1. One! One!Copy !req
2. One, two, one!Copy !req
3. "Dear Mother.
I hope you are keeping well..."Copy !req
4. and not worrying too much about me.Copy !req
5. You mustn't think that any of us
are going to be killed...Copy !req
6. for they are collecting
such a force here...Copy !req
7. that an attack would be insane.Copy !req
8. The Massachusetts men
passed through here this morning.Copy !req
9. How grand it is to meet the men
from all the states, east and west...Copy !req
10. ready to fight for their country...Copy !req
11. as the old fellows did
in the Revolution.Copy !req
12. But this time we must make it
a whole country...Copy !req
13. for all who live here,
so that all can speak.Copy !req
14. Before this war began...Copy !req
15. many of my regiment
had never seen a Negro.Copy !req
16. Now the roads are choked
with the dispossessed.Copy !req
17. We fight for men and women...Copy !req
18. whose poetry is not yet written,
but which will presently...Copy !req
19. be as enviable
and as renowned as any.Copy !req
20. Last night we heard
of yet another defeat.Copy !req
21. But we are not disheartened.Copy !req
22. I am honored to be part
of such a splendid company.Copy !req
23. They have made me captain,
of which I am enormously proud.Copy !req
24. You would think it strange to see me
giving orders to a hundred men...Copy !req
25. most of whom are older than I am.Copy !req
26. Thank you for sending
my volume of Emerson.Copy !req
27. His words come home to me
like truth...Copy !req
28. 'A deep man, ' he says, 'believes
that the evil eye can wither...Copy !req
29. that the heart's blessing
can heal...Copy !req
30. and that love
can overcome all odds. 'Copy !req
31. My dearest love to Father.Copy !req
32. "Your son, Robert."Copy !req
33. Charge! Company, forward!Copy !req
34. Charge! Company, forward!Copy !req
35. - Charge!
- Fire!Copy !req
36. Fire!Copy !req
37. Aim!Copy !req
38. Fire!Copy !req
39. Stand. Fire!Copy !req
40. Steady, boys!Copy !req
41. - Forward!
- Fire!Copy !req
42. Forward, men!Copy !req
43. For God's sake, come on!Copy !req
44. Robert, come on!
We must fall back!Copy !req
45. No! Forbes!Copy !req
46. Forbes!Copy !req
47. Charge!Copy !req
48. Fire!Copy !req
49. You all right there, Captain?Copy !req
50. Please! Not my leg!Copy !req
51. - Where's the chloroform?
- Stop!Copy !req
52. Stop!Copy !req
53. No! Wait!Copy !req
54. - No!
- Hold on!Copy !req
55. So it's your neck?Copy !req
56. The surgeons are busy,
but I'll fix you up.Copy !req
57. - Let me know if I hurt you.
- Stop!Copy !req
58. Ah, this is nothing.Copy !req
59. - Heard the latest?
- What's that?Copy !req
60. I heard it from a friend
who's a dispatch rider...Copy !req
61. who got it from one of Stanton's clerks
in the War Office.Copy !req
62. He says Lincoln is gonna issue
an emancipation proclamation.Copy !req
63. Gonna free the slaves.Copy !req
64. - What?
- Maybe not in the border states...Copy !req
65. but he will free some, anyway.Copy !req
66. My God.Copy !req
67. He said he would have done it sooner,
only he was waiting for a big vicfory...Copy !req
68. which is, I guess, what this is.Copy !req
69. Oh, my God!Copy !req
70. Please don't cut anymore, please!Copy !req
71. Please!Copy !req
72. This might hurt you, Captain.
I'm sorry.Copy !req
73. Dashing.Copy !req
74. - Robert.
- Thomas.Copy !req
75. Captain Shaw.
I was so proud when I heard.Copy !req
76. They had no choice.
All the other officers are dead.Copy !req
77. - And Forbes?
- Impossible, as always.Copy !req
78. He's here somewhere.Copy !req
79. How about you?Copy !req
80. Working for your father,
helping him with the resettlement...Copy !req
81. for the Freedmen's Relief Association.Copy !req
82. There's a shortage of housing.
Robert! Are you all right?Copy !req
83. Yes. I'm sorry.Copy !req
84. Darling, there's someone
who wishes to meet you.Copy !req
85. General Hunter rounded up
a bunch of slaves...Copy !req
86. called them contraband
and put them in camps like cattle.Copy !req
87. The War Department decided
to issue them pikes rather than guns.Copy !req
88. Ot course they deserted.
So would I.Copy !req
89. Robert. Governor,
you know my son Robert.Copy !req
90. - Good to see you again.
- Governor Andrew.Copy !req
91. Robert, have you met
Frederick Douglass?Copy !req
92. Mr. Douglass.Copy !req
93. I understand you were at Antietam.Copy !req
94. A great and a terrible day.Copy !req
95. I could use your help.Copy !req
96. The governor is proposing to raise
a regiment of Negro soldiers.Copy !req
97. No. It was not just my idea.
Mr. Douglass...Copy !req
98. We will offer pride and dignity...Copy !req
99. to those who have known
only degradation.Copy !req
100. - Colored soldiers. Just think of it.
- Wonderful.Copy !req
101. I've submitted your name
to be commissioned colonel...Copy !req
102. of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.Copy !req
103. Thank you, Governor. That's...Copy !req
104. It's a wondertul idea.Copy !req
105. Excuse me.Copy !req
106. Well done, Shaw.Copy !req
107. - Splendid job, young man.
- Bravo, Robert.Copy !req
108. What's the matter?
Too much punch?Copy !req
109. I know how much you'd like to
make colonel, but a colored regiment?Copy !req
110. You know how popular that would be?Copy !req
111. Handing out guns
to a thousand coloreds?Copy !req
112. Hey, Robert.Copy !req
113. What's wrong?Copy !req
114. I'm gonna do it.Copy !req
115. You're not serious.Copy !req
116. - I want you to come with me.
- Me?Copy !req
117. And you?Copy !req
118. Can you picture me
in charge of a regiment?Copy !req
119. Picture me in charge of anything.Copy !req
120. I would be honored to have you.Copy !req
121. Then you're an idiot.Copy !req
122. Rob, is it true?
There's to be a colored regiment?Copy !req
123. So it seems.Copy !req
124. Then I am your first volunteer.Copy !req
125. Present arms!Copy !req
126. How do we look, Colonel?
We gonna whup the Secess'?Copy !req
127. When do we get the blue suit?Copy !req
128. Yeah, the blue suit.Copy !req
129. Ready to whip them Rebs.Copy !req
130. When are we gonna get to fight?Copy !req
131. Are we really gonna get to fight
this time?Copy !req
132. Attention!Copy !req
133. Morning.Copy !req
134. Good morning, gentlemen.Copy !req
135. I am Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.Copy !req
136. I am your commanding officer.Copy !req
137. It is a great pleasure
to see you all here today.Copy !req
138. It is my hope that the same courage...Copy !req
139. spirit and honor...Copy !req
140. which has brought us together...Copy !req
141. will one day restore this Union.Copy !req
142. May God bless us all!Copy !req
143. Form companies?Copy !req
144. We will commence
with forming companies.Copy !req
145. Company officers, take charge.Copy !req
146. You recruits will report
to your respective officers...Copy !req
147. by the letter of your company
in alphabetical order...Copy !req
148. which is in the top left-hand corner
of your muster sheet.Copy !req
149. - Good book, brother?
- Yes, it is, actually.Copy !req
150. Name's Searles. Thomas Searles.Copy !req
151. Jupiter Sharts, sir.
What it about, that book?Copy !req
152. It's a collection of essays...
Fourier, Emerson...Copy !req
153. all the transcendentalists.Copy !req
154. It got pictures?Copy !req
155. - Teach me?
- Yes, I'd be happy to.Copy !req
156. Look at what's walking in here!Copy !req
157. I'd rather have a hog
than a nigger.Copy !req
158. - At least you could eat the hog!
- Getting dark mighty early around here.Copy !req
159. Show us a little dance,
nigger boys!Copy !req
160. Sergeant of the Guard,
post your sentry.Copy !req
161. Yes, sir!Copy !req
162. Wait, no. That's my space, nigger.Copy !req
163. I sleep better close by the door.Copy !req
164. I prefer a space
with more reading light.Copy !req
165. Oh, I like it when niggers
talk good as white folk.Copy !req
166. I'd be happy to teach you.Copy !req
167. It would be my pleasure.Copy !req
168. Look, snowflake, I ain't got nothing
to learn from no house nigger.Copy !req
169. I am a free man,
as was my father.Copy !req
170. Good. Move your free black ass
before I bust it up.Copy !req
171. - Hey, hold up, buck.
- Nobody said nothing to you, pap.Copy !req
172. It's all right.Copy !req
173. I'll be fine over here.Copy !req
174. - Mm-hmm.
- Excuse me.Copy !req
175. Wonder when they gonna
give us the blue suit.Copy !req
176. Ain't no blue suit for the black
soldiers. Blue suits for the whites.Copy !req
177. Well, we soldiers now.Copy !req
178. Where you from, field hand?Copy !req
179. South Carolina.Copy !req
180. You ought to know better, boy.Copy !req
181. Hey, would you quit that?
Say, boy, quit that drumming.Copy !req
182. What's your name?Copy !req
183. I said what's your name, boy?Copy !req
184. - Can't you see that he's mute?
- He what?Copy !req
185. He's mute.Copy !req
186. You mean this child can't talk?Copy !req
187. Hey, come over here, hon.Copy !req
188. Dummies and field hands.
Ain't that a bitch?Copy !req
189. What about you, buck?
Whereabouts you from?Copy !req
190. I'm from around Tennessee.Copy !req
191. Ran away when I was 12 years old,
and I ain't never look back.Copy !req
192. What you doing since then?Copy !req
193. I run for president.Copy !req
194. I didn't win though.Copy !req
195. Boy.Copy !req
196. Major? Forbes. That's you.Copy !req
197. - Thomas.
- Hello.Copy !req
198. - How are you?
- You know Charlie Morse.Copy !req
199. - Thomas Searles.
- Captain.Copy !req
200. So how was your meal?Copy !req
201. The remoulade was a trifle tart...Copy !req
202. but the souffle for dessert
more than made up for it.Copy !req
203. And your comrades?Copy !req
204. Charming. Extraordinary
conversationalists, every one.Copy !req
205. Major Forbes!Copy !req
206. - A word, please.
- Oh, excuse me, Thomas.Copy !req
207. Yes, Robert?Copy !req
208. I won't permit
that kind of fraternization.Copy !req
209. - It's only Thomas.
- He's an enlisted man.Copy !req
210. You're right, of course.Copy !req
211. I've sent for help.Copy !req
212. These men need a proper teacher.Copy !req
213. For God's sake, you march like
a bunch of crippled old goats!Copy !req
214. We're gonna be here day and night
till we get this right!Copy !req
215. One, one. Company, halt.Copy !req
216. About-face!Copy !req
217. You are ugly Mexican-African
fucking whores!Copy !req
218. We're gonna work on this
day and night, gentlemen!Copy !req
219. Forward at the half step. March!Copy !req
220. One! You half-wit black bastard.Copy !req
221. Is it true they cut your balls off
at birth?Copy !req
222. I'll work on you
till I get you broken.Copy !req
223. Company, halt!Copy !req
224. Do you not know your right
from your left?Copy !req
225. No, sir.Copy !req
226. How many here do not know
right from left?Copy !req
227. Jesus, have pity.Copy !req
228. This is your front!Copy !req
229. This is your rear!
This is your right! And this...Copy !req
230. Now you're learning, boy-o.Copy !req
231. Company, forward march!Copy !req
232. One!Copy !req
233. - Two!
- One! Two!Copy !req
234. You bloody Hindus, get it right!Copy !req
235. Stop. Start it again.
In each rank! Count!Copy !req
236. Left. Left, right, left!Copy !req
237. Right, forward, march!Copy !req
238. Left. Get your goddamn hand
out of your pocket!Copy !req
239. Bonny Prince Charlie!
Are you a gentleman?Copy !req
240. Are you a member of congress
or something?Copy !req
241. Or are you the bloody
prince of Africa?Copy !req
242. Don't look at me!
Look straight ahead!Copy !req
243. I'll heat your ass up, boy-o!Copy !req
244. The Irish are not noted
for their fondness for the coloreds.Copy !req
245. What about the uniforms?Copy !req
246. Still no word.Copy !req
247. Rifles?Copy !req
248. See to it.Copy !req
249. You're a big buck, aren't you?
You've got a lot to learn!Copy !req
250. You haven't had a master like me!Copy !req
251. "Dear Mother.
The men learn very quickly."Copy !req
252. Faster than white troops,
it seems to me.Copy !req
253. They are almost grave
and sedate under instruction...Copy !req
254. and they restrain themselves.Copy !req
255. But the moment they are dismissed
from drill...Copy !req
256. every tongue is relaxed
and every ivory tooth is visible...Copy !req
257. and you would not know from the sound
of it that this is an army camp.Copy !req
258. They must have learned this from long
hours of meaningless, inhuman work...Copy !req
259. to set their minds free so quickly.Copy !req
260. It gives them great energy.Copy !req
261. There is no doubt
that we will leave this state...Copy !req
262. as fine a regiment
as any that has marched.Copy !req
263. "As ever, your son, Robert."Copy !req
264. They've done it.Copy !req
265. Assemble the men.Copy !req
266. Attention!Copy !req
267. Attention!Copy !req
268. Battalion!Copy !req
269. In accordance with
President Lincoln's wishes...Copy !req
270. you men are advised...Copy !req
271. that the Confederate Congress
has issued a proclamation.Copy !req
272. It reads:Copy !req
273. "Any Negro taken in arms..."Copy !req
274. against the Confederacy...Copy !req
275. will immediately be returned
to a state of slavery.Copy !req
276. Any Negro taken in Federal uniform...Copy !req
277. will be summarily put to death.Copy !req
278. Any white officer taken
in command of Negro troops...Copy !req
279. shall be deemed as inciting
servile insurrection...Copy !req
280. "and shall likewise be put to death."Copy !req
281. Full discharges will be granted
in the morning...Copy !req
282. to all those who apply.Copy !req
283. Dismissed.Copy !req
284. It you're not here in the morning...Copy !req
285. I understand.Copy !req
286. Still want that blue suit, nigger?Copy !req
287. - Good morning, Major.
- Sir! Formed and ready, sir.Copy !req
288. How many are left?Copy !req
289. Attention!Copy !req
290. Battalion!Copy !req
291. Glory hallelujah.Copy !req
292. Company, halt!Copy !req
293. You're not dismissed, boy-o!
Get up!Copy !req
294. You'll fall out when I say
and not before. Understand? Get up!Copy !req
295. Sergeant Major.Copy !req
296. - Sir!
- At ease, Sergeant.Copy !req
297. I have no doubt
that you are a fair man, Mulcany.Copy !req
298. I wonder if you are
treating these men too hard.Copy !req
299. You disagree.Copy !req
300. - You may speak freely.
- The boy's your friend, is he?Copy !req
301. We grew up together, yes.Copy !req
302. Let him grow up some more.Copy !req
303. - I see.
- Will that be all, sir?Copy !req
304. Dismissed.Copy !req
305. .57 caliber Enfield rifle musket.
Best in the world here, boy.Copy !req
306. Sharts.Copy !req
307. One, one, nine, one, one.Copy !req
308. Can you handle that?Copy !req
309. I can knock something down
with this.Copy !req
310. Trip.Copy !req
311. One, two, one, nine, two.Copy !req
312. - Beautiful.
- Hawkins.Copy !req
313. One, two, one, eight, six.Copy !req
314. - Jefterson.
- Yes, sir!Copy !req
315. Robert.Copy !req
316. Finally.
There's a rumor going around...Copy !req
317. that we're to be used
only for manual labor.Copy !req
318. I can't believe the things we hear.Copy !req
319. It's not true, is it? I mean,
about not being allowed to fight.Copy !req
320. The men are living for that day.Copy !req
321. I know I am.Copy !req
322. - Fletch.
- Don't bother about him.Copy !req
323. - He's just ignorant.
- Excuse me.Copy !req
324. For God's sake, come on!Copy !req
325. - Good shot!
- Do that again!Copy !req
326. Give him your weapon.
Do that again.Copy !req
327. - One dime he can't do it.
- Dime on each of you!Copy !req
328. That's a bet! Go on, boy.Copy !req
329. Go ahead, Sharts.Copy !req
330. - That's a dime on each of you!
- Double or nofhing!Copy !req
331. Attention, company!Copy !req
332. Attention, company!Copy !req
333. As you were.Copy !req
334. Front and center.Copy !req
335. You are a good shot, Private.Copy !req
336. Thank you, sir.
Squirrel hunting.Copy !req
337. - You ever killed a man?
- No, sir.Copy !req
338. - But you're handy with a gun.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
339. Reload.Copy !req
340. Faster.Copy !req
341. Faster.Copy !req
342. Discharge your weapon.Copy !req
343. Discharge your weapon.Copy !req
344. Do it!Copy !req
345. Now, do it again. Only this time,
I want it done quickly.Copy !req
346. A good man can fire three aimed shots
in a minute.Copy !req
347. Major Forbes, give me
your Colt revolver.Copy !req
348. - What?
- Your gun.Copy !req
349. Give it to me.Copy !req
350. Faster.Copy !req
351. Reload.Copy !req
352. Quickly. Faster!Copy !req
353. Faster! Load.Copy !req
354. Do it! Do it!Copy !req
355. Teach them properly, Major.Copy !req
356. Yes, sir.Copy !req
357. Attention, company!Copy !req
358. Ready!Copy !req
359. Aim!Copy !req
360. Fire!Copy !req
361. Good morning, Major.
You're up early.Copy !req
362. I want to talk to you.Copy !req
363. Certainly.Copy !req
364. If you wouldn't mind
getting down from your horse.Copy !req
365. - Better?
- Why do you treat the men this way?Copy !req
366. How should I treat them?Copy !req
367. Like men?Copy !req
368. And what about Thomas?
Why are you so hard on him?Copy !req
369. He's not a very good soldier.
I'm getting these men ready for battle.Copy !req
370. Robert, they're already as good
as the Seventh ever was.Copy !req
371. They march well.
They're disciplined.Copy !req
372. - No thanks to you.
- I beg your pardon?Copy !req
373. You heard me.Copy !req
374. Who do you think you are,
acting the high-up colonel?Copy !req
375. You seem to forget I know you
and so does Thomas.Copy !req
376. If you don't believe in
what we're doing here...Copy !req
377. maybe you shouldn't be part of it.Copy !req
378. Part of what?Copy !req
379. Huh?Copy !req
380. Left, right! Little finger
along the seams of your trousers?Copy !req
381. Marching is probably all
they'll ever get to do, Robert.Copy !req
382. It is my job...Copy !req
383. to get these men ready.Copy !req
384. And I will.Copy !req
385. They have risked their lives to be here.
They have given up their freedom.Copy !req
386. I owe them as much as they have given.
I owe them my freedom...Copy !req
387. my life, if necessary.Copy !req
388. Maybe so do you, Cabot.Copy !req
389. I think you do.Copy !req
390. Develop! En garde.Copy !req
391. Thrust! Develop!Copy !req
392. You're not at dancing school!
Take his head off!Copy !req
393. Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
What have we here?Copy !req
394. Bonny Prince Charlie
and his toy bayonet.Copy !req
395. You're not reading now.
Go on. Get over!Copy !req
396. - Now stab me.
- What?Copy !req
397. Stab me.Copy !req
398. Come on. Stab! Not tickle.
Hit me!Copy !req
399. Come on! You prissy schoolgirl!Copy !req
400. You're the worst soldier
in this company! Hit me!Copy !req
401. No shame, son. Get up.Copy !req
402. - I said get up!
- Nigger forgot to duck. That's all.Copy !req
403. Sergeant, deal with that man.Copy !req
404. I'll tell you a wee secret, son.
Learn to keep your mouth shut.Copy !req
405. Save it, son. Save it.Copy !req
406. Carry on, Sergeant Mulcany.Copy !req
407. Robert.Copy !req
408. I'd like to speak to you
for a moment in private, it I may.Copy !req
409. Enlisted men wishing to speak
to their commanding officer...Copy !req
410. must first get permission.Copy !req
411. You understand, Private?Copy !req
412. Yes, sir.Copy !req
413. En garde! Thrust! Develop! Recover!Copy !req
414. You better put some oomph
into that, boy-o!Copy !req
415. Oh, my, my, my.Copy !req
416. Some things never change.Copy !req
417. I guess the whole world
hate the nigger.Copy !req
418. Boy, if you don't quit
that drumming in here...Copy !req
419. Honey, why don't you take your drum
on outside and practice?Copy !req
420. That Colonel Shaw, he a hard man.Copy !req
421. He a swell.
Just a nigger-beating swell.Copy !req
422. But he in the same boat with us.Copy !req
423. Secess' come, take him, kill him too.Copy !req
424. Huh. Not him.Copy !req
425. He a swell.Copy !req
426. He just a boy.Copy !req
427. He a weak white boy.Copy !req
428. Beating on a nigger
make him feel strong.Copy !req
429. Ain't that right, snowflake?Copy !req
430. You know, he ain't never been
to no West Point.Copy !req
431. Onliest reason he in charge
is 'cause his mommy and daddy fixed it.Copy !req
432. Ain't that so?Copy !req
433. You thought he was different,
didn't you?Copy !req
434. Hmm?Copy !req
435. What you think now?Copy !req
436. You just thought you was so smart,
didn't you?Copy !req
437. You in the real school now, though,
ain't you?Copy !req
438. What you gonna do? Cry?Copy !req
439. Yeah. He sure enough learning now,
ain't he?Copy !req
440. Attention, company!Copy !req
441. Forward, march! Right face.Copy !req
442. Oh, shit.Copy !req
443. Man say there's a farm,
ain't but two or three miles from here.Copy !req
444. Said the lady over there
give him biscuits and gravy.Copy !req
445. She said, if he bring his friends,
she feed them too.Copy !req
446. - Don't even think about it.
- What you say, Buck?Copy !req
447. Biscuits and gravy sound good to me.
Maybe get myself some real shoes.Copy !req
448. I'm telling you, boy.
They find out, they liable to shoot you.Copy !req
449. Nigger, is you a old man or old woman?
I forget.Copy !req
450. All right.Copy !req
451. Collard greens.Copy !req
452. Corn bread.Copy !req
453. Come on. Dream.Copy !req
454. I'm waiting on you.Copy !req
455. "Dear Mother. News today
of the defeat at Fredericksburg."Copy !req
456. If things continue to go badly,
I wonder if I might not end my days...Copy !req
457. as an outlaw leader
of a band of fugitive slaves.Copy !req
458. Try as I may,
I don't know these men...Copy !req
459. their music, their camaraderie...Copy !req
460. which is different from ours.Copy !req
461. I am placed in a position where,
if I were a man of real strength...Copy !req
462. I might do a great deal.Copy !req
463. But I am afraid I shall show
that I'm not of much account.Copy !req
464. I don't want to stand in their way
because of my own weakness.Copy !req
465. "I miss Christmas on the Shaw Island
and the smell of the sea."Copy !req
466. It's Thomas.Copy !req
467. I just wanted to say...Copy !req
468. I wanted to say...Copy !req
469. Merry Christmas, Robert.Copy !req
470. Merry Christmas, Thomas.Copy !req
471. You're Shaw, aren't you?
Merry Christmas.Copy !req
472. Kendrick, division quartermaster.Copy !req
473. This sorry piece of work is Haggis.Copy !req
474. He writes vouchers.Copy !req
475. Pleasure.Copy !req
476. - How's it going down there?
- Oh, very well. Thank you.Copy !req
477. That's all right. Brass are all up
to Division, planning the next disaster.Copy !req
478. You're among friends.Copy !req
479. How much longer do you figure
they'll last?Copy !req
480. I hear they're deserting
ten at a time.Copy !req
481. Oh, you're misinformed.
We haven't had a single incident.Copy !req
482. I figure the nigs never had it so good.Copy !req
483. Three square a day,
a roof over their heads.Copy !req
484. They gotta know nobody's
gonna let them fight. Am I right?Copy !req
485. Yes, of course.Copy !req
486. It there's anything you need...Copy !req
487. a bottle for the cold nights...Copy !req
488. Actually, I put in a requisition
for shoes two weeks ago...Copy !req
489. and I haven't heard anything.Copy !req
490. Well, provisionally speaking...Copy !req
491. we're extremely limited as to footwear.Copy !req
492. That kind of item has to be reserved...Copy !req
493. for those units
whose fighting readiness...Copy !req
494. supersede yours.Copy !req
495. You understand.Copy !req
496. Yes, I understand.Copy !req
497. - Excuse me.
- Stop by tomorrow.Copy !req
498. I have got the most delicious
local jam. Myrtle berry, isn't it?Copy !req
499. - Blueberry.
- Right, right.Copy !req
500. Nice meeting you, Shaw.Copy !req
501. Twit.Copy !req
502. - Excuse me, sir.
- What is it?Copy !req
503. We've caught a deserter.Copy !req
504. Oh, Lordy, this is bad.Copy !req
505. They ain't gonna shoot him, is they?Copy !req
506. It'll be all right...Copy !req
507. won't it?Copy !req
508. Re-form your ranks!Copy !req
509. - Re-form your ranks!
- Form your ranks!Copy !req
510. Fall in. Quiet in the ranks.Copy !req
511. Quiet in the ranks!Copy !req
512. Untie his hands
and take off his coat.Copy !req
513. The prisoner is in position, sir.Copy !req
514. What is this?Copy !req
515. The prisoner is to be flogged
before the entire regiment.Copy !req
516. Robert, not with a whip.
Not on them.Copy !req
517. - Excuse us, Sergeant Mulcany.
- At your pleasure, Colonel.Copy !req
518. Never question my authority
in front of ofhers.Copy !req
519. Well, I is sorry, massa.Copy !req
520. You be the boss man now,
and all us chilluns must learn to obey.Copy !req
521. Major Forbes, stand at attention!Copy !req
522. Sergeant Mulcany.Copy !req
523. You may commence.Copy !req
524. Proceed.Copy !req
525. Attention.Copy !req
526. Mr. Rawlins.Copy !req
527. This morning I...Copy !req
528. It would be a great help
if I could talk to you...Copy !req
529. about the men from time to time.Copy !req
530. That's all.Copy !req
531. Shoes, sir.Copy !req
532. The men need shoes.Copy !req
533. I know. I've been after
the quartermaster for some time.Copy !req
534. Now, sir. Now.Copy !req
535. The boy was off trying to find hisself
some shoes, Colonel.Copy !req
536. He wants to fight...Copy !req
537. same as the rest of us.Copy !req
538. More, even.Copy !req
539. All of the men, like this?Copy !req
540. Yes, sir. Most of them.Copy !req
541. Good atternoon, Colonel.Copy !req
542. Change your mind about that bottle?Copy !req
543. I want 600 pair of shoes
and 1,200 pair of socks...Copy !req
544. and anything else
you've been holding out on us.Copy !req
545. - You piece of rat filth.
- I'd love to help you.Copy !req
546. - But we just don't have any.
- Not for niggers, you don't.Copy !req
547. - Not for anybody.
- I see. Pity.Copy !req
548. I'll just look and see
that you haven't misplaced them.Copy !req
549. Son of a bitch!Copy !req
550. - Damn it! You can't...
- Can't I?Copy !req
551. I'm a colonel, nasty little cuss.Copy !req
552. You really think you can keep
700 Union soldiers...Copy !req
553. without proper shoes
because you think it's funny?Copy !req
554. Where would that power come from?Copy !req
555. All right. Calm down.Copy !req
556. Look, have a drink.Copy !req
557. Hey, you barefoot men!Copy !req
558. Get over here!Copy !req
559. Shoes!Copy !req
560. Have a pair.Copy !req
561. Here's a pair there.
One pair of shoes here.Copy !req
562. Here's another pair.
One pair per customer.Copy !req
563. Steward, is there anything you need?Copy !req
564. - No, sir.
- Keep me informed.Copy !req
565. Yes, sir. I will.Copy !req
566. Shoulder arms!Copy !req
567. Sir.Copy !req
568. From the War Department.Copy !req
569. Can anything be done?Copy !req
570. - They've got families.
- I know.Copy !req
571. We'll protest this
through channels later on.Copy !req
572. - Attention, battalion.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
573. Attention, battalion!Copy !req
574. You men enlisted in this regiment...Copy !req
575. on the understanding...Copy !req
576. that you would be paid
the regular army wage...Copy !req
577. of $13 a month.Copy !req
578. This morning I have been notified...Copy !req
579. that since you are a colored regiment,
you will be paid $10 a month.Copy !req
580. That ain't fair. They said 13.Copy !req
581. Regiment, fall out
by company to receive pay.Copy !req
582. - Where you going, boy?
- To get paid.Copy !req
583. Ten dollar a lof of money.Copy !req
584. Hey, pop, you titting to lay down
for this too?Copy !req
585. Fall in!Copy !req
586. Hey. Come on.
Where's your pride, now?Copy !req
587. Make your mark right here.Copy !req
588. I can write my name.Copy !req
589. - Then do it.
- They gonna give us but ten?Copy !req
590. You gonna go for that?Copy !req
591. A colored soldier stop a bullet
just as good as a white one!Copy !req
592. And for less money too!Copy !req
593. Yeah! Uncle Abe got hisself
a real bargain here!Copy !req
594. - What you say, boy?
- That's right, slaves!Copy !req
595. Make your mark.
Get your slave wages!Copy !req
596. All you good colored boys,
sign up.Copy !req
597. That's right. Tear it up!Copy !req
598. Tear it up!Copy !req
599. If you men will take no pay...Copy !req
600. then none of us will.Copy !req
601. Let's hear it for the colonel!Copy !req
602. Attention, battalion!Copy !req
603. Eyes right!Copy !req
604. Eyes front!Copy !req
605. Eyes...Copy !req
606. right.Copy !req
607. Man, I forgot how hot
it was down here.Copy !req
608. Welcome home, boy.Copy !req
609. Don't worry about it, buck.
Take a good look.Copy !req
610. It's all a memory
now that the North man come.Copy !req
611. Now that we come.Copy !req
612. Colonel Shaw?Copy !req
613. Edward Pierce, special assignment
from Harper's Weekly.Copy !req
614. - Harper's Weekly?
- Serving an entire nation.Copy !req
615. A million loyal readers want to know
what happens when the 54th sees action.Copy !req
616. A million and one.Copy !req
617. Well, you'll want to see this.Copy !req
618. Attention, company!Copy !req
619. - Rawlins, front and center.
- Sir!Copy !req
620. Mr. Rawlins, this regiment
was formed with the promise...Copy !req
621. that only white ofticers
would be commissioned to lead it.Copy !req
622. Nothing was mentioned, however,
about noncommissioned ofticers.Copy !req
623. Therefore, in recognition ot initiative
taken not only for yourself...Copy !req
624. but on behalf
of the entire regiment...Copy !req
625. you are hereby awarded the rank
of sergeant major.Copy !req
626. Congratulations.Copy !req
627. - Thank you, sir.
- Hip, hip, hooray!Copy !req
628. Congratulations.Copy !req
629. I ain't sure
I'm wanting this, Colonel.Copy !req
630. I know exactly how you feel.Copy !req
631. Mama, they're coming home!
They're coming home!Copy !req
632. That's right. Ain't no dream.Copy !req
633. We run away slaves,
but we come back fightin' men.Copy !req
634. Go tell your folks how kingdom come
in the year of jubilee!Copy !req
635. Left! Up tight up there!Copy !req
636. - Who are these ragamuffin?
- Contrabands right out of the fields.Copy !req
637. - Hey. Hey, old man, where from?
- Massachusetts.Copy !req
638. Oona march better than we.
Oona march like the buckra soldier.Copy !req
639. - I beg your pardon?
- He says we march like white soldiers.Copy !req
640. Even talk like the buckra soldier.Copy !req
641. - Where you from?
- Oh, round about here.Copy !req
642. We were slaves in the field when
the Yankee man come. Say we soldiers.Copy !req
643. How you like the army, contraband?Copy !req
644. We love it.
We thank the Lord every day...Copy !req
645. for the good vittles
and these beautiful clothes.Copy !req
646. Tell true, old man.
This year, every day like Christmas.Copy !req
647. - Like what?
- Like Christmas.Copy !req
648. My country, 'tis of thee.Copy !req
649. Sweet land of liberty.Copy !req
650. Of thee I sing.Copy !req
651. Land where my father died.Copy !req
652. Land of the pilgrims' pride.Copy !req
653. From every mountainside.Copy !req
654. Let freedom ring.Copy !req
655. Splendid.Copy !req
656. They've been working for weeks
in anticipation of your arrival.Copy !req
657. We're all very excited
to have you here, Shaw.Copy !req
658. - Thank you, sir.
- Lincoln's idea.Copy !req
659. Hired a group of New Englanders to teach
our colored how to read and write.Copy !req
660. Just your sort of people,
I should think.Copy !req
661. Your regiment should enjoy
their stay here.Copy !req
662. Yes, I'm sure we'll have a fine time,
but that's not why we're here.Copy !req
663. Yes, well, can't promise you
much action.Copy !req
664. Just having the coloreds around seems to
have scared the bejesus out of the Rebs.Copy !req
665. - Colonel Shaw?
- Excuse me.Copy !req
666. I'd like you to meet
some of our instructors.Copy !req
667. Dr. Thorpe of Salem.Copy !req
668. - It's my pleasure, Colonel Shaw.
- A pleasure.Copy !req
669. Dr. Rogers of Philadelphia.Copy !req
670. - I know and admire your parents.
- You do, sir? Why, thank you, sir.Copy !req
671. Shaw, meet Colonel Montgomery.Copy !req
672. He's your brigade commander.Copy !req
673. - Colonel.
- Honored, sir.Copy !req
674. Colonel Montgomery's
a real jayhawker from Kansas.Copy !req
675. Contraband regiment
is his brainchild.Copy !req
676. You didn't think yours were the only
coloreds around, did you, Colonel?Copy !req
677. I did actually.Copy !req
678. Well, I'm sure they'll do just fine.
Have they seen any mischief?Copy !req
679. No, sir.Copy !req
680. I'm hiking a company over
to the Georgia coast in the morning.Copy !req
681. We'll be foraging for supplies.
I could use a hand.Copy !req
682. That is, it you think
your men are up to it.Copy !req
683. - They are indeed, sir.
- Good. Very good.Copy !req
684. - A pleasure.
- Good night.Copy !req
685. Beg to report, Colonel, sir.Copy !req
686. The troop is fed
and bedded down for the night, sir.Copy !req
687. Very good, Corporal.
Pass the word along to "A" Company.Copy !req
688. We'll be going into action
in the morning.Copy !req
689. Very good, sir.Copy !req
690. Your men march handsomely, Colonel.
My compliments.Copy !req
691. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
692. I am surprised at how well
you handle them.Copy !req
693. See, I am from Kentucky originally.Copy !req
694. We owned a few ourselves,
so it comes naturally to me.Copy !req
695. - You are from Boston, are you not?
- Yes.Copy !req
696. It is impossible
to imagine Boston with slaves.Copy !req
697. Company, halt!Copy !req
698. - Halt!
- Shoulder arms!Copy !req
699. Town's clean, sir.
Ain't no Rebs here, just some women.Copy !req
700. Well, all right!
You hear that, boys?Copy !req
701. Let's clear her out!Copy !req
702. What are you doing?Copy !req
703. Liberating this town
in the name of the Republic.Copy !req
704. The musket, Massa Colonel?
Never shoot it. Shoot now?Copy !req
705. Yeah, I don't see why not.
Go ahead.Copy !req
706. Shoot the lady, boys!Copy !req
707. Don't shoot!
We ain't Secess' here!Copy !req
708. That man is a civilian.Copy !req
709. That man is Secess',
and Secess' is all the same, son.Copy !req
710. Look around. You really think anybody's
gonna put these boys into real combat?Copy !req
711. Do you?Copy !req
712. They're little children, for God's sake.
They're little monkey children.Copy !req
713. You just gotta know
how to control them.Copy !req
714. Please, let go! Oh, God!Copy !req
715. You see what I mean? Children!Copy !req
716. - Animal! Leave her alone!
- Hey, boy!Copy !req
717. Take your hands oft the white lady!Copy !req
718. That would not have been necessary
it that Secess' woman hadn't started it.Copy !req
719. They'll never learn.Copy !req
720. Secess' has got to be
swept away by the hand ot God...Copy !req
721. like the Jews of old.Copy !req
722. And now I'll have to burn this town.Copy !req
723. Nigger soldiers! Nigger soldiers!Copy !req
724. Tell your men to set torches
and prepare to fire the buildings.Copy !req
725. I will not.Copy !req
726. That is an order.Copy !req
727. You will do it or face charges
for disobeying your superior officer.Copy !req
728. It is an immoral order, and by articles
ot war I am not bound to obey it.Copy !req
729. Well, you can just explain that
at your court-marital...Copy !req
730. after your men
are placed under my command.Copy !req
731. First squad, second platoon.Copy !req
732. Fall out to set torches.
Prepare to fire the town.Copy !req
733. First squad, second platoon!
Fall out!Copy !req
734. Right face!Copy !req
735. Forward march!Copy !req
736. The colors, Sergeant Major.Copy !req
737. Change the colors.Copy !req
738. What you lookin' at,
biscuit eaters?Copy !req
739. You think you better than me?
You think you my judge?Copy !req
740. You ain't nothin'!Copy !req
741. "Dear Father. I need your help."Copy !req
742. Despite my many requests,
it has become clear...Copy !req
743. that we are to be
used only for manual labor.Copy !req
744. Morale is low.Copy !req
745. The men's good humor
darkened by idleness and despair.Copy !req
746. "Why keep drilling if they're never given
the opportunity to prove themselves?"Copy !req
747. Attention!Copy !req
748. "I have written to Governor Andrew..."Copy !req
749. as well as to
the General Staff in Washington.Copy !req
750. But I feel that only a letter
directly from you to Lincoln himself...Copy !req
751. can have the desired effect.Copy !req
752. I can think of no other course.Copy !req
753. I am sure you both pray,
as I do...Copy !req
754. "that all this
has not been in vain."Copy !req
755. Look like we're goin' the wrong way.Copy !req
756. Hey. Hey, come on now.
Buck up, boys!Copy !req
757. Hey, buck up now! Come on!Copy !req
758. Someday they're gonna
let the 54th get into it, see?Copy !req
759. And all your troubles
would be over, huh?Copy !req
760. Come on now. Cheer up! Hey!Copy !req
761. - What'd you say, boy?
- "Boy"?Copy !req
762. - Let me tell you...
- Shut up, Trip...Copy !req
763. Would you get up off me, snowflake?Copy !req
764. See, let me explain
something to you.Copy !req
765. The way I figure, I figure this war
would be over a whole lot sooner...Copy !req
766. it you boys just turn right on around
and head on back down that way...Copy !req
767. and you let us head on up there
where the real fightin' is.Copy !req
768. Them men dyin' up that road.Copy !req
769. It wouldn't be nothin' but Rebs dying,
it they let the 54th in it.Copy !req
770. - Listen...
- Hold it!Copy !req
771. As you were, Trip! As you were!Copy !req
772. You men move on.Copy !req
773. Stripes on a nigger.
That's like tits on a bull.Copy !req
774. You're lookin' at a higher rank,
Corporal. You'll obey and like it.Copy !req
775. - Make me.
- I'll make you.Copy !req
776. - What the hell is goin' on here?
- Attention!Copy !req
777. You! Yes, you. What's your name?
I'm putting you up on charges.Copy !req
778. - Ain't no cause for that, sir.
- What's that, Sergeant?Copy !req
779. It's just a soldiers' fight, sir.Copy !req
780. - All right. You men move along.
- Front step! Forward! March!Copy !req
781. Move it!Copy !req
782. You men get back to work.
Back to work! Let's go!Copy !req
783. - We'll see you again.
- Go dig a latrine.Copy !req
784. Go strum a banjo, boy.Copy !req
785. Come on.Copy !req
786. I've got the guard.
Let me use your looking glass.Copy !req
787. Thank you.Copy !req
788. Yeah, button up that collar.Copy !req
789. Suck in that gut.Copy !req
790. Tuck in them big black lips.Copy !req
791. Lighten your skin.
Shrink up that nose.Copy !req
792. I don't have to listen to this.Copy !req
793. Where you goin', boy?Copy !req
794. - Let me by.
- Let you by?Copy !req
795. Let you by?Copy !req
796. Let me tell you something, boy.Copy !req
797. You can march like the white man.
You can talk like 'em.Copy !req
798. You can learn his songs.
You can even wear his suits.Copy !req
799. But you ain't never
gonna be nothin' to him...Copy !req
800. but an ugly-ass chimp
in a blue suit.Copy !req
801. - Oh, you don't like that, do you?
- No.Copy !req
802. What we gonna do about it?
Want to fight me, boy?Copy !req
803. Huh? What you gonna do about it?Copy !req
804. You want to fight me, don't you?
Don't you?Copy !req
805. - Come on, nig.
- All right! All right!Copy !req
806. Get your hands off me,
gravedigger.Copy !req
807. Goddamn it. Does the whole world
gotta stomp in your face?Copy !req
808. - Nigger, get your hands off me.
- Ain't no niggers here.Copy !req
809. So the white man give you
a couple of stripes...Copy !req
810. next thing you know, you hollerin'
and orderin' everybody around...Copy !req
811. like you the massa himself.Copy !req
812. Nigger, you ain't nothin'
but the white man's dog.Copy !req
813. And what are you?Copy !req
814. So full of hate
you wanna fight everybody...Copy !req
815. 'cause you've been whipped
and chased by hounds.Copy !req
816. That might not be livin',
but it sure ain't dyin'.Copy !req
817. And dying's what these white boys
been doin' for goin' on three years now.Copy !req
818. Dyin' by the thousands.
Dyin' for you, fool!Copy !req
819. I know, 'cause I dug the graves.Copy !req
820. And all the time I'm diggin',
I'm asking myself, "When?"Copy !req
821. When, O Lord,
is it gonna be our time?"Copy !req
822. Time's comin' when
we're gonna have to ante up.Copy !req
823. Ante up and kick in like men.
Like men!Copy !req
824. You watch who you call a nigger.Copy !req
825. It there's any niggers around here,
it's you.Copy !req
826. Smart-mouth, stupid-ass,
swamp-running nigger.Copy !req
827. It you ain't careful,
that's all you ever gonna be.Copy !req
828. You men go on back to business.Copy !req
829. Ah, Shaw.Copy !req
830. Sit down.Copy !req
831. Well, Colonel,
what can I do for you?Copy !req
832. You can give me and my regiment
a transter to combat command.Copy !req
833. Couldn't do it, Colonel.Copy !req
834. You're much too valuable
to my operations here.Copy !req
835. May I sit?Copy !req
836. Thank you. Major.Copy !req
837. I've written a letter
to my father...Copy !req
838. asking him to press Governor Andrew
and President Lincoln.Copy !req
839. But I don't have to wait
for all that, do I?Copy !req
840. Colonel Montgomery, would you
bring that ashtray over here?Copy !req
841. But valuable to your operations here,
do you say?Copy !req
842. Your foraging,
your depredations?Copy !req
843. Yes, I've become quite a student
of your operations in this region.Copy !req
844. Thirty-four mansions,
I think it was, pillaged and burned...Copy !req
845. under Colonel Montgomery's expedition
of the Combahee.Copy !req
846. Four thousand bales of cotton
smuggled through the lines...Copy !req
847. with payment to parties unknown...Copy !req
848. except by you.Copy !req
849. False quartermaster requisitions.
Major Forbes here has seen the copies.Copy !req
850. Yes, indeed.Copy !req
851. Along with confiscated valuables
shipped north as personal baggage.Copy !req
852. Shall I go on?Copy !req
853. Can you?Copy !req
854. I can report you
to the War Department.Copy !req
855. Oh, yes. I can do that.Copy !req
856. Let you take your regiment
out to fight?Copy !req
857. That's what you want, isn't it?
Show what they can do.Copy !req
858. - When?
- You are bright-eyed, aren't you?Copy !req
859. When?Copy !req
860. Just as soon as
I can write the orders.Copy !req
861. Major.Copy !req
862. Double-quick!Copy !req
863. All right, company, in a line.
Double-quick!Copy !req
864. All right, men, form a firing line.
Over here.Copy !req
865. Form a firing line right here!Copy !req
866. Front rank, kneel!Copy !req
867. Steady, boys!Copy !req
868. Firing by battalion!Copy !req
869. Aim!Copy !req
870. Charge!Copy !req
871. Fire!Copy !req
872. Cease fire! Recover!Copy !req
873. Here they come!Copy !req
874. - Reload!
- Reload! Load!Copy !req
875. - Load it! Load it!
- Quickly, men!Copy !req
876. - Ready!
- Ready!Copy !req
877. - Aim!
- Aim!Copy !req
878. Get ready. Get ready!Copy !req
879. Fire!Copy !req
880. - Reload!
- Reload!Copy !req
881. Quickly!Copy !req
882. - Fire at will!
- Fire at will!Copy !req
883. Pour it in!Copy !req
884. Charge!Copy !req
885. Look out, boy! Look out!Copy !req
886. Fire!Copy !req
887. They're turnin' tail!Copy !req
888. Run, you Rebs!Copy !req
889. Deploy skirmishers, Captain.Copy !req
890. Re-form your ranks!
Re-form your ranks!Copy !req
891. Fall in! On the double!Copy !req
892. - Form Company.
- Thomas!Copy !req
893. How do, Colonel?Copy !req
894. Hurts, doesn't it?Copy !req
895. Well, I'm extremely jealous.Copy !req
896. You'll be back in Boston before me,
sitting by the fire...Copy !req
897. reading Hawthorne,
cup of decent coffee.Copy !req
898. I'm not going back.Copy !req
899. Thomas, listen to me.
You're shot. You have to go back.Copy !req
900. Robert, promise me...Copy !req
901. that you won't send me back.Copy !req
902. Promise me!Copy !req
903. All right. All right.Copy !req
904. Colonel Shaw!Copy !req
905. - What is all this?
- You haven't heard?Copy !req
906. Lee was turned back in Pennsylvania
at Gettysburg...Copy !req
907. now Grant's taken Vicksburg,
and all on the Fourth of July.Copy !req
908. - My God!
- Yeah!Copy !req
909. It looks like it'll all be over
by Christmas.Copy !req
910. - So, how did they do?
- Splendid. Just splendid.Copy !req
911. - Any casualties?
- Forty-two.Copy !req
912. Give me the details.
I'll wire it in.Copy !req
913. I don't think we got
a prayer of making the paper.Copy !req
914. I'll talk to you later
in your tent.Copy !req
915. As you were.Copy !req
916. - Trip, isn't it?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
917. You fought very well
yesterday, Trip.Copy !req
918. Sergeant Rawlins has recommended
that you receive a commendation.Copy !req
919. Yes, sir?Copy !req
920. Yes, and I think you should bear
the regimental colors.Copy !req
921. Well...Copy !req
922. It's considered quite an honor.Copy !req
923. Why not?Copy !req
924. Well, I'm...Copy !req
925. wantin' to say somethin', sir,
but I...Copy !req
926. Go ahead.Copy !req
927. All right. See...Copy !req
928. I ain't fightin' this war
for you, sir.Copy !req
929. I see.Copy !req
930. I mean, what's the point?Copy !req
931. Ain't nobody gonna win.
It's just gonna go on and on.Copy !req
932. - It can't go on forever.
- But ain't nobody gonna win.Copy !req
933. Somebody's gonna win.Copy !req
934. Who?Copy !req
935. I mean, you get to go on back
to Boston to a big house and all that.Copy !req
936. What about us? What do we get?Copy !req
937. Well, you won't get anything
if we lose.Copy !req
938. What do you want to do?Copy !req
939. I don't know, sir.Copy !req
940. It stinks, I suppose.Copy !req
941. Yeah, it stinks bad.Copy !req
942. And we all covered up in it.
Ain't nobody clean.Copy !req
943. Be nice to get clean though.Copy !req
944. How do we do that?Copy !req
945. We ante up and kick in, sir.Copy !req
946. But I still don't
wanna carry your flag.Copy !req
947. No one will ever take Charleston
without first...Copy !req
948. silencing the forts
which protect its harbor.Copy !req
949. And the first one that must
be taken is that, Fort Wagner.Copy !req
950. Wagner mounts a ten-inch Columbiad...Copy !req
951. three smoothbore 32-pounders...Copy !req
952. a 42-pound Carronade...Copy !req
953. a 10-inch Coast Mortar
and four 12-pound Howitzers...Copy !req
954. plus a garrison
of about a thousand men.Copy !req
955. As many of you gentlemen
may be aware...Copy !req
956. for the last four days
our navy has weakened Wagner...Copy !req
957. with a constant barrage.Copy !req
958. Headquarters has determined a time
for our attack.Copy !req
959. We will proceed with a direct
frontal assault tomorrow at dusk.Copy !req
960. The problem, gentlemen,
is the approach.Copy !req
961. The ocean and the marsh
leave only a narrow strip of sand...Copy !req
962. a natural defile, through which we can
only send one regiment at a time.Copy !req
963. Our best hope is that that leading
regiment can keep the Rebs occupied...Copy !req
964. long enough for reinforcements
to exploit the breach.Copy !req
965. Needless to say, casualties
in the leading regiment may be extreme.Copy !req
966. General Strong.Copy !req
967. The 54th Massachusetts...Copy !req
968. requests the honor of leading
the attack on Fort Wagner.Copy !req
969. It's Colonel Shaw, isn't it?Copy !req
970. Yes, sir.Copy !req
971. You and your men
haven't slept for two days.Copy !req
972. That's right, sir.Copy !req
973. And you think they have the strength
to lead this charge?Copy !req
974. There's more to fighting
than rest, sir.Copy !req
975. There's character.Copy !req
976. There's strength of heart.Copy !req
977. You should have seen us
in action two days ago.Copy !req
978. We were a sight to see.Copy !req
979. We'll be ready, sir.Copy !req
980. When do you want us?Copy !req
981. O Lord, O Lord.Copy !req
982. Lord, Lord, Lord.Copy !req
983. He packed in the animals
two by two.Copy !req
984. An ox, a camel and a kangaroo.Copy !req
985. Packed them in that ark so tightCopy !req
986. I couldn't get no sleep that night.Copy !req
987. Grown-up sons Shem and Ham.Copy !req
988. Tell me about God's master plan.Copy !req
989. O my Lord Lord, Lord, Lord.Copy !req
990. - Tomorrow we goin' to battle.
- All right.Copy !req
991. So, Lordy, let me fight
with the rifle in one hand...Copy !req
992. and the Good Book in the other.Copy !req
993. - Yeah!
- Amen!Copy !req
994. That if I should die
at the muzzle of the rifle...Copy !req
995. die on water or on land...Copy !req
996. I may know that You,
blessed Jesus Almighty, are with me.Copy !req
997. With Jesus!Copy !req
998. And I have no fear. Amen.Copy !req
999. O my Lord Lord, Lord, Lord.Copy !req
1000. Lord, we stand before You
this evenin'...Copy !req
1001. to say thank you.Copy !req
1002. We thank You, Father,
for Your grace...Copy !req
1003. and Your many blessings.Copy !req
1004. Now, I run off...Copy !req
1005. and left all my young'uns
and my kinfolk in bondage.Copy !req
1006. So I'm standing here this evening,
Heavenly Father...Copy !req
1007. to ask Your blessings
on all of us...Copy !req
1008. so that if tomorrow
is our great getting-up mornin'...Copy !req
1009. if tomorrow we have to meet
the Judgment Day...Copy !req
1010. O Heavenly Father,
we want You to let our folks know...Copy !req
1011. that we died facin' the enemy.Copy !req
1012. We want 'em to know
that we went down standin' up...Copy !req
1013. Yes, Lord!Copy !req
1014. Among those that are fightin'
against our oppression!Copy !req
1015. We want 'em to know, Heavenly Father,
that we died for freedom.Copy !req
1016. We ask these blessings
in Jesus' name. Amen!Copy !req
1017. - Trip! Come on!
- No, I ain't...Copy !req
1018. You better get
your butt up there, boy.Copy !req
1019. Just say what you think.
Just say what you feel. Go on now.Copy !req
1020. - Come on.
- Preach it, brother.Copy !req
1021. Go on. Let it out.Copy !req
1022. I ain't much
about no prayin' now.Copy !req
1023. I ain't never had no family and...Copy !req
1024. killed off my mama.Copy !req
1025. This feels funny.Copy !req
1026. - Come on.
- It's all right.Copy !req
1027. Come on now. You're doin' fine.Copy !req
1028. Well, I just...Copy !req
1029. You know, y'all's... y'all's...Copy !req
1030. Y'all's the onliest family I got.Copy !req
1031. Well, that's all right.Copy !req
1032. And, uh...Copy !req
1033. - I love the 54th.
- All right.Copy !req
1034. Ain't much matter what happens tomorrow,
'cause we men, ain't we?Copy !req
1035. - Yes, sir!
- Amen!Copy !req
1036. - We men, ain't we?
- Yes, sir!Copy !req
1037. Shit.Copy !req
1038. All right.Copy !req
1039. - Attention, company!
- Attention, company!Copy !req
1040. Battalion, halt!Copy !req
1041. We ready, Colonel.Copy !req
1042. Left! Left! Left, right!Copy !req
1043. - Give 'em hell, 54th!
- Give 'em hell, 54th!Copy !req
1044. - Ready! Fire!
- Ready! Fire!Copy !req
1045. - Ought to be quite a show, Pierce.
- Best seat in the house.Copy !req
1046. I wonder if you might
do something for me.Copy !req
1047. I have some letters here.
Personal things.Copy !req
1048. Certainly, Colonel.Copy !req
1049. Also, if I should fall...Copy !req
1050. remember what you see here.Copy !req
1051. - Ready!
- Fire!Copy !req
1052. - Reload!
- Fire!Copy !req
1053. You men are relieved!
Report to the rear as stretcher bearers.Copy !req
1054. - Do it now!
- About-face!Copy !req
1055. Forward! March!Copy !req
1056. You go on, honey.
We be by directly.Copy !req
1057. Colonel Shaw!Copy !req
1058. It this man should fall...Copy !req
1059. who will lift the flag
and carry on?Copy !req
1060. I will.Copy !req
1061. Huzzah!Copy !req
1062. I'll see you in the fort, Thomas.Copy !req
1063. - Fix!
- Fix!Copy !req
1064. Bayonets!Copy !req
1065. - Shoulder!
- Shoulder!Copy !req
1066. Arms!Copy !req
1067. - Charge!
- Charge!Copy !req
1068. Bayonets!Copy !req
1069. At the quickstep!Copy !req
1070. Forward!Copy !req
1071. March!Copy !req
1072. Double-quick time!Copy !req
1073. March!Copy !req
1074. Steady, boys!Copy !req
1075. Charge!Copy !req
1076. Charge!Copy !req
1077. Come on!Copy !req
1078. Forward! Forward!Copy !req
1079. Keep your ranks!Copy !req
1080. Take cover in the dunes!Copy !req
1081. Take cover!Copy !req
1082. Company commanders, we'll wait here
and advance under cover of darkness.Copy !req
1083. Get down over there! Get down!Copy !req
1084. Company commanders!
Order your men to wait here!Copy !req
1085. Get down!Copy !req
1086. - Sergeant Rawlins!
- Sir!Copy !req
1087. Pass the word along!
Forward on my command!Copy !req
1088. Forward on my command!Copy !req
1089. - Ready on the colors, men!
- Forward on my command! Ready!Copy !req
1090. - Charge!
- Charge!Copy !req
1091. Forward, men! Forward!Copy !req
1092. - Forward!
- Charge!Copy !req
1093. Forward! Forward, men!Copy !req
1094. Come on, men! Forward!Copy !req
1095. Come on, you men!
Don't stop! Get up there!Copy !req
1096. Come on!Copy !req
1097. Come on, 54th!Copy !req
1098. Robert!Copy !req
1099. Come on!Copy !req
1100. Charge!Copy !req
1101. My eye!Copy !req
1102. Thomas!Copy !req
1103. Form a firing line here!Copy !req
1104. Get outta here!Copy !req
1105. Fire!Copy !req
1106. Let's go! Move! Move!Copy !req
1107. Charge!Copy !req
1108. Come on! Come on!Copy !req