:02:31,607
You and how many
other boys like you

835
01:02:31,649 --> 01:02:34,487
carve their name and the
name of their hometown

836
01:02:34,529 --> 01:02:37,283
on their belt buckle
in case they got killed

837
01:02:37,325 --> 01:02:39,412
someplace where nobody knew 'em.

838
01:02:39,453 --> 01:02:42,209
I know the South is your home

839
01:02:42,250 --> 01:02:45,548
but slavery is the greatest
evil on this earth.

840
01:02:45,589 --> 01:02:47,468
It's good that it's over.

841
01:02:47,509 --> 01:02:50,139
But this land can't heal
until the fightin's done.

842
01:02:51,308 --> 01:02:52,435
Head out West.

843
01:02:53,812 --> 01:02:56,483
Everybody already
thinks you're dead.

844
01:02:56,525 --> 01:02:59,238
And if you go back to
that war, you will be.

845
01:03:00,573 --> 01:03:03,412
You can make a good life
for your family out there.

846
01:03:03,453 --> 01:03:06,501
Can you, can you get
the message to my family?

847
01:03:06,542 --> 01:03:08,087
I'll find a way
to let them know.

848
01:03:09,172 --> 01:03:10,049
I sure am hungry.

849
01:03:10,090 --> 01:03:11,969
Is there anything to eat?

850
01:03:12,010 --> 01:03:14,515
One thing I got
plenty of is food.

851
01:03:14,556 --> 01:03:16,769
Rest, I'll get you something.

852
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:22,570
[leaves rustling]

853
01:03:22,612 --> 01:03:24,365
General, I have an
important message for you.

854
01:03:24,407 --> 01:03:25,367
Just read it to me.

855
01:03:32,170 --> 01:03:34,090
"This is to inform you
that General Robert E. Lee

856
01:03:34,132 --> 01:03:37,012
"has surrendered the Army
of Virginia on April 9th.

857
01:03:37,053 --> 01:03:39,308
"Thus ending the War for
Southern Independence.

858
01:03:40,602 --> 01:03:42,355
"Please report to the
nearest U.S. Army post

859
01:03:42,396 --> 01:03:43,816
"where you and your men
will turn in your arms

860
01:03:43,857 --> 01:03:45,777
"and wait further instructions.

861
01:03:45,819 --> 01:03:47,781
"Respectfully, the
CS Government."

862
01:03:49,283 --> 01:03:51,370
[birds chirping]

863
01:03:51,412 --> 01:03:54,333
[leaves rustling]

864
01:03:54,376 --> 01:03:56,796
[slow music]

865
01:04:25,930 --> 01:04:28,852
Circle of life,
center of grace.

866
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:32,275
Magic ward, this holy place.

867
01:04:34,403 --> 01:04:37,158
Sky above and earth beneath,

868
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:40,289
bless the dark of
night with peace.

869
01:04:40,330 --> 01:04:43,043
By the moon where power dwells

870
01:04:43,085 --> 01:04:45,172
those in my care shall be well.

871
01:04:46,090 --> 01:04:48,386
May the waters ever flow,

872
01:04:48,428 --> 01:04:50,056
may the healing ever grow.

873
01:04:50,097 --> 01:04:52,101
[air whooshing]

874
01:04:52,142 --> 01:04:54,646
[thunder cracking]

875
01:04:54,689 --> 01:04:57,485
[cannons firing]

876
01:05:08,838 --> 01:05:10,883
♪ You signed up to fight ♪

877
01:05:10,925 --> 01:05:12,803
♪ For the glorious cause ♪

878
01:05:12,845 --> 01:05:16,977
♪ To preserve our
rights and our land ♪

879
01:05:17,019 --> 01:05:18,772
♪ They told you this war ♪

880
01:05:18,813 --> 01:05:21,026
♪ Could not last very long ♪

881
01:05:21,068 --> 01:05:25,283
♪ And you marched off
so proud and so grand ♪

882
01:05:25,325 --> 01:05:29,123
♪ The South and the
North both will suffer ♪

883
01:05:29,165 --> 01:05:32,963
♪ A nation divided can't stand ♪

884
01:05:33,005 --> 01:05:37,513
♪ But you carry our hearts
when you enter the fray ♪

885
01:05:37,555 --> 01:05:42,271
♪ And we'll raise a cheer
for our brave boys in gray ♪

886
01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:47,322
♪ You gallantly
charged into combat ♪

887
01:05:47,363 --> 01:05:51,412
♪ As the minis and
cannonballs roared ♪

888
01:05:51,453 --> 01:05:55,878
♪ You met death through
smoke and through thunder ♪

889
01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:59,926
♪ Trudging in
bloodshed and gore ♪

890
01:05:59,969 --> 01:06:03,892
♪ Some came back in
caskets or baskets ♪

891
01:06:03,933 --> 01:06:07,773
♪ Their sweethearts
and mothers now mourn ♪

892
01:06:07,815 --> 01:06:09,735
♪ And the battles still rage ♪

893
01:06:09,777 --> 01:06:12,031
♪ And we curse and we pray ♪

894
01:06:12,073 --> 01:06:16,665
♪ Waiting and weeping for
our brave boys in gray ♪

895
01:06:18,083 --> 01:06:21,839
♪ Your horse and your
comrades sustain you ♪

896
01:06:21,882 --> 01:06:25,846
♪ As you traveled in
heat and in snow ♪

897
01:06:25,889 --> 01:06:29,812
♪ Every town every
turn can hold danger ♪

898
01:06:29,853 --> 01:06:33,777
♪ When you can't tell
the friend from the foe ♪

899
01:06:33,819 --> 01:06:35,989
♪ Our fields are barren ♪

900
01:06:36,031 --> 01:06:37,951
♪ Our harbors are blocked ♪

901
01:06:37,993 --> 01:06:41,833
♪ And we cling to
one desperate hope ♪

902
01:06:41,875 --> 01:06:43,919
♪ That this cruel war will end ♪

903
01:06:43,962 --> 01:06:46,049
♪ On some bright blessed day ♪

904
01:06:46,090 --> 01:06:50,849
♪ And we can bring home all
our brave boys in gray ♪

905
01:06:58,278 --> 01:07:00,615
[gong chiming]

906
01:07:09,089 --> 01:07:10,508
[slow music]

907
01:07:10,549 --> 01:07:12,678
What about that stretch
over there Apollo?

908
01:07:12,719 --> 01:07:14,890
Looks mighty tough, sir.

909
01:07:14,932 --> 01:07:16,017
Ain't much of nothing.

910
01:07:19,482 --> 01:07:20,233
Johnny!

911
01:07:22,403 --> 01:07:24,741
[footsteps]

912
01:07:31,544 --> 01:07:34,424
Good afternoon,
General, good to see you.

913
01:07:34,466 --> 01:07:36,636
Johnny, this is
my wife, Mary Ann.

914
01:07:36,678 --> 01:07:37,429
Ma'am.

915
01:07:39,141 --> 01:07:41,311
Mary Ann, this is my
old second lieutenant.

916
01:07:43,231 --> 01:07:46,028
Good to see you Johnny, what
brings you all the way up here?

917
01:07:49,826 --> 01:07:52,622
There's an organization
I'd like to introduce you to.

918
01:07:54,250 --> 01:07:56,546
I might could be
interested, what's it called?

919
01:07:58,048 --> 01:08:01,262
It's called the Ku
Klux Klan, KKK for short.

920
01:08:02,848 --> 01:08:04,184
What kind of name is that?

921
01:08:04,226 --> 01:08:06,271
Well, it's a
nonsense name, really.

922
01:08:06,313 --> 01:08:08,483
Me and the boys came up
with it, down in Pulaski,

923
01:08:08,525 --> 01:08:10,152
Christmas Eve, '65.

924
01:08:11,781 --> 01:08:13,199
Well what they about, Johnny?

925
01:08:13,242 --> 01:08:16,122
We give assistance
to war widows,

926
01:08:16,163 --> 01:08:18,959
orphans, and veterans
of all races.

927
01:08:22,006 --> 01:08:23,843
Well what you want me to do?

928
01:08:23,885 --> 01:08:26,013
I'd like to introduce
you to our leader,

929
01:08:26,055 --> 01:08:27,683
George Washington Gordon.

930
01:08:27,725 --> 01:08:29,144
I know Gordon.

931
01:08:29,186 --> 01:08:30,522
We wanna know if
we can count on you

932
01:08:30,563 --> 01:08:32,108
for your support and leadership.

933
01:08:34,028 --> 01:08:35,572
Well Johnny, I'd be glad

934
01:08:35,613 --> 01:08:37,659
to assist you folks
any way I can.

935
01:08:42,876 --> 01:08:45,172
[footsteps]

936
01:08:46,132 --> 01:08:48,302
May I speak to you Apollo?

937
01:08:48,344 --> 01:08:49,888
Yes sir?

938
01:08:49,930 --> 01:08:51,141
I have some gentlemen
stopping by tonight,

939
01:08:51,182 --> 01:08:52,643
I'd like for you to meet 'em.

940
01:08:54,646 --> 01:08:55,982
They've been here before.

941
01:08:56,024 --> 01:08:58,319
They're with that group
called the Ku Klux Klan.

942
01:09:00,198 --> 01:09:01,325
A while back, I asked them

943
01:09:01,366 --> 01:09:03,788
to open up an all-black
chapter in Nashville.

944
01:09:04,998 --> 01:09:06,083
Okay.

945
01:09:06,125 --> 01:09:07,962
Now they been dragging
their feet on this

946
01:09:08,003 --> 01:09:10,424
but if you join
up, it might help.

947
01:09:11,676 --> 01:09:12,636
Uh huh.

948
01:09:14,932 --> 01:09:17,686
I thought you'd be
a lot more interested.

949
01:09:17,728 --> 01:09:21,652
Well, I heard about this
group, not good things.

950
01:09:22,612 --> 01:09:23,822
Like what?

951
01:09:23,864 --> 01:09:25,450
Like folks getting hurt.

952
01:09:26,452 --> 01:09:28,330
Some gettin' lynched.

953
01:09:28,372 --> 01:09:29,123
Lynched?

954
01:09:32,212 --> 01:09:34,591
How reliable is
this information?

955
01:09:34,632 --> 01:09:38,890
My brother, he's
seen it, preacher too.

956
01:09:43,231 --> 01:09:46,486
Damn, hopefully it's
just a couple bad apples.

957
01:09:48,072 --> 01:09:51,370
Do me a favor, sit
in on this meeting.

958
01:09:51,412 --> 01:09:52,915
Might help me figure this out.

959
01:09:54,459 --> 01:09:55,168
Certainly, sir.

960
01:09:56,712 --> 01:09:59,259
[broom brushing]

961
01:10:01,053 --> 01:10:04,768
Abigail, would you
mind doing me a favor?

962
01:10:04,810 --> 01:10:05,561
Yes ma'am.

963
01:10:06,855 --> 01:10:08,859
Please inform Mr.
Forrest that I am at church

964
01:10:08,901 --> 01:10:11,363
for the evening, if he asks.

965
01:10:13,450 --> 01:10:14,952
But Mr. Forrest has guests.

966
01:10:15,829 --> 01:10:16,915
I'm aware of that.

967
01:10:18,250 --> 01:10:20,796
Ma'am, this is a bit unusual.

968
01:10:22,090 --> 01:10:24,010
I do not wish to
be in the company

969
01:10:24,052 --> 01:10:25,596
of this gentleman, Abigail.

970
01:10:27,391 --> 01:10:28,643
Please inform Mr. Forrest

971
01:10:28,685 --> 01:10:30,646
of my whereabouts
when he inquires.

972
01:10:32,108 --> 01:10:32,859
Yes ma'am.

973
01:10:35,989 --> 01:10:38,952
[spooky blues music]

974
01:10:42,501 --> 01:10:44,336
[door knocking]

975
01:10:44,379 --> 01:10:46,465
Hey, come on in, Nathan.

976
01:10:47,301 --> 01:10:49,053
My my, it's been a piece.

977
01:10:50,472 --> 01:10:51,766
Mama Thorn.

978
01:10:51,808 --> 01:10:55,148
You here to say hello,
or you looking for advice?

979
01:10:55,189 --> 01:10:56,483
Both.

980
01:10:56,525 --> 01:10:59,530
Boy, this place ain't
changed much in 15 years.

981
01:10:59,572 --> 01:11:02,326
This place ain't changed
much in a thousand years.

982
01:11:02,368 --> 01:11:03,662
What's on your mind Nathan?

983
01:11:04,915 --> 01:11:06,751
Well a while back
I joined this group,

984
01:11:06,792 --> 01:11:09,172
and now they're calling me
the leader of this group.

985
01:11:09,213 --> 01:11:11,885
You're talking about
the Ku Klux Klan.

986
01:11:11,926 --> 01:11:12,803
I'm familiar with it.

987
01:11:14,348 --> 01:11:15,641
But I think you're more of
a figurehead than a leader.

988
01:11:15,683 --> 01:11:17,185
I may be.

989
01:11:17,228 --> 01:11:18,646
Me and a couple of us
thought it'd be a good idea

990
01:11:18,688 --> 01:11:21,276
open up an all black
chapter in Nashville.

991
01:11:22,736 --> 01:11:24,532
That sounds
almost progressive.

992
01:11:25,449 --> 01:11:27,788
Yeah, but I don't know.

993
01:11:27,829 --> 01:11:30,083
I really wanted Apollo to
be the head of that chapter.

994
01:11:30,125 --> 01:11:31,794
He don't want nothing
to do with it.

995
01:11:31,836 --> 01:11:33,798
You can trust Apollo.

996
01:11:33,839 --> 01:11:35,425
You respect his opinion.

997
01:11:35,468 --> 01:11:37,429
Yes I do, he's been
a lifelong friend.

998
01:11:38,431 --> 01:11:40,101
The people who
started the Klan

999
01:11:40,142 --> 01:11:42,438
may have had good
intention at first

1000
01:11:42,479 --> 01:11:46,695
but now, I'm sure Apollo has
told you what he's heard.

1001
01:11:48,281 --> 01:11:51,829
What I've heard and
seen has been terrible.

1002
01:11:53,415 --> 01:11:55,878
Nathan, you're a powerful man.

1003
01:11:55,919 --> 01:11:57,422
But I also think
you're a good man.

1004
01:11:58,966 --> 01:12:00,803
You know I was against the war.

1005
01:12:00,845 --> 01:12:02,472
But I think you'll
go down in history

1006
01:12:02,514 --> 01:12:04,016
as a great warrior general.

1007
01:12:06,271 --> 01:12:08,692
But being in the Klan
will ruin your name.

1008
01:12:09,609 --> 01:12:11,321
You know what you need to do.

1009
01:12:12,532 --> 01:12:14,576
If you can't stop
what they're doing,

1010
01:12:14,619 --> 01:12:16,748
you need to get out
as soon as possible.

1011
01:12:18,166 --> 01:12:20,879
And you go tell Mary Ann
you're ready to get baptized.

1012
01:12:23,258 --> 01:12:25,345
[sighing]

1013
01:12:26,806 --> 01:12:29,352
[dramatic music]

1014
01:13:05,373 --> 01:13:08,629
[quick bluegrass music]

1015
01:13:13,627 --> 01:13:18,627
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1016
01:15:55,085 --> 01:15:57,965
[upbeat folk music]