Previously on The Gray House.
Your mother,
you know that she would want you to carry on.
We just need a code name.
"Babcock".
...Try another one.
Fox.
I can't take this.
It's too much
and clearly meant for someone special.
Once upon a time, but...
I prefer you here, close to me.
I know you do.
The prison break will be massive.
Dahlgren decided on an alternate plan.
He plans to lead a strike force through the capital
to kill Jeff Davis and his High Command.
Who's attacking Richmond?
All I know is the codename "Babcock"!
Fall back!
I... I... love you.
♪ Dig down ♪
♪ Dig down deep ♪
♪ Lord, I'm tired and oh so weak ♪
♪ Dig down ♪
♪ Dig down deep ♪
♪ Dig me a grave that's six feet deep ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪
♪ Blood in the river ♪
♪ Oh! ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ There's blood ♪
♪ In the river ♪
♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪
♪ Nobody's gonna save us ♪
♪ Now ♪
Don't leave without me.
Hold now!
Y'all account for your appearance here this morning?
I set out to aid the wounded.
Gathered clothes to use as bandages.
Or...
clothe escaped prisoners.
Think what you will.
When you're finished...
sniffing my laundry,
may I go?
Stokely, we have more pressing issues to attend to.
More pressing than ferreting out traitors, huh?
Let her go!
Move it!
Hampton!
That woman made a jackass out of you, boy. Damn fool!
They killed my boy!
Yankee dogs killed my little baby!
It's your fault!
You gave succor to those foul prisoners!
Damn you!
Jasper, my sweet...
Elizabeth.
They killed him!
Jasper!
Rebel Army requisitioned our livestock,
same as my neighbors, who now have no animals left.
At least we have fresh milk and butter.
And they call me Crazy Bett.
I cannot tell ye how sorry I am about Captain Lounsbury
and the others.
Another patriot son fills an untimely grave.
Just another casualty of war.
In Scotland...
...it's considered a good death when it's earned in battle
for a worthy cause,
a glorious victory to be celebrated,
especially when served with a strong pour of whiskey.
No, thank you.
O! Why has worth so short a date?
While villains ripen grey with time.
Must thou, the noble, generous, and great...
...fall in bold manhood's hardy prime.
Are you certain there's nothing else you need me for, ma'am?
Thank you, Thomas.
But I'm far beyond feeling anything at all right now.
Night, ma'am.
Looky what I got!
Colonel Dahlgren's ring!
Give me that.
That's government property there.
That ain't.
Ha! Look at what else I got!
His leg!
Give that to Hampton. He needs it more now.
Son, give it.
Go on now. Go on.
Pick that up.
What we got here?
Love letter?
"Once in Richmond,
release the prisoners and exhort them to kill,
pillage and burn that hateful city.
All must be destroyed -
criminal Jeff Davis and his cabinet killed."
Copy for the press.
Let the world know the North has sunk to a new low of barbarity.
I say we retaliate against Mr. 'Ape' Lincoln.
And assassinate him.
Blood for blood...
No, no. Now, we will not demean ourselves.
This shameless ignominy
only proves how desperate the Federals are.
We need to wreak our revenge on
those most responsible...
the Yankee spy who calls himself "Babcock".
Find him.
Stokely, make an example of him.
I can do that, sir. I can do that.
Yessum, Miss O'Melia. I's gives Talulah a talkin' to.
Captain William Lounsbury, mustered into Libby in '61,
after the first battle of Manassas,
along with Major Paul Revere -
leader to our little breakout, huh?
Here's the visitor records.
Elizabeth Van Lew and her mother
were regular callers on Revere and Lounsbury,
bringing them Bibles, and pies, and--
And secret messages, most likely.
Most likely.
So, if Lounsbury and Dahlgren
came to help bust out their buddies,
thing I can't work out is when did Lounsbury escape Libby?
He didn't.
Ledger says...
Lounsbury died of cholera at Libby.
And the death certificate was signed--
I don't believe it! Erasmus!
Yeah.
Sneaky son of a bitch was in on it.
Totally makes sense. Totally makes sense.
That stupid muttonhead always was sweet on Crazy Bett.
Here you go. You earned that.
Ain't this enough to hang her?
First, I need that conniving little bitch
to lead me to Babcock.
Arrest her. Beat it out of her.
No.
It'll tip off Babcock, you see, and he'll be dust in the wind.
Uh-uh. We cannot let them know we are onto her.
No, we can't do that.
Keep reading, Lumpkin, it suits ya!
Miss Varina! Miss Varina!
Somebody call Doc Graves! Get him over here now!
No! Joe!
Joe!
It's all right, baby. Here, let me--
Oh my-- oh my God!
What happened?! What did you do?!
Talulah was supposed to be watchin'...
Easy. Easy. Shh...
Talulah! Is he all right, Jeff?
Get the doctor!
Talulah, the servant gal, spread out and find her.
Jericho...
Search all throughout the house! Find her!
Yes, sir.
It wasn't my fault!
Stupid li'l Joe, he just walk right out the window.
It wasn't my fault, I swear!
Stay here.
- No, no, no! - Stay. Stay. Stay.
Stay!
Don't leave me...
Mary Jane?
Talulah supposed to be watching Lil' Joe.
What happened?
- He fell outta the window. - What?
I gotta get her outta here before they kills her.
Talulah! Where you hidin' at girl?
Get to that boat I told you about.
It's about a quarter mile down from Rocketts Dock.
- Come with us. - No! Go!
Before they get the hounds! Go! I'll distract 'em.
Hey. Come on.
Talulah! I knows where you hidin' at!
Come on, come on, come on. Let's go.
You sweet on Mary Jane.
No. She risked her life for us.
For you, maybe.
But her life ain't goin' be worth duck squat anyways.
What are you sayin'?
I found that book she learnin' you letters wit,
along with Massa Davis
private papers in her secret little hidey hole!
Wait, wait, wait, wait. What? What?
Mary Jane a no-good Yankee spy!
What'd you do, Talulah?
Well, I stacked them papers right where Miss Lavinia
do her regular 'spection of Mary Jane's room.
Well, she did that so we can be free, Negros can live free.
You the fool!
White folk ain't never let us free.
Nah, we gotta-- we gotta go back.
We ain't going back!
We gotta go back. Water's too rough.
You go ahead on back and I will just say Lil' Joe
found the secret place Mary Jane hidin' Massa Davis's papers,
and I seen her catch him,
and she throws that sweet child out the window.
Then, she says she gon' kill me if I tell a soul,
and I was so scared, and that is why I runs away!
We're going back, Talulah!
No, we are not!
Stupid bonebox!
Hey.
Talulah! Talulah?
Talulah?
I knew you was no good!
Now, looky here what I found! Massa Davis,
he's gonna hang your ass in the city square for all to see!
Aah!
Fire! Fire! Help!
Fire!
Fire! We need help!
What are you doing here? Where's Talulah?
- S-she's gone. - Gone?
We gotta-- we gotta get outta here.
- Yes, we do. - Yeah.
Come on.
I's gonna... kill you, Mary Jane!
You dirty spy!
You's-- you's a murderer!
Move! Move! Move!
- Filthy spy! - Move!
Go get the dogs! Now!
Whoa!
Miss Lizzy? Miss Lizzy!
Mary Jane in trouble!
Isham just got word and they headed to the hideaway.
Horse piss. Get in. Get in.
Throws the hounds off.
Here. Put these on.
You may need this. Take it.
Jeremiah, come take these clothes
and put 'em where the hounds can't find 'em.
- Go on. - Yes, sir.
Come on now! Follow 'em!
That ain't him!
Out of my way, boy!
Come with us, all of you.
They're gonna know you're behind all of this
and come after you!
Get to the train tracks. Don't stop and don't come back.
She's right.
Don't you come back here.
Surely I can tempt you with a bit of this?
Come on, my love.
No.
All right.
If I can't take your mind off your troubles,
perhaps it'll help to get it off your chest.
Hmm?
Last January,
we held a secret meeting with Lincoln in Petersburg.
For peace talks.
Which failed.
Now, Grant's digging in in Petersburg,
maneuvering Lee into a decisive battle.
If they take Petersburg, Richmond falls.
The Yanks will hang you in the public square.
Most likely.
Just think of all those Union greenbacks you'll earn.
Don't be flippant with me.
Huh?
You know how much I care for you.
Listen to me.
Our situation is dire.
Davis is sending me to England to plead for support.
Would you consider accompanying me?
Judah... your family's there.
My wife and daughter live there.
I'd visit them, but I'll spend the rest of my time with you.
I'd spend every minute with you.
England?
Yeah.
That's my dream.
I'll take you to Paris. I'll take you to the--
Secretary Benjamin!
Come quick!
What happened?
I was still assessing, but it looks like the maids
threw the baby out the window to create a distraction,
and another one knocked out her overseer
and set fire to the house.
- Stokely! - Don't worry, sir.
I've got my most diligent men on it right now.
- Mr. President. - Mr. President, sir.
You were supposed to protect us!
How could you let this happen?!
Mr. President, Mr. President,
nobody anticipated an attack from within your own home.
Come on! You expect me to believe
our trusted house servants took the initiative on their own
to set fire to my house and murder my son?!
Come here, come here, come here, come here.
Look, look, look. Reporters are right behind me -
The Chronicle, the Examiner, the Sentinel. We don't need a panic.
We'll tell 'em it was a tragic accident.
This is the second Yankee attempt to assassinate me.
It's an act of total desperation.
They can't defeat Lee, so they mark you.
All right. I want to know who's behind this! Okay?
You!
You must know something by now!
We believe the spy ring emanates from the Shockoe Saloon.
You want me to believe that a cadre of whores
is behind all this?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
They're a part of it, sir.
The young whore who killed herself is attached to Webster.
And then, we just lured another one into our trap.
Bring her in! God damn it! I'll get to the bottom of this!
Oh, bring her in, huh?
- It's your job! - Babcock
will spirit her away before we can do anything about it.
Babcock's outfoxed you! You, you, and you at every turn!
But, sir, if we can make a connection
between Babcock and your servants...
My staff... My staff came with me from Mississippi.
But the driver and the wet nurse
come from Governor Wise.
Governor Wise is beyond reproach.
And the maid that set fire to the house,
I believe she was gifted to you by the Van Lews.
Hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Elizabeth Van Lew, and I have this
on good authority, that she works...
...for Babcock.
- Elizabeth Van Lew? - Yes, sir.
Elizabeth Van Lew?!
Yes, sir. Elizabeth Van Lew -
the pride of Richmond, Virginia.
Did I just hear my name?
Oh, dear Lord.
Elizabeth?
I came as soon as I heard.
Dear Lord, Mr. President,
my heart breaks for you.
Lizzie?
My dear Lizzie.
My poor, sweet Varina.
I am so sorry.
My child!
Let's get you upstairs.
I'm at the top of Church Hill, gentlemen.
Call upon me any time.
Find Babcock.
Bring me proof of your suspicions
or I'll hang you as complicit.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Catch that train.
When I give you the signal, make a run for it.
I'm not going without you.
Listen, you got to make it to the Yankee General.
I owes it to Talulah.
No, I need you!
Stop your bossin'. I'm telling you what to do.
Mary Jane, go! Go!
Hey!
Jericho!
Oh, Jericho...
Looking for this?
How long, my sweet?
Since the beginning.
I see.
So, your body was for rent and not for sale.
I never lied to you about my feelings--
Stop it. I despise being made the fool by a Yankee whore.
Sweetheart, we can still get away together.
Okay? The South has lost!
You and I--
I said, stop it!
If I am arrested, you will be implicated.
Some might even say,
"The dirty Jew was complicit". I'm thinking of you!
I said stop it.
It's far simpler to shoot you, isn't it?
Isn't it?
Then, do it.
If that's what will protect you, do it.
I said do it, damn it!
You coward, Judah! Do it now!
Judah! Do it!
No.
Don't do this, Judah.
She's yours, Mr. Reeves.
Don't do this. Judah!
Judah, stop them!
Come on now, Clara.
Who is Babcock?
Identify him.
We know Elizabeth Van Lew
placed that n***** gal in The Gray House.
That we know.
Hmm?
All you have to do,
you just admit that Crazy Bett's your cohort...
...and I will stay your execution!
I will pardon you.
I've already lived longer than I expected.
Make sure your hangman doesn't bungle it,
like he did Webster.
You're gonna make me do it, ain't ya?
Psst. Elizabeth.
President Davis is moving his family south.
He and his cabinet are abandoning Richmond.
As should you. They arrested Clara.
When Stokely breaks that poor girl,
she'll expose us all.
I'll face it.
That'll give you enough time to get away.
They'll hang you.
Like Clara.
That is a risk we all accepted.
You're not the genteel lady you once were, ma'am.
You're a hero to me.
General Grant.
They're ready for your photograph.
Here you are.
Oh. Thank you. Thank you.
Yeah.
General? And hold.
That's enough.
I'm not a fashion plate.
So, this person was working as a spy within the Grey House.
Mm-hmm.
You've been of great service to your country, young man.
You have more information for me?
Uh, no, no, no, sir. I don't have nothing.
It's-- it's her.
General, this is Miss Mary Jane Richards.
She has information from Richmond.
Yes, sir. Battery defenses and artillery are still in place,
but with only young boy soldiers left to man them.
General Hood's command has retreated to here
at about two-thirds strength.
Forest here, Pickett here.
Lee's army is decimated by disease, desertion
and lack of supplies.
Morale has turned.
Davis plans to evacuate his family.
Judah Benjamin's will be traveling
as an envoy to England to seek assistance.
Richmond is a grave just waiting to be dug.
On behalf of a grateful nation,
I thank you for your service.
It's my duty.
General...
after the war, we are all to be considered free patriots.
Yes, ma'am.
Sharpe,
see that Miss Richards and her companion
have proper provisions and a full escort to Philadelphia.
Yes, sir.
Thank you, General.
Thank you.
That is a remarkable woman.
Send a message to Babcock
that I look forward to meeting him, as well.
General, sir... Babcock is a young socialite
by the name of Miss Elizabeth Van Lew.
I'll be damned.
Well, pants or pantaloons, these ladies are our best
intelligence resources of this war!
"The nations raised, the kingdoms were moved.
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Come, behold the works of the Lord, who has made this land..."
You've got nerve.
I'll be right up front when they hang you.
"He maketh wars to cease unto the end..."
Prepare the city for evacuation. Leave nothing for the Yanks.
Ladies and gentlemen...
I have just received word...
that General Lee and his army
have abandoned Petersburg.
Now...
Now, we must forsake our cause...
...but our spirit is not broken.
Do not panic.
If you leave the city, do so in an orderly fashion.
That's it.
Orderly fashion, ladies and gentlemen.
I have to rally the Home Guard.
I'm packing our things.
When you return, we'll go to New Orleans.
Mm-hmm.
Go.
Come along.
I have ordered the Home Guard to defend the bridge
to give us more time to evacuate.
What's all the commotion about?
Am I to be hanged today?
Yanks a' comin', but...
before they get here...
we have some unfinished business.
You bastard.
Get away from me!
Get over here.
Stay down!
Get off her!
Come on.
You came back!
Judah, keys!
You're free! You're free!
Be safe.
We're free!
We are free!
Right here. Right here.
I'm sorry. I really never meant to--
I'm sorry.
You never implicated me.
I'm ashamed I let this happen to you.
Now, I made arrangements to smuggle you out
on the President's train.
Then, we'll slip away and catch a ship to England.
God damn. Closer than we thought.
Hyah! Hyah!
Here they come! Yanks on the way!
Hundreds of 'em!
Yanks are comin'!
Prepare to blow the bridge!
Light 'em up!
Clear the bridge! Clear the bridge!
Bill!
Billy?
Wake up, Billy! Wake up!
Bill, wake up!
He's gone!
- No! - Get up!
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Clara!
Miss Elizabeth.
So, it was you. My God...
We gotta go.
I have to get my things.
Hurry now! Meet me at the train! It won't wait!
For you. From Hampton.
It was always meant for you.
How do you--
All that matters is that you know
he always wanted to marry you.
Elizabeth, he still loves you.
Hyah!
Miss Lizzy! Miss Lizzy!
Isham! Isham!
The Yankees are comin'!
The Home Guard's been attacked.
Hampton's in the hospital. Come on!
Go. Lizzy, go.
Come on, Lizzy. Hyah!
Mr. Arsenault?
- Mr. Arsenault? - Right there.
Oh...
My... darling Elizabeth?
That was not the one I was expecting,
but an angel, nonetheless.
My dearest Hampton...
Are you in much pain?
No. Old Doc Graves gave me some morphine.
Oh, uh...
A friend of ours was saving it for you.
You can give it to Laurett--
Oh, keep it on.
It was always meant for you.
Always.
Um...
I...
I never thanked you for not turning me over to Stokely.
The Confederacy suffocated on its own pride.
Oh...
if granted the grace to choose my course a second time,
I would fight by your side, Elizabeth.
Oh, my God.
What have they done to us?
Burn it all! Leave nothing of value!
Burn it all!
They're comin' this way.
They gon' burn us?
Help!
Let us out of here!
Help!
Oh, please! Please!
Orders are to leave nothing of value.
No, no, no, no!
Fuel! Fuel! I need fuel!
Yeah.
Aah!
Burn it all!
Pull!
Easy! Easy!
That's it. That's it.
Go! Go! Come on. Get out!
You!
I'm 'bout ta burn up! Don't ya see this fire!
Yes, sir. I do.
Well, then, help me out! Do something!
I'll pray for you, sir.
May the Lord have mercy on your wicked soul.
No! No! No! No! Don't go!
Boy, you come back here! Get back here, boy!
Please have your identification and papers ready!
Please have your papers and identification in hand!
All passengers will be...
Mr. President, we must hurry.
All aboard!
Leave nothing of value.
Get outta my way.
Judah, let's go, old boy. Tempus fugit.
You...
lost!
Don't you think we should wait till Grant's army gets here?
I want every loyal Union soldier
to see it when they ride into Richmond.
I pray that's sooner than later.
We're comin' for you!
You're gonna hang, you bitch!
- I want revenge! - Burn it down!
Miss Lizzy, they coming.
All right.
Mm.
Hang the traitor!
Burn it down!
We're comin' for you, Van Lew!
We know who you are!
I see you now, you bluebelly turncoat.
I'm no turncoat.
I am and have always been a loyal American.
Sookie, take Babcock.
That's Babcock?
Well, I'll be damned.
Y'all used the name of your goddamn cat?
Take her.
Get them gallows tight and ready.
We're hanging a goddamn Yankee spy!
General Grant will be here shortly!
Not before you get what you deserve,
Yankee murderer!
Amanda. I know you, Mr. Judson.
You're gonna meet your mother soon!
And you, Mr. Lemuel.
I'll have your neck!
- I know all of you! - You done talkin'?
Get her out of here!
You done talkin'? Get out of our way!
Bitch!
Boo!
String her up!
You'll meet your mother soon!
I'll have your neck!
She's a traitor! She's a traitor! Hang her high!
Who wants to see her hangin', huh?!
Hang her! Traitor!
String her up!
My death is a celebration of your defeat
and the end of the Confederacy!
You lost.
God bless America.
I've been waiting for this.
My boy Jasper was killed because of you!
Rotten traitor!
114th USCI orders you to throw down your arms
and disperse!
Yankee scum!
I'm comin', Miss Lizzy! I'm comin'.
You come here to me?!
My house?! I'm the law!
Stokely! The war is over!
I refuse to live under Yankee N**** rule!
Ready!
You hear me?! You hear me?!
Huh?!
Fire!
Boy!
This is from General Grant.
Run it up to the house.
Yes, sir.
You all right, ma'am?
Happy as a... dog with two tails.
Miss Van Lew,
Colonel Wooster says this is from General Grant,
who looks forward to having tea with you in your garden.
Like I said, you're a hero.
As are all of you.
Looks like this war has made a whole bushel of heroes.
We are among those still alive,
only by the grace of God.
"Richmond. Grant Victory. 'Baby-lon' is fallen."
- "Babylon." - "Ba-Babylon is fallen."
"Philadelphia colored troops the first to enter."
Hey, hey, hey.
It's all right.
Look! Look over there!
Bless you. Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
He truly is a homely man,
but thank God for him.
Welcome to Richmond, Mr. President.
Thank you, ma'am.
Please excuse our mess.
You have a sacred task ahead of you.
Indeed we do.
Mr. President,
don't you go forgetting about all our sacrifices.
No, sir. I will not.
Thank you, President Lincoln!
God bless you!
Miss Elizabeth?
Looks like we got visitors.
Mary Jane.
I'm Mary Jane Bowser now. You remember Jericho?
Miss Van Lew. It's a delight to see you once again.
I've regaled our daughter many-a-night
with heroic tales of you and your mother.
This is our daughter Elizabeth.
Mama speaks often about you, too.
Pleased to make your acquaintance, ma'am.
You, my dear, are a picture.
Now, Mary Jane, I want to hear everything about you.
You almost got it.
That was close. Try it again.
In your last letter, you were teaching.
In the Freedman schools, yes.
That's over now.
Life is still not what we hoped it would be for us.
It seems that some people still feel
that our freedom is their humiliation.
We have a long way to go.
Elizabeth, come, let's get some lemonade.
Miss Lizzy, how are you faring?
Well, I'm held in contempt and scorn
by everyone I know.
Hmm. Perhaps it's you that needs saving.
I shall haunt them when I'm dead.
Oh...
Come with us when we return to Boston.
Oh, my dear, as mother always said,
"I was born here, and I shall die here."
Is that Laurette?
She's family.
Oh, Miss Lizzy, you haven't changed a bit.
Like I said, we have a long way to go.
But until then, you haven't lived
until you've tasted Sookie's scrumptious custard pie.
Mmm... If it's anything like Eula's,
I cannot wait.
Oh, Eula's sponge cake...
Mmm...
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