North and South

Lieutenant Freeman?

Mrs. Hazard. Ma'am. How are you?

Just fine. Have you seen my husband?

He left an hour ago. He's positioning a battery over by the Rock Creek area.

Thank you. Do you really think the Southern army will invade Washington?

Well. With the Rebs...

Excuse me. Ma'am. The Southern army only 20 miles away...

Well. Better to be safe than sorry.

But I'm sure your husband knows more about a possible battle...

now that he has his transfer to the sharpshooters.

Sharpshooters?

I'm sorry. Ma'am. I thought you knew.

No. I...

Thank you. Sir. For the information.

Why don't you let me get you an escort.

I can find my way. Lieutenant. Thank you.

Little Miss Molasses with her darky.

What you hear from Jeffie Davis. Honey child?

Something wrong with your hearing. Reb?

We don't want any trouble. Please just leave us alone.

Why don't you tell that to your people that attacked...

- our troops coming through Baltimore. - Take your hands off that bridle.

We're white men. You can't talk to us like that.

You're talking to us like we're slaves.

Swam“!

Primary field of fire. All four guns. Is across the river.

Georgetown to the Chain Bridge.

The secondary position will be to cover the northern approaches.

I'm looking for my husband. Lieutenant Hazard.

Thank you. Sir.

Excuse me. Sergeant.

Brett!

Billy!

I got a transfer. I'm gonna be in the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters.

It's a new regimen just authorized by Congress.

I didn't want to tell you until it came through. Isn't it great?

You'll be in the thick of the fighting.

Why couldn't you stay with the engineers?

Brett. I'm a soldier. Soldiers are supposed to fight.

Our ancestors fought so the U.S. could be free. I could make history.

By killing Southerners?

I didn't mean your family.

I know a lot of Southerners love the Union and don't want war.

But they're gonna fight for the Confederacy.

Good people will be killed. Is that the kind of history you want to make?

It's gonna be all right.

Everybody says the war will be over in one big battle.

When I leave for camp. Go to Belvedere and stay with my mother.

What about Semiramis?

I'll make arrangements for her to get safely to Mont Royal.

Why are we fighting?

Because you never told me any of this. Billy.

I don't want anything to happen to you.

If I'm to believe the Charleston recruiting officer...

I'd better ride day and night to reach Virginia before the war's ever.

- It won't be that easy. Charles. - Most of us were born on horseback.

We'll ride circles around those Yankees.

There's three of them to every one of us.

I'll take those odds any day.

It's a shame you gotta rub shoulders with the president of the Confederacy...

instead of riding with Wade Hampton's Legion.

Orrym.

I'm gonna miss you.

You're a lot more than a cousin to me. Charles. You're like a little brother.

So I don't want you taking any unnecessary chances.

- You know me. - That's what worries me.

Charles reminds me so much of Orry when he went off to fight in Mexico.

He came back from that war. And they'll come back from this one.

I can't believe what happened.

Our dearest friends, the Hazards. Billy. My son-in-|aw...

- Torn apart by war. - Maybe it won't last very long.

I do hope so. My dear.

The two handsomest men in the Confederacy.

You even make those uniforms look good.

Watch out. Aunt Clarissa!

I may take you with me. I can't live without your corn bread.

Dear Charles.

I'm not ready to say goodbye.

I never wanted this war.

But we'd be without pride and honor if we let the North tell us how to live.

There are things worth fighting for. Madeline. This land...

our families. Our way of life...

And you.

I can't wait till you become Mrs. Orry Main.

And once your divorce is final...

I'll get you to a preacher quicker than you can say. "I do."

I do.

Sport. The war will be over before that general gets through saying goodbye.

Charles can't wait to get on the road now that he's heard Virginia belles...

outshine even our South Carolina beauties.

Mother.

You take care of yourself.

Oh. Orry. I promised myself I wouldn't cry.

Now...

There'll be no time for tears. You'll be too busy running this plantation.

There's a war waiting on us.

Time's a-wasting.

Cuffey.

Don't worry. Mr. Orry. I'll take care of everything.

I know you will.

Race you to the war!

Take care. Charles.

I must say. Gentlemen. I consider this a great honor, and I thank you.

You do us the honor, Mr. LaMotte. Accepting your commission.

All of us on the militia general staff...

feel your qualifications make you an ideal colonel...

to turn our green volunteers into soldiers to defend South Carolina.

I shall start recruiting in my district immediately. Sir.

May I tell you how much we've enjoyed your hospitality...

Colonel LaMotte. Although I must say I did miss seeing your lovely wife.

Is Mrs. LaMotte ailing?

Mrs. LaMotte is no longer residing at Resolute.

You'll have to forgive Mr. Clay.

He's been in legislature at Columbia since the Fort Sumter crisis...

and wasn't aware of your domestic situation.

My domestic situation is of no concern to anyone. Sir.

Gentlemen. Good day.

Good day. Sir.

Well. Sure and you're a fine figure of a man. George Hazard.

You look as handsome in that uniform...

as you did the first night we danced together in Mexico.

After the Mexican War, I swore I'd never wear a uniform again.

But I just can't sit here in Lehigh Station while the country's being torn in half.

I agree with the president.

The Union must be preserved.

But regulations or not...

they'll have to court-martial me before I wear this ridiculous hat.

Even I'd have to think twice before wearing that thing.

I shouldn't be going to Washington. I should have requested a field command.

Now. George. The president wants you on his staff.

Not just because you're a West Pointer.

It's because he knows an exceptional man. Just as I do.

My brother's close to Lincoln. And he feels the president will mobilize us...

and not just the military. But the private sector too.

That includes Hazard Iron...

Isabel. I hope we're doing the right thing. There is a war on.

A party like this might be in bad taste.

We're just celebrating the departure of our very own hero.

After all. We're the most prominent family in this part of the state.

People will see it as our patriotic duty.

I'm not sure how happy George is with all this fanfare.

The army's best officers have resigned and gone south, which they'll regret.

Because the Confederate cause may already be lost.

Those of us who run important companies...

create the engine that'll power the Union to quick victory.

As a matter of fact, I've already drawn up plans...

I'm afraid you're going to have to be the colonel.

Thank you very much, but I haven't done anything yet to deserve this.

I'd like to think that this is not only for those of us who are going off to war...

but for those who've already left...

including my younger brother. It. William Hazard...

and especially for those who are staying here at home...

working for the Union cause with the same dedication and spirit.

Including my eldest brother. Stanley. Who will run Hazard Iron in my absence.

Thank you very much.

- We have confidence in you, Stanley. - Thank you. George.

- You'll do a great job. Good luck. - Thank you.

All of this makes me know you really are going to leave us.

I'm going to miss you both so much.

- Your guests are eager to meet you. - Thank you. Isabel.

Mother.

Don't let sentiment interfere with our plans. My darling.

Now isn't just a chance to profit from this foolish war...

but for you to be the man you've always wanted to be.

General. President Davis is waiting.

Mr. President. I appreciate your sentiments...

but we simply cannot afford to temporize.

The North will strangle the South if we do.

Excuse me. I was told to join you...

Indeed. Sir. Gentlemen. Brigadier General Orry Main.

General Robert E. Lee. My military adviser. And members of my Cabinet.

Our agents in the federal capital have shown us how the North...

plans to crush us in the coils of a giant water snake.

That is precisely the situation. Sir.

All down the Eastern seaboard to the Florida Keys...

then along the gulf to New Orleans.

Their navy would seal off the Confederacy.

They will send their western army south to secure the Border States.

- And cut the Confederacy in two. - Never. Never.

But it would be daring.

They could squeeze us to death by cutting off our supplies and weapons...

from Texas, the ports of Mexico and Europe.

Scott. Their general in chief and a Virginian...

opposed this far-fetched strategy.

The man is a traitor to the South.

To be a Southerner and believe in the Union does not make one a traitor. Sir...

or I would not be here.

I realize you turned down Lincoln's offer to command the Yankee armies...

- but I had no idea... - Mr. President...

I believe secession is unconstitutional...

and slavery is a moral and political evil in any society.

Then why have you joined us?

Because I could not draw my sword against Virginia.

My loyalty and my affections...

and those of my family for five generations belong to her.

That is why I'm here. Sir.

Now. If we are to have any chance at all to defeat the North...

we must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra, right at their Vitals.

- The federal capital of Washington... - Sir. I do not agree with you!

Many of our state militias would refuse to join an invasion of the North.