The Free State of Jones
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- 2010
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Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
- Stay with me!
- Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
- Left! Left!
- Close that rank!
- Left, right, left!
- Steady, boy!
Left! Left!
Steady!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left of the colors, boys!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Guide right!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Top of the hill, boys!
Just over that Ridge!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Kneel!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Ready!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Fire!
Left! Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Left! Left!
Left, right, left!
Almost there, boy.
Almost there.
It's my leg.
I know it's your leg.
It hurts.
Yeah. They got ether.
Here we go. Here we go.
Hold pressure.
Hold pressure here.
Let's get this off you.
If they think you're an officer,
they'll fix you sooner.
Yeah, they're gonna fix you.
Here we go.
One, two, three.
We need clean water!
Hold pressure here.
The lord is
the stronghold of my life.
7th Tennessee.
Mini ball, left thigh.
Captain!
I got a captain here!
Captain up front! Captain up front!
Hold him!
Hold him down!
Hold him!
Where they going?
Charleston.
Charleston.
That's Carolina 3rd. A bunch
of them are headed home.
Twenty negro law.
If you own 20 Negroes,
you get to go home.
Since when?
The first, I guess.
New conscription act.
Poor man's fightin'
a rich man's war.
Yeah.
You know they got a house in
Natchez with gold doorknobs.
Not gold-lookin'.
Gold. Real gold.
"But all their gold
and all their silver
will not protect them
from the wrath of the lord."
You so smart, Jasper, how
come you still here, huh?
"The oldest son
on such plantations
where 20 or more Negroes
are owned or leased
are hereby exempt in the armies
of the confederate states.
Furthermore, any plantation
where the total number of Negroes
owned or leased shall equal 40,
the eldest and second eldest shall
be exempt from military service."
That's you and a brother.
And then it goes up one family member
for every 20 Negroes after that.
So what, if we all chip in and buy us
one negro, we get a couple weeks off?
Ah, I swear,
I'm tired of it, Jasper...
Tired of helpin' them
fight for their damn cotton.
You don't fight anyway.
You're a nurse.
Yeah, you get gut-shot
out there tomorrow, will,
why don't you go find an artillery
officer, see if he can help you.
I ain't fightin' for cotton.
I'm fightin' for honor.
Oh, that's good, will.
I'd sure hate
to be fightin' for cotton.
Who's there?
Uncle newt.
Daniel.
That you, boy?
Come here.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
What happened?
They-they took me,
and they took
the mule and our hogs,
half the corn crib,
and they told me
I'd been drafted.
Can I stay with you?
Of course you can, boy.
You're my kin.
They put me
with another company,
and I finally ran off
and I looked for you all day.
I found this man
and told him I was from Jones,
and he said that was
Mississippi 7th, and so...
Shh, shh, shh. I got you, boy.
I got you.
I got you. I got you.
I got you.
I got you.
You're with me.
You're with me now.
Are you gonna be there
with me tomorrow?
Yeah, I'm gonna be there
with you tomorrow.
You hear me? I'm gonna be
there with you tomorrow.
We're gonna make for a tree
line about a quarter mile out.
You don't listen to no sergeant, no
officers. Only me. You understand now?
When I tell you to go, move
fast and stay close to me.
All right?
You got a full load?
Half-cock, safe.
Full-cock, fire.
Ain't no different than shootin'
a bird or a deer, Daniel.
No different than that.
All right?
Okay.
They're shelling us.
Come on. Move.
Right this way.
Stay low. Low.
Stay low.
See that rifle pit
about 50 yards out?
That's where we headin'.
That's where we're going.
You ready? You ready?
Let's go. Go! Go! Go!
Stay behind me!
Go down.
Ahh!
You all right? Huh?
You all right?
All right. All right.
All right, stay down.
They got sharpshooters
out there.
We're gonna make a way
for that tree line, all right?
Find some shelter and hide out.
You all right?
All right, let's go.
Stay low.
Whoa, whoa!
Careful. Down. Down.
Who you with?
Mississippi 5th, "f" company.
We all that's left.
All right, you're with us now. We're
makin' for that Ridge over to the right.
- Uh-huh.
- So fix bayonets!
Fix your bayonet, boy.
Yeah, I got it.
Here.
Fixed!
All right.
You ready? Ready?
All right.
On my command.
Ready?
- Go! Go! Go!
- Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go, boy! Move!
Hold, hold, hold.
Hold, Daniel. Hold.
Move!
Hold!
Sh*t!
Uncle newt?
No!
Ahh!
Uncle newt?
I got you, boy. It's gonna be all right.
It's all right.
It hurts.
I know it hurts.
Just hold on to me tight.
Hold on to me.
Am I gonna die? You're not gonna die.
I'm gonna fix ya.
Can I get some help right here?
I got a boy here.
I got a boy here.
I got a boy here.
And I got officers
I can't even get to.
It hurts.
I got you, boy.
I got you, boy.
I got you. I got you. I'm gonna get
you a doctor. Gonna get you a doctor.
Hang on. Hang on.
Can I have some water? Shh.
In a second. In a second.
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