Field of Lost Shoes Page #3

You also have a cleaver.

There's nothing worse in a time

of conflict than a thief of food.

Tell the Judge why we're here,

son.

Uh, we're...

we real hungry, Mr. Judge,

and those loaves

smell awful good.

I'm new just today,

but Mr. Wise here tells me

that the bread is the best

part of this school.

Go on and get yourself one of

these loaves, son.

I suppose I could spare

three or four.

Thank you, Judge.

Oh, that's good.

That's fresh.

I'm not here for a handout,

Judge.

I'm here to negotiate a

business arrangement.

Now, you seen the best of us on

the shooting range.

Jewish boy's the best,

then you.

We'll bring in some squirrel,

rabbit and some possum,

harvest a fugitive

chicken or two.

Your people share in the meat.

In return, we

liberate some bread.

See, the terms of

this arrangement

is a little more serious for

some parties than others.

If this comes crashing down,

it will not fall on you.

Tell me this one is different.

We think so.

He's not afraid to take action.

It's a welcome change from

your other generals.

Some call Grant a butcher.

Well, sir, that may be

precisely what we need.

General, congratulations

on your victory and promotion.

Gentlemen, thank you.

They say you are the general

the nation has been

praying for.

They also say you fight

like a savage.

Oh, I agree with both.

War is not opera nor theater.

It is for winning.

Winning ends the death, ends

the destruction,

begins the healing.

And to win, brutality

is required?

Each game has its rules, Mr.

President.

Are we to play chess or war?

And if I were to name you

General in Chief?

I will attack our enemies at

all times and all places.

I will take away his crops,

his animals,

the food he has sheltered,

his railroads, his industry,

his clothing,

his ammunition,

his gunpowder,

his steel, his armament,

his salt,

and I will take from him the

flower of his youth.

I will destroy everything

my enemy loves

and anything that might give him

the means or the hope to prevail.

Do you see me as a monster, Mr.

President?

I see you as a true general.

The only way back across

the Blue Ridge

and into our flank...

...through the New Market Gap,

and that's where Grant

will send 'em.

Uh, sir, General Lee

does not believe

an attack will come

this spring.

Well, then, General Lee

is dead wrong.

The Federals will

come and soon.

Inform my brigade commanders to

concentrate the army

and move at best speed

towards New Market.

And I am going to need

everything they got.

Sir,

you're asking me

to tell the commander

General Lee is wrong?

Well, thank God you

been listening.

I won't have to repeat myself.

If General Grant is the wolf

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