:48:01
Lieutenant, do your duty.
:48:06
Detail, ready!
:48:09
Aim.
:48:11
Fire!
:48:14
Recover, arm!
:48:34
Morning, Lawrence.
:48:36
- Any mail?
- No.
:48:38
But I did manage to get my hands
on a New York Tribune.
:48:41
- What are they saying about us now?
- Well, not much about us.
:48:46
I mean, that is, this Army here
in Stoneman's Switch.
:48:49
Sure are kicking up a fuss
about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
:48:54
Says here that enlistments are down
and desertions are up.
:48:57
- Any grumbling among the men?
- Well, not in our regiment.
:49:01
A few wonder out loud why they should be
risking their lives for the darkies.
:49:05
Well, Tom, you know my position.
:49:08
I signed up to preserve the Union.
The president did the right thing.
:49:12
Whas the use of uniting the country
by force and leaving slavery in place?
:49:18
It sure riled up those Johnny Rebs.
:49:20
They'll think Lincoln incited the slaves
to rise against them.
:49:24
Why shouldn't they?
:49:25
Freeing the slaves wasn't a war aim
when this began, but war changes things.
:49:29
- It sorts things out.
- Well, I don't know, Lawrence.
:49:32
Not everybody feels the way we do
about the darkies.
:49:35
Especially when it comes to fighting
and dying.
:49:38
Tom.
:49:40
Do me a favor.
:49:42
Don't call me Lawrence
and don't call Negroes "darkies."
:49:47
Thas a patronizing expression
from which we must free ourselves.
:49:55
Come outside. I want to...
I want to show you something.