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00:09:00I'll bet you General Morgan and his sorry band of rebels wish they'd never crossed the Ohio.
00:09:05Yeah!
00:09:06Lord knows those sorry bastards would love to get back.
00:09:09He got away with a few stragglers, but we rounded up most of them, thanks to Lieutenant Hatcher's men.
00:09:14Speaking of Hatcher, where is that devil?
00:09:16I'm not sure, sir.
00:09:17Eh, no matter.
00:09:19We have just one more thing to do.
00:09:21Get drunk as a skunk.
00:09:23Yeah, whiskey's as scarce as hen's teeth, sir.
00:09:26All right, all right, pipe down. I know you boys deserve it, but first things first.
00:09:30I say we have a victory photograph taken to send back to the President.
00:09:35Where's Benjamin?
00:09:37Mr. Harris?
00:09:39Mr. Harris?
00:09:41Yes, sir?
00:09:43Gather up your things and set up over by my tent.
00:09:47Private, go help the photographer.
00:09:50Yes, sir.
00:09:56Do you know how to walk, Private?
00:09:59Am I in your way?
00:10:02Salute!
00:10:06Hatcher, get over here, you old dog!
00:10:13Good Lord, man, isn't that contraption ready yet?
00:10:17Just now, sir.
00:10:18Let's get the show on the road, Ben.
00:10:20Make your boss, Mr. Brady, proud.
00:10:31All done.
00:10:32Thank you, sir.
00:10:38Men, tonight you'll be delighted to hear that we are sparing the usual inedible heart attack.
00:10:47Some of the lovely ladies from Pomeroy come bearing homemade venison stew.
00:10:52And that's all they're bringing, so keep your grubby paws off them.
00:10:57Also, there are two other armies camped nearby, so you're going to see a lot of strange faces.
00:11:02But just remember, old Morgan himself is known to stroll into town disguised as a man in blue.
00:11:07So keep your wits about you.
00:11:09Dismissed!
00:11:18Private, excuse me.
00:11:20People don't pay me much never mind around here, but I did want to do this properly.
00:11:26My name is Benjamin.
00:11:28Daniel.
00:11:29Nice to meet you.
00:11:30So Benjamin, when do we get to see this?
00:11:33I'm just getting ready to develop it now, gentlemen.
00:11:35Up to it, Ben. This war's almost over.
00:11:37Yes, sir.
00:11:45Ah!
00:12:01Damn.
00:12:07Lieutenant.
00:12:08Yes, sir.
00:12:10Come on.
00:12:22Don't worry, Drake.
00:12:24I found him.
00:12:26I'm just waiting for an opening.
00:12:28Then all I have to do is hop on a boat and sail right back to Kentucky.
00:12:33You'll be okay.
00:12:37I hope so.
00:13:37Damn if the captain wasn't right.
00:13:44Yeah, didn't you say they caught them rebs down there going through our supply tent?
00:13:48Yeah, some nerve of them.
00:13:49Well, they thought they could get away with it, getting all gussied up in blue.
00:13:53That didn't work at all.
00:13:54You know yourself.
00:13:55You can smell a reb anytime, anywhere.
00:13:57That smells like your grits.
00:13:59You want to smell something powerful, you wait until you smell them rebs hanging from the trees in the morning sun.
00:14:04Who caught them anyway?
00:14:06That was Lieutenant Hatcher.
00:14:07You know, that man's got a nose.
00:14:09He can smell them varmints every time, anyplace.
00:14:11Well, I'll be damned.
00:14:37Oh, say, could you please give me a hand with this?
00:14:40Sure, sure.
00:14:43Let me get the plates out.
00:14:46Courier just brought me this.
00:14:50It says here that some of the dispatches we've been finding on Morgan's spy ship are down here.
00:14:55And we're going to get to the base.
00:14:57So, a little bit of luck, we'll see.
00:15:00See you later.
00:15:01Good luck.
00:15:02See you later.
00:15:03Good luck.
00:15:04Good luck.
00:15:05Thanks.
00:15:06Thanks.
00:15:07Thanks.
00:15:08Thanks.
00:15:09Thanks.
00:15:10Thanks.
00:15:11Thanks.
00:15:12Thanks.
00:15:13Thanks.
00:15:14finding on Morgan's spies contain false information meant to mislead us, but that does not discount
00:15:21the value of you capturing them, Lieutenant. A spy is a spy, no matter what they're carrying.
00:15:27No, thank you, sir. You're unusually quiet tonight, Lieutenant.
00:15:35You feeling yourself? I'm fine, Captain. I just have a lot on my
00:15:40mind. First I take a solution of pyrogallic acid
00:15:48and I wash the whole plate in it and swish it around and then after a few seconds the
00:15:53image appears. You know, I still don't understand how an image can be pulled out of thin air
00:16:01and put on a piece of glass. You know, I used to carry around a picture of my ma, but I
00:16:09lost it somewhere. Where are you from?
00:16:14Kentucky. I'm glad I'm from here. Well, originally,
00:16:19but I moved my dear wife and I to New York so that I could get into the picture-taking
00:16:24business and work for Matthew Brady. Is she there now?
00:16:28Well, her name is Rachel. She was the smartest, prettiest woman I ever knew.
00:16:39We were at the first battle of Bull Run. We went out there with all the other picnickers
00:16:43and everyone to see the spectacle from atop the hill. There was a band, children played,
00:16:50and all the politicians were there to toast the supposed first victory of the Union Army.
00:16:56Rachel insisted that we leave, but I couldn't. I was hired to photograph the whole affair.
00:17:03She seemed to sense the danger. I was desperate trying to earn enough money because I wanted
00:17:08to buy her a proper wedding ring. I wanted to replace that cheap piece of tin she wore
00:17:11around her finger. Well, it wasn't long until the merriment soon turned to horror. The Rebs
00:17:17charged right at us. The people began to stampede off into the woods. Pitnick baskets were smashed.
00:17:23Wine goblets were shattered. In the chaos, my dear wife hit her head on a rock. By the
00:17:31time I found her lying there in the ivy, she'd already breathed her last sweet breath.
00:17:40That's the last picture I ever took of her. It's all I've got to remember her by. I keep
00:17:47it with me always.
00:17:49Um, would you like to try putting some varnish on a plate? Sure. Um, oh, I must have left
00:18:02it in my other case. I'll be right back.
00:18:19Lieutenant Hatcher had that fellow moved.
00:19:19My brother Daniel's got it.
00:19:21Where is he?
00:19:22In camp someplace.
00:19:24Why don't I have it?
00:19:25I'm sure he's got his reasons.
00:19:27Reasons. Tell me what he looks like.
00:19:31Short, blue eyes and reddish hair.
00:19:35Where the hell were you two in Kentucky?
00:19:37Your army moved. We couldn't help it.
00:19:40This whole thing's Morgan's fault. Conceited jackass.
00:19:44He's an exemplary soldier.
00:19:46Son of a bitch got the shit kicked out of him today.
00:19:48This is unacceptable that you gave the letter to your brother.
00:19:50I did what I had to do.
00:19:52The whole operation depended on this letter and I can't depend on either one of you two.
00:19:57I had gotten shot. I gave it to my brother to take to you.
00:20:02Don't worry yourself, Nun. My brother can be trusted. He's dedicated this out just like I am.
00:20:07My life's on the line and I don't appreciate complications. This whole thing better go
00:20:12smooth as a baby's ass or we'll both be swinging by our necks.
00:20:15What are you in this for?
00:20:17You're a true patriot, sir.
00:20:20Don't judge me, you snake.
00:20:22This whole war's a sham and you know it.
00:20:25I'm taking care of myself.
00:20:32Good evening, Captain.
00:20:34Lieutenant, what the hell is going on here?
00:20:36I needed some quiet so I left the party.
00:20:39Well, I heard it all.
00:20:41I'm sorry, sir.
00:20:42I'm giving you one chance and one chance only
00:20:46to explain what you just said in that tent there.
00:20:49Captain, I assure you, you need not worry about me.
00:20:55I know how it must have sounded, but I'm no traitor.
00:20:59Go on.
00:21:00Earlier, I discovered that soldier in there is a spy.
00:21:04Instead of tossing him in the prison compound, I decided to trick him into believing that I was on his side.
00:21:09He claims he has knowledge of a very important Confederate letter.
00:21:14That's quite a tale, Lieutenant.
00:21:16It's true, Captain.
00:21:18Have I ever let you down?
00:21:20This is a very important matter.
00:21:23I can't afford to be ill-informed.
00:21:25Never keep me in the dark like this again.
00:21:28I'll take it from here.
00:21:30Captain, what do I get for my part?
00:21:34Your part?
00:21:36For bringing this to your attention.
00:21:38Good night's sleep, knowing you've served your country well.
00:21:41You and I both know my rank advancement is long overdue.
00:21:44You'll serve where you're needed, and I need you here.
00:21:49I've tolerated your bullheaded incompetence long enough, old man.
00:21:53If you won't promote me, I'll take matters into my own hands.
00:22:06Who's there?
00:22:07Don't worry. It's me, Daniel.
00:22:11Come here. Now you listen to me.
00:22:14I want that letter, or so help me God, I'll gut you like I just gutted a captain here.
00:22:24Captain!
00:22:26Help! Someone help!
00:22:41What happened?
00:22:43The captain's been stabbed.
00:22:45What's going on here?
00:22:47The captain's been murdered.
00:22:49Who found him first?
00:22:50Benjamin.
00:22:51Seize him!
00:22:52But sir, he doesn't even have a weapon.
00:22:54This is no time to question orders, lieutenant, while our captain lies drenched in his own blood.
00:22:59I'm assuming command.
00:23:01And I intend to use all my power to bring this murderer to justice.
00:23:05Take him away!
00:23:07I believe Mr. Harris is another gutless rebel spy trying to infiltrate our camp.
00:23:11My sources indicate he's not acting alone, either.
00:23:15Therefore, I'm ordering a search for a small, red-headed soldier.
00:23:19Bring him directly to me, and do not search him.
00:23:25Do it now.
00:23:27Now.
00:23:29Now.
00:23:31Now.
00:23:33Now.
00:23:35Do it now.
00:23:37Yes, sir.
00:23:57Gentlemen, there's a spy in camp.
00:23:59Let's capture him.
00:24:01Private, check the first tent.
00:24:04Corporal with me.
00:24:08Clear.
00:24:10Nothing. Let's move.
00:24:12I swear, sir, I am not responsible for this awful crime.
00:24:17I could never do anything like that.
00:24:21Circumstances change a man, Benjamin.
00:24:24With the proper motivation, any one of us is capable of amazing acts.
00:24:29Even terrible ones.
00:24:31Sir, the murderer is still out there.
00:24:34What did he do that upset you so much?
00:24:37He didn't do anything.
00:24:39You killed him for no reason?
00:24:41I didn't kill him, sir. I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:44I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:46I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:48Shut up!
00:24:55Lovely.
00:24:57Your wife?
00:25:01Is she good in bed?
00:25:03She's dead.
00:25:05Well, then.
00:25:07In the morning, you'll both have something in common.
00:25:10Guard!
00:25:26Benjamin, it's Daniel.
00:25:28Daniel?
00:25:30What are you doing out there?
00:25:32I want to help you out. I know you're innocent.
00:25:34I saw the killer.
00:25:36Who is it?
00:25:38Lieutenant Hatcher.
00:25:40He knows I saw him, so he's gunning for me.
00:25:42I can't believe it.
00:25:44And no one's gonna believe me either.
00:25:46So I gotta get you out of there so we can both make a run for it.
00:25:48Turn around.
00:25:54Hold on.
00:25:56Hey, fellas. It's Private Gibbons.
00:25:58Daniel, is that you?
00:26:00Yeah. You guys can break loose.
00:26:02All you have to do is knock over this shoddy Yankee handiwork.
00:26:04There's only two guards over there.
00:26:06All you have to do is push really hard.
00:26:08I know you Southern boys can do it.
00:26:10One, two, three!
00:26:12Hey!
00:26:18Come on, Ben. Let's go.
00:26:20Let's go.
00:26:26Oh.
00:26:30I was a dead man.
00:26:32You and me both.
00:26:36Hey, uh, you got your wife's picture?
00:26:38Yeah, right here.
00:26:40Now,
00:26:42what are we gonna do?
00:26:44I know a place, but
00:26:46I'm not quite sure how to get there.
00:26:48Do you know where it is?
00:26:50Nelsonville.
00:26:52I've been there.
00:26:54It's about a three-day journey from here.
00:26:56Good. Look, I need to let you in on something,
00:26:58but you gotta promise to keep quiet about it.
00:27:00Daniel, you can trust me.
00:27:02I'm delivering a letter for the Union,
00:27:04and Lieutenant Hatcher wants it awful bad.
00:27:06Bad enough that he killed the captain for it.
00:27:08What is it?
00:27:10I don't know, and I couldn't say if I did,
00:27:12but if you help me get it to a farmhouse,
00:27:14the country should be grateful,
00:27:16and you'd get your good name cleared.
00:27:18Well, I'm with you, Daniel,
00:27:20and I'll tell you,
00:27:23I can't wait to see that Hatcher hang
00:27:25for what he's done.
00:27:27Uh-oh.
00:27:54Look at that.
00:27:56What is it?
00:27:58It looks like a lady's bonnet.
00:28:02Where'd it come from?
00:28:03I don't know.
00:28:05My wife had one that looked like that though.
00:28:14Oh, it sure feels nice.
00:28:16You know, yesterday Lieutenant Allen let the Rebs bathe in the same river with the Yanks.
00:28:22And I was sitting there watching them swim in the water there all mixed up together.
00:28:28You know, I got to thinking.
00:28:30You really couldn't tell one side from the other.
00:28:36You must be baking in that coat.
00:28:38Yeah, it's pretty hot.
00:28:45It sure is beautiful out here.
00:28:52Get in.
00:29:08Get up.
00:29:17Just keep heading north.
00:29:19You best be certain.
00:29:20Look, we keep a course, we'll be alright.
00:29:22That little bastard better be on that farm.
00:29:25You mind your mouth when you're talking about my brother.
00:29:29I don't give a shit about either one of you two.
00:30:21What the hell's he got ice skates for in the middle of summer?
00:30:24Must be a gift for her.
00:30:26And that hat we seen too.
00:30:28Must be one of Morgan's men.
00:30:30You know, those boys will steal anything they can get their hands on.
00:30:34What's he got in there?
00:30:36Uh, nothing.
00:30:39I don't know.
00:30:41I don't know.
00:30:43I don't know.
00:30:45I don't know.
00:30:48Uh, not much.
00:30:51Some powder.
00:30:53Some flint.
00:30:55Some jerky.
00:31:08Anything else?
00:31:10Uh, a compass.
00:31:14Hey, my brother used to have a compass just like this.
00:31:18At least we'll know up and down.
00:31:20He might have something good on him.
00:31:26Shit!
00:31:34Damn little pecker!
00:31:40I don't know anything about snake bites.
00:31:42Oh, I wish Drake were here. He'd know for sure.
00:31:44Hey, you there! You're on my property.
00:31:47Get on and off now.
00:31:49I'm sick of you bandits. Come on, get off!
00:31:52Don't you point that thing at me, boy!
00:31:54Sir, this man's been injured.
00:31:56You shouldn't be here.
00:31:57I can be anywhere I want. You colorblind?
00:31:59Damn little shit.
00:32:01Get on and off so I don't have to look at you no more.
00:32:04Come on, let's go.
00:32:05I ain't leaving Jessica as some damn negro says so.
00:32:09We don't have much choice.
00:32:11Come on, let's go.
00:32:13Come on.
00:32:16Daniel, come on.
00:32:20Let's get him over to my place.
00:32:22I got some herbs that'll help him out.
00:32:24I've been bit a few times out here myself,
00:32:26but none of these snakes is poisonous.
00:32:28Your boy's just been shot.
00:32:30My back ain't no good no more.
00:32:32You have to get him up yourself.
00:32:34Easy does it.
00:32:36Easy does it.
00:32:38Easy does it.
00:32:40There you go, there you go.
00:32:42At least he can count himself lucky than that fella down there.
00:33:07So, what's this farmer's connection?
00:33:10Son's liberty.
00:33:11Old Campbell's an avid supporter of Clement of Landingham.
00:33:14Last I heard, old of Landingham was arrested and sent to rot in Tennessee.
00:33:18Not no more.
00:33:19He's up in Canada.
00:33:21Gonna run for governor of Ohio.
00:33:23Campbell's up there with him right now.
00:33:25Still trying to stick it to old Lincoln.
00:33:27Why the hell not?
00:33:29Who's mining the farm?
00:33:31His daughter, Caroline.
00:33:34His daughter, Caroline.
00:33:36She's been my contact for a while now.
00:33:45Boy, you sure got a lot of fine furniture in there.
00:33:48Where'd it all come from?
00:33:50Comes from right here.
00:33:51Well, you're mighty gifted.
00:33:53No, I'm just blessed.
00:33:55Name's Ethan.
00:33:56I'm Benjamin.
00:33:57The boy in there, he's Daniel.
00:33:59He your kin?
00:34:00Nah, I'm just helping him out.
00:34:03He saved my life.
00:34:05I see.
00:34:07I want to apologize to you for what he said back there.
00:34:10Don't say my sorries for me.
00:34:12I ain't sorry at all.
00:34:15You shouldn't be here.
00:34:17My brother always said never trust a darky.
00:34:20Believe me, I don't want you here neither.
00:34:22I got me enough trouble with the horse thieves without you two being around.
00:34:25Well, I'm sorry, we can go.
00:34:27No, don't worry about it.
00:34:28But just scoot in the morning.
00:34:30We're going right now.
00:34:34Go lie down and quiet yourself.
00:34:38Don't tell me what to do.
00:34:42You're not from around here, are you?
00:34:44No, not originally, no sir.
00:34:46Alabama, and you?
00:34:47Well, I grew up around Cincinnati.
00:34:50Then we moved to New York.
00:34:52My family was blacksmiths.
00:34:54But I don't know, I wanted to look for something different to do with my hands.
00:34:58Looked around and wound up in the picture-taking business.
00:35:02Well, a body's got to be someplace, I suppose.
00:35:05And it's always the other place that looks better than the one you're in.
00:35:09That's why I moved up north.
00:35:11Ain't made much of a living at it, though.
00:35:13Tell you, if it didn't have my hands, I'd have nothing.
00:35:18Some folks still think of me as dirt.
00:35:21Hatred don't know no borders.
00:35:23It don't know no north or south.
00:35:34Want a bite of this squirrel?
00:35:36Don't feel much like eating.
00:35:38Too damn hot near this fire.
00:35:40There's cutting to be done before that leg goes gay and green.
00:35:44Wound's already spitting out pieces of bullet and threads from your britches.
00:35:48Time for us to finish the job.
00:35:51You ain't coming near me with that knife.
00:35:54Eh, go to hell then, for all I care.
00:35:59Just so you remember, you stay alive long enough to get me that letter.
00:36:03Don't worry, I'm Kentucky blood.
00:36:06We don't go to ground till the last drop of whiskey's left our lips.
00:36:09You'll get your money.
00:36:11Soon, you'll be in a hot bath in Louisville with a nickel whore licking you clean.
00:36:16Well, I best get what I deserve.
00:36:19There's not a god in heaven or in hell that you can hide behind.
00:36:31Boy, you sure know how to bring out the soul in a piece of wood.
00:36:34Keeps me occupied.
00:36:36Keeps me from remembering how bad things have worked out for me.
00:36:39Oh, they really put you through the works.
00:36:42I didn't have to worry about the chains or whip too much.
00:36:46My daddy was old man Feister.
00:36:48He lived on a plantation with my mother and her two sisters.
00:36:51Sort of an arrangement life.
00:36:53To some, there's not much difference between colors.
00:36:57But still, I was a slave, boy.
00:36:59But I only had to tend the sheep.
00:37:01What you complaining about?
00:37:02Lord, it sounds like you were treated like a damned prince.
00:37:05A slave's a slave.
00:37:06Man's still a piece of property.
00:37:08Hell, that's what my daddy always used to preach.
00:37:10Your daddy sounds like a good man.
00:37:12He's a dead man.
00:37:15He was an abolitionist minister down in Kentucky.
00:37:17Stirred up a whole bunch of trouble.
00:37:19Got himself hanged.
00:37:20And my mama killed two.
00:37:23Left me and my brothers as orphans.
00:37:26For that, I can never forgive him.
00:37:28That's why you hate us so much?
00:37:30When I was little, I used to side with my daddy all the time.
00:37:35But after all that happened, my brother Drake was all that I had left.
00:37:40He used to say that my daddy should not have made such a fuss.
00:37:43He said that my daddy should have minded his own damn business
00:37:46and left well enough alone.
00:37:48Drake's real smart, too.
00:37:50Went to West Point and everything.
00:37:52I know you've got a great deal of love for your brother,
00:37:55but you can't always be listening to what he has to say.
00:37:59What you talking about?
00:38:01You don't even know my brother, so why don't you just shut up?
00:38:05I don't know what you're talking about.
00:38:10I almost forgot.
00:38:11Remember when you told me you do pictures?
00:38:13Yeah.
00:38:14My daddy was keen on dogs.
00:38:16He even took pictures of them.
00:38:18Here's one in a Labrador in a Confederate uniform.
00:38:22Look at this.
00:38:23That's funny.
00:38:25You ever took pictures of dogs?
00:38:27I can't say that I have.
00:38:30Leave it to crack a dawn.
00:38:33Get some sleep.
00:38:41Good night.
00:39:11Good night.
00:39:27How'd y'all sleep last night?
00:39:29Lots better than outside and those sticks.
00:39:32Well, I would have given you my bed,
00:39:34but my back can't hack that hardwood floor anymore.
00:39:37How's your hand, Daniel?
00:39:39It's fine.
00:39:40Good. Real good.
00:39:42Let me give you a hand with that.
00:39:45I gotta pee.
00:39:50Hey, Ben.
00:39:51I don't mean to be nosy, but how well do you know that kid?
00:39:55He's a good boy.
00:39:57Besides, he's doing the right thing for the North.
00:40:01Oh, yeah? What's that?
00:40:03Well, I'm sorry. I shouldn't say anything.
00:40:06Dammit. What's going on, Daniel?
00:40:08I saw two men out there on horses.
00:40:10They've got guns.
00:40:11It's them damn Bats again.
00:40:13It's the second time they've tried me.
00:40:15Watch that window over there.
00:40:16Think they have a right to a Negro's everything?
00:40:36Hey!
00:41:03Hurry! Get the horse!
00:41:06Ethan, are you okay?
00:41:07Yeah, just go.
00:41:09Hurry up.
00:41:28Look what we've got here.
00:41:37You didn't teach us that at West Point.
00:41:40Makes my stomach turn.
00:41:42Well, I learned the geometry of the cannon shot at Point.
00:41:45It was the war that taught me the calculations for getting the truth from a man.
00:41:51My brother must have taken the letter with him.
00:41:54Any money in there?
00:41:56Would you shut up about your damn money?
00:41:58Listen, Sonny.
00:41:59This army doesn't give a damn about the retirement of its command.
00:42:03It's every officer for himself.
00:42:05Look at you.
00:42:06Judas of the North.
00:42:07Selling yourself for a few pieces of gold.
00:42:09This war is about rights.
00:42:11Rights?
00:42:12This war is about power.
00:42:15You lose the Negroes.
00:42:17Everything will go to hell down here.
00:42:19We ain't gonna lose.
00:42:20Not with that letter.
00:42:21Everything's gonna change.
00:42:23You'll see.
00:42:30Hey, stop!
00:42:31What? Why?
00:42:33We're going the wrong way.
00:42:34You have to turn around, Ben.
00:42:36Hurry!
00:42:47Drake!
00:43:04What happened to you?
00:43:05Who did this?
00:43:07I'm okay.
00:43:09Is Daniel here?
00:43:10No, no. I haven't seen him.
00:43:11He's got the letter.
00:43:12And you don't know where he is?
00:43:14I thought you did.
00:43:16Just, just let me think.
00:43:17Oh, you must be the Copperhead lieutenant.
00:43:20Captain.
00:43:21I'm no Copperhead, ma'am.
00:43:23In fact, it looks like I won't be seeing Copper anytime soon.
00:43:26What's going on here?
00:43:27He'll be here.
00:43:28This isn't what I agreed to.
00:43:29Me neither.
00:43:31We'll just have to sit tight.
00:43:32I don't want to sit tight!
00:43:34You made the arrangements with your friend.
00:43:37So blame him!
00:43:38No, he'll be dealt with.
00:43:40Soon enough.
00:43:47Who's the little girl?
00:43:50We better get you up inside the barn.
00:43:52Don't want anybody seeing you out here.
00:43:53Come on.
00:44:03I'm guessing about a few more hours.
00:44:05You really think Hatcher will be in the same place?
00:44:08I ain't sure.
00:44:10But I wouldn't be surprised.
00:44:13Could have tricked my brother into helping him.
00:44:15I thought your brother was such a clever fellow.
00:44:18He is.
00:44:20It's just that I've seen Hatcher in action.
00:44:24Telling sweet lies like maple syrup.
00:44:26What's your brother got to do with this, Daniel?
00:44:28Look, it don't matter.
00:44:30We just got to be prepared.
00:44:36You know, I never even touched a gun until today.
00:44:41Never had a reason to.
00:44:45You did good.
00:44:59MUSIC
00:45:10Where's my coffee?
00:45:12In a moment, sir.
00:45:14You miserable bumpkins.
00:45:17You really box this one up good.
00:45:19I beg your pardon?
00:45:20For two years I've been running messages with my friend without a single hitch.
00:45:24Then you people get involved, bang!
00:45:26The whole thing goes to hell.
00:45:28I'm sure that they're doing the best that they can.
00:45:31That's the problem.
00:45:33This is the best they're capable of.
00:45:49I got the horse hid.
00:45:50Good.
00:45:52So you think this is the place?
00:45:54Yep.
00:45:55Drake always used to talk about the big elm tree in front of the barn.
00:45:59Now, they don't know I've got company, so you better stay here.
00:46:03Okay.
00:46:04Hey, you think Hatcher might be in there?
00:46:08I don't see his horse, but I'll go in to make sure.
00:46:12Be careful.
00:46:23Honey, I'm so sorry.
00:46:25Don't be.
00:46:28At least I'm here with you and my family.
00:46:34I love you, Daddy.
00:46:55I love you, too.
00:47:26You Campbell?
00:47:29Yeah, I'm Caroline.
00:47:32Daniel?
00:47:37I'm so glad you're here.
00:47:39Drake's hurt bad. He's held up in a Yankee camp.
00:47:41No, he's not. He's right upstairs.
00:47:44He is?
00:47:45No, wait!
00:47:46Drake!
00:47:47Wait, Daniel!
00:47:48Drake!
00:47:51Brother!
00:47:53You made it!
00:47:54Yeah, I did. But how'd you get here?
00:47:57Me.
00:48:08Get in there!
00:48:10Hand it over!
00:48:13I ain't giving you nothing.
00:48:15Daniel, just give him the letter so that we can be rid of him.
00:48:19You don't understand.
00:48:20You better listen to her.
00:48:21No!
00:48:22Daniel!
00:48:23Shut up!
00:48:25Give me the letter, or you're dead.
00:48:28Just like the Captain, huh?
00:48:29What are you talking about?
00:48:31I saw him trying to turn the letter over to North just to get promoted.
00:48:35And then the Captain refused and killed him.
00:48:38He doesn't give a shit about the South. Just himself.
00:48:41Are you finished yet?
00:48:44My friend's expecting his letter.
00:48:46Damn you! And damn your friend!
00:48:48I'll make it simple for you.
00:48:49Give me the letter, or your brother dies.
00:48:53Daniel!
00:48:54If he wants the money that badly, he'll deliver it, friend or not.
00:48:57We ain't got any choice in the matter now.
00:49:08Good boy.
00:49:20No!
00:49:39Get the horse! Hurry!
00:49:40I can't.
00:49:42She's gone, Daniel.
00:49:49How could you do that?
00:49:50You had one simple job to do. One job.
00:49:52And you couldn't do that.
00:49:54And now he's dead.
00:49:56Who? Who's dead?
00:49:57My brother, Drake.
00:50:00He's dead.
00:50:20Oh, my God.
00:50:35Annabelle's asleep now.
00:50:40I hope she don't have any nightmares.
00:50:43Daniel.
00:50:45We're your family now.
00:50:50Drake was Annabelle's daddy.
00:50:53He didn't know until today.
00:50:56It's been some years since I've seen him.
00:51:01I knew that there was going to be a war.
00:51:05And I knew that he was going to be such a good use to me.
00:51:07He wouldn't have wanted to go if he would have known.
00:51:11Ann.
00:51:13Did you say the South?
00:51:16Yes, sir.
00:51:20Daniel, what is all this?
00:51:23What have you gotten me into?
00:51:26That letter?
00:51:28Yes, sir.
00:51:30It's a letter.
00:51:32It's a letter.
00:51:34It's a letter.
00:51:36That letter...
00:51:38That letter wasn't for the North.
00:51:41You lied to me.
00:51:43I had to.
00:51:45You've been using me all along.
00:51:47I did what I had to.
00:51:49Had to? I trusted you.
00:51:51You would have been dead if it wasn't for me.
00:51:53Did you forget that?
00:51:55At least I would have died with some dignity.
00:51:57Now look at me.
00:51:59I'm being charged as a traitor.
00:52:01And I find I've been aiding and abetting the enemy all along.
00:52:05So that's what you think?
00:52:07We're enemies?
00:52:09Yes! Aren't we?
00:52:13Do you know what it's like to have Lincoln, the great emancipator, tell you your way of life is wrong?
00:52:20We need slaves to run our plantations and our slaves need us.
00:52:24Is that how you really feel or is that your brother still talking?
00:52:28My brother is dead.
00:52:31You remember that negro, Ethan.
00:52:33Ethan.
00:52:35He saved your life.
00:52:37He didn't need you. You needed him.
00:52:39That ain't the point.
00:52:41I promised my brother that I would...
00:52:43You fulfilled that promise.
00:52:45It's time for you to grow up and be your own man.
00:52:47I am!
00:52:52Daniel.
00:52:54It's not about your brother and secret messages and politics anymore.
00:53:00Right now.
00:53:04All I know is that Hatcher is a son of a bitch.
00:53:08And I'm going to kill him.
00:53:12I want my face to be the last he ever sees.
00:53:23You say your company is chasing Morgan's men.
00:53:25Well, General and his boys just rode through here this morning and we just missed them.
00:53:32I got separated from the others when I was scouting for a way to cut them off.
00:53:37According to our reports, they got him pinched.
00:53:40Well, we've got you a cot.
00:53:42There's a little deer meat and some beans if you need it.
00:53:45Thanks, Major.
00:53:47But I'll be staying at the hotel.
00:53:49Very well, Sergeant.
00:53:51I've never admired another soul on this earth as much as I did my brother Drake.
00:53:58When we were boys we used to run around in my mama's garden and play hide and seek.
00:54:02And I loved it.
00:54:05I'm sure you do.
00:54:07Come on.
00:54:09Let's go.
00:54:11Come on.
00:54:13Come on.
00:54:15Come on.
00:54:16When we was boys, we used to run around in my mama's garden and pelt each other with crab apples.
00:54:22And this one time, he walled me real good and clean knocked me out.
00:54:27But he still carried me home, even though he knew he'd get a whoopin' from our daddy.
00:54:33I wish that was the only warring we ever had to do, Lord.
00:54:37Amen.
00:54:47I'll come back. I promise.
00:54:50I guess I'm your family now.
00:54:58Need a hand?
00:55:16No.
00:55:38Now we need to take it easy. He could be anywhere if he hasn't left yet.
00:55:42The sooner we find that barber Caroline mentioned, the better.
00:55:45Yates, right? I believe that's what she said.
00:55:56Looks like you've seen some action.
00:55:59More like a distraction.
00:56:01You mind telling me about it?
00:56:03I trusted the wrong people.
00:56:10Can I help you, fellas?
00:56:12Joseph Yates.
00:56:13That's me.
00:56:14Caroline sent us.
00:56:16Oh, really? And who is the dear?
00:56:20She said you could help us.
00:56:22Wow.
00:56:23I'm Drake's brother.
00:56:25Oh, sure. What you need?
00:56:28Revenge.
00:56:31That friend I'm going to visit, I've known him for a few years.
00:56:36I met him at the hanging of that abolitionist rabble-rouser, John Brown.
00:56:41My friend joined the army just to see him die.
00:56:44That's pretty morbid.
00:56:47He's a strange duck, all right. But then, most of those theater types are.
00:56:52What's his name?
00:56:56It's none of your concern.
00:56:58Where's your post office?
00:57:02Well, I removed a slug from a Yankee fella just last night. A big man.
00:57:07Hatcher.
00:57:08Yeah.
00:57:09Where's he now?
00:57:10A hotel, I reckon. He didn't like the sound of an army cod.
00:57:14Do you think he's left yet?
00:57:15I don't think so, or I haven't seen him. I've been looking out my window all morning.
00:57:18Son of a bitch.
00:57:20Now, hold on just a minute. We can't go running out there without some sort of plan.
00:57:29Good morning, sir.
00:57:30My name's Captain Derek Hatcher, and I'm staying at the inn.
00:57:33If I receive any messages, contact me immediately.
00:57:36Yes, sir.
00:57:37Sir.
00:57:39Will this do you?
00:57:42Perfect.
00:57:45What's wrong?
00:57:47Well, I'm just sorry it had to all come to this.
00:57:49Hey, he's coming back out.
00:57:55Marion Holstead. She likes to get friendly with the soldiers.
00:58:01Yankee whore.
00:58:04Damn. They're going off together.
00:58:07I'd say that's to your advantage.
00:58:09How do you figure?
00:58:10They're heading for the hotel.
00:58:12This will be your chance to catch him with his pants down.
00:58:17Perfect.
00:58:22You remind me of a girl I once knew in Virginia.
00:58:24Really? Just as pretty?
00:58:26Every bit.
00:58:27Told Johnny Skelter.
00:58:34I wish I had my knife. I'd sink it into his fat throat.
00:58:38You need to keep your head.
00:58:40If you get that letter, give it to me first.
00:58:42That's not why I'm helping you.
00:58:43You gotta, in case he gets away.
00:58:47Quite a sight that was. Nothing but a red tangle of hair and flesh.
00:58:52Ew. He cut off all the hair on her head?
00:58:55He had a whole bag full of scalps.
00:58:57He sold them together. Called it his sack of Yankee hair.
00:59:00That's repulsive.
00:59:02Made him into fine wigs and sold him throughout the Union.
00:59:05Nobody ever knew the difference.
00:59:08I'm not going to swing from a tree for this.
00:59:10You won't.
00:59:11Can't we at least wait? It's broad daylight.
00:59:13There's no time.
00:59:27No time.
00:59:28What's wrong?
00:59:58Easy now, boys.
01:00:00Let go of me!
01:00:01Shut up!
01:00:02Oh, God!
01:00:03Get the letter.
01:00:04Got it.
01:00:05Now go downstairs.
01:00:06Make sure no one's coming.
01:00:07Oh, wait a second.
01:00:08What?
01:00:09What?
01:00:10What?
01:00:11What?
01:00:12What?
01:00:13What?
01:00:14What?
01:00:15What?
01:00:16What?
01:00:17What?
01:00:18What?
01:00:19What?
01:00:20What?
01:00:21What?
01:00:22What?
01:00:23What?
01:00:24What?
01:00:25What?
01:00:26What?
01:00:27What?
01:00:28What?
01:00:29Oh, wait a second.
01:00:30You wouldn't shoot an unarmed man, would you?
01:00:31Take them away.
01:00:53I just got a bunch of red apples from my mom.
01:01:14Sure, it's nice of her to go to all the trouble.
01:01:16Thomas, it ain't like we're on the front lines or nothing.
01:01:19Your mama only lives five miles away.
01:01:21Bet you boys are just starving.
01:01:23Not for them road apples.
01:01:25Hey, he's got a problem with his mama's produce.
01:01:27Look, why don't you boys just carry on?
01:01:29Bet he thinks your mama's apples are just chock full of worms.
01:01:32You call my mama's apples rotten?
01:01:34He didn't say that.
01:01:37I wouldn't eat none of your shitty Yankee apples if my life depended on it.
01:01:41Since he don't like apples, maybe he'd like a taste of some Yankee leather.
01:01:44Captain Hatcher says you're too murderin' Johnny Spies.
01:01:47How about a little rope?
01:01:50Hey, leave him alone now. Come on, boys.
01:01:52He didn't mean nothing to happen to you.
01:01:54Get him up there.
01:01:56They're killing us in here.
01:01:58Damn it, shut up!
01:02:00Hey, help us out of here.
01:02:02Shut up!
01:02:04I'll hold your tongue.
01:02:11You pathetic apes.
01:02:14Get him down from there.
01:02:17Now!
01:02:20Leave him here.
01:02:26Get out of here.
01:02:32Sit down.
01:02:35Or I'll make you.
01:02:43Where is it?
01:02:45I don't know what you're talking about.
01:02:47Where is it?
01:02:49I don't have it.
01:02:51Bullshit.
01:02:53You searched us yourself.
01:02:55You probably hid it somewhere.
01:02:57I ain't even seen it.
01:02:59I'm the only man that can save your life, Benjamin.
01:03:05Where's your brother when I need him?
01:03:07I'll kill you.
01:03:09You piece of shit. You hear me?
01:03:11I'll kill you.
01:03:13Is it really worth losing your life?
01:03:15Is it really worth losing your life over this?
01:03:17You don't owe that kid a thing.
01:03:19I don't owe you nothing either.
01:03:25I'm not going to ask you again.
01:03:29Go to hell.
01:03:33You're going to be in slow pain
01:03:35before you leave this world, boy.
01:03:37Hey, leave him alone.
01:03:39He don't know nothing.
01:03:41Matter of fact.
01:03:43I have it.
01:03:47Where is it?
01:03:49It's in my inside best pocket.
01:03:56Hell, that's nothing but a picture.
01:03:58On the other side, underneath.
01:04:05Sir?
01:04:07What is it?
01:04:09Major Pierce would like to see you right away.
01:04:11Lock him up.
01:04:27What were you doing with my prisoners?
01:04:29With all due respect,
01:04:31those are my prisoners.
01:04:33This is my jurisdiction.
01:04:35You have no right to order my soldiers around.
01:04:37Do you understand me?
01:04:40Is it?
01:04:44Well, then maybe you can explain
01:04:46why this telegram was addressed to you.
01:04:48We're in a state of war,
01:04:50so I have all telegrams relayed to me
01:04:52just as a precaution.
01:04:54That telegram is my business.
01:04:56Well, now it's my business.
01:04:58This is a secret code written by General Morgan.
01:05:00So explain to me why the General
01:05:02is sending you love letters.
01:05:10Why didn't you give it to me?
01:05:12I knew he would find it.
01:05:14You should have told me at least.
01:05:16I didn't want you to have it.
01:05:18What?
01:05:20I was going to destroy it.
01:05:22After all this?
01:05:24Look, we both want Hatcher dead.
01:05:26But I wasn't going to let that letter get through.
01:05:28I've got to protect my country's interests.
01:05:30Then why didn't you give it to me?
01:05:32I knew he would find it.
01:05:34You should have told me at least.
01:05:36I didn't want you to have it.
01:05:38I was going to protect my country's interests.
01:05:40Then why didn't you give it to him?
01:05:42Because he was going to kill you.
01:05:44So you'll sell out your country
01:05:46to save an enemy spy?
01:05:48I couldn't let him do that to you.
01:05:50Well, now he's still alive
01:05:52and he's got the letter.
01:05:54He wins all the way around.
01:05:56Your message got through
01:05:58and that's what your brother would have wanted.
01:06:00He'd want me to do it.
01:06:02What does it matter to the South?
01:06:04It don't.
01:06:06Well, we've got bigger problems right now.
01:06:08We're both going to hang in the morning.
01:06:10I suppose it doesn't matter
01:06:12quite so much to me anymore.
01:06:14But you,
01:06:16you've got a woman
01:06:18and that little girl to take care of.
01:06:20I know.
01:06:22What is this?
01:06:24Stop that.
01:06:26I said what is this?
01:06:28I said stop that.
01:06:30Excuse me.
01:06:36You're finished.
01:06:58You're a disgrace to the uniform.
01:07:00Sir, the traitor has escaped.
01:07:02Hold him here.
01:07:06Go, go, go.
01:07:13Turn around.
01:07:31Turn around.
01:07:36Take it.
01:07:52Take it. Go, go. I'm okay.
01:08:06Get down, get down.
01:08:08It's Hatcher.
01:08:10Where's he going?
01:08:12I don't know, but we have to follow him.
01:08:36Damn it.
01:08:38Let's go.
01:09:06Come on.
01:09:10I've got to rest, Daniel.
01:09:12I'm tired.
01:09:14But we're so close.
01:09:16Okay.
01:09:22To be
01:09:24or not to be,
01:09:26that is the question.
01:09:28Whether it is nobler in the mind
01:09:30to suffer the slings and arrows
01:09:32of outrageous men
01:09:34or the slings and arrows
01:09:36of outrageous fortune.
01:09:38But alas, poor Hatcher.
01:09:40I knew you well.
01:09:42But what is this?
01:09:44Your countenance is one of discontent.
01:09:46Evening, Booth.
01:09:52No!
01:09:54Where is he?
01:09:56There's a playhouse over there.
01:10:00Ah, Lieutenant Hatcher.
01:10:02It's Captain Hatcher, Booth.
01:10:04I've climbed up in the world.
01:10:06We haven't spoken since 61.
01:10:08Is that not right?
01:10:10Back when I helped you smuggle quinine in horse collars.
01:10:12We've come a long way since then, old friend.
01:10:14We've gone from trying to save
01:10:16the lives of men
01:10:18to saving the life of the South itself.
01:10:20Join me in a glass of whiskey.
01:10:22I'm not in a drinking mood.
01:10:24What kind of mood are you in?
01:10:26A negotiating mood.
01:10:32I've got a piece of fool's cap
01:10:34that's worth
01:10:36a thousand dollars.
01:10:38Ah.
01:10:40There's the man I used to know.
01:10:42Nothing changes.
01:10:44Always to the point.
01:10:46However,
01:10:48it was five hundred dollars
01:10:50we agreed on.
01:10:52There were unforeseen circumstances.
01:10:54Unexpected costs.
01:10:56And I'm afraid
01:10:58I'm going to have to
01:11:00pay the unexpected costs.
01:11:02Much blood was spilled.
01:11:04Some of which was my own.
01:11:06But we had a contract, sir.
01:11:08After all,
01:11:10it's for the cause.
01:11:12The liberation of the South from that tyrant Lincoln.
01:11:14I don't give a damn
01:11:16about the North or the South, Booth.
01:11:18To me, those words
01:11:20are as useless as a busted tin compass.
01:11:22Are you not a patriot?
01:11:24Patriotism?
01:11:26Is that going to put food on your table when you're old and feeble?
01:11:28Dining on weeds?
01:11:30Spitting out your last split tooth?
01:11:32I've risked a magnificent career
01:11:34in the theater
01:11:36to devote myself to our plans.
01:11:38And I've risked my neck.
01:11:40So give me my money
01:11:42so I may go.
01:11:44Very well, friend.
01:11:46But a letter of credit will have to do.
01:11:48Your letters of credit?
01:11:50Your politics?
01:11:52They don't mean a thing to me.
01:11:54I don't have a thousand dollars with me.
01:11:56I've got a hundred now,
01:11:58and the rest will be sent to you.
01:12:00You have my word.
01:12:02Well, then.
01:12:04I'm sure the North will be happy to see what I have
01:12:06and find out who it was intended for.
01:12:08One of us will be wearing the hangman's cap
01:12:10to the gallows because of this.
01:12:12Those gallows won't be a prop
01:12:14on a theater stage.
01:12:16I implore you, sir,
01:12:18to reconsider your position.
01:12:20Do I have to speak in iambic pentameter
01:12:22so you can understand?
01:12:24Sir.
01:12:26So you would see the darky
01:12:28overrun our country.
01:12:30You would see Lincoln ruling as Caesar.
01:12:32He guarantees
01:12:34he doth bestride the world
01:12:36as Colossus.
01:12:38Look at my hand.
01:12:40When I was young, a gypsy woman
01:12:42read my palms.
01:12:44She said I was destined for greatness.
01:12:46That I would turn the tides of the world.
01:12:50She also said that I was doomed
01:12:52for an early death.
01:12:54But so be it!
01:12:56If I must,
01:12:58I shall play Brutus.
01:13:00What do you think's gonna happen
01:13:02when this war is over?
01:13:04Do you think the South is going to applaud you?
01:13:06Throw posies at your feet?
01:13:08Watch you take a thousand bows?
01:13:12I had to kill a kid's brother for this piece of paper.
01:13:14By God, I'm gonna make it worth
01:13:16the blood on my hands.
01:13:19So.
01:13:21You killed the messenger as planned.
01:13:23Yes.
01:13:25Good.
01:13:27We needed a martyr for the Copperheads
01:13:29to rally around.
01:13:31It's unfortunate that Drake had to die
01:13:33for the cause.
01:13:35But he shall be remembered as a loyal patriot
01:13:37always.
01:13:39The South shall be victorious.
01:13:41He was no greater loss
01:13:43than losing the village idiot to a cliff.
01:13:45Hatcher!
01:13:51Drop the gun, child,
01:13:53or die!
01:13:57Now come up here!
01:14:05Who are you?
01:14:07I'm the brother
01:14:09of a dead patriot.
01:14:11You fool!
01:14:13So you were followed.
01:14:15I thought he was dead.
01:14:17Hatcher, you are useless.
01:14:19Give me the letter, now!
01:14:21Now!
01:14:29Can I at least have the 500 we agreed on?
01:14:33Not so greedy now, are we?
01:14:35All right.
01:14:39If it'll get you out of my sight.
01:14:44Wait!
01:14:46I want to make sure I got what I paid for.
01:14:52What is this?
01:14:54This is nothing but a maudlin love letter.
01:14:56It's supposed to be a passage
01:14:58from Henry V with the time and dates
01:15:00of the Southern guns' shipment
01:15:02to Indianapolis.
01:15:04I can't rally Copperheads with this!
01:15:06It was the letter I was given.
01:15:08My dearest Benjamin,
01:15:10I long to see you again.
01:15:12I long to feel your touch,
01:15:14to see your eyes.
01:15:16To hear the sound of her voice.
01:15:18Who in God's name are you?
01:15:20I'm the one that's going to destroy
01:15:22your precious letter.
01:15:24You keep us waiting.
01:15:32Don't move!
01:15:34It's too late.
01:15:36No!
01:15:38I hope you enjoy hell.
01:16:08No!
01:16:38No!
01:17:08No!
01:17:18Benjamin.
01:17:22Hatcher?
01:17:24Is he dead?
01:17:26Yeah.
01:17:29Good.
01:17:32I...
01:17:37I will see you soon,
01:17:39my sweet angel.
01:17:41Love to thee,
01:17:43Benjamin.
01:17:47So where's the real letter?
01:17:49He...
01:17:59He destroyed it himself.
01:18:03Daniel,
01:18:05you've got a chance for a new beginning.
01:18:09Take it.
01:18:11Take it with all your heart.
01:18:19Take it.
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