Band of Rebels

Y'all hear that?

Yeah, it sounds like a door.

We ain't got the time.

Two minutes, that's it.

Look like somebody been here, probably the Yanks.

Who knows, Yanks all over the place.

Got a job to do, fellas.

Let's go, fellas.

Put the pistol on the ground.

If you don't do exactly as I say,

I have no problem shooting you, Missy.

Now you back up slowly and sit down on those stairs.

You know, if you're trying to look like a man,

you got more work to do.

Now, there's some things I'm gonna do to you

that you may not like,

but if you scream or try to run away, I'll kill you.

Got any food?

A little bit.

Tell you what,

you let me do my business and don't give me any trouble,

I might give you some.

I reckon I ain't got no choice.

Now that's a mighty clear line of thinking, Missy.

Just so you don't get all surprised on me,

I'm gonna explain what we're about to do.

Shouldn't we put a stop to this?

One more minute, we might not have to fire our weapons.

So now that you've been enlightened...

Would you look at that?

It looks like you picked the wrong Missy

to mess with, didn't ya?

What's your name, young lady.

Maria.

Where'd you learn to fight like that?

Charleston.

He ain't got his rifle, I'll go get him.

What are y'all doing?

He's gettin' away!

Nah.

This gon' get loud.

I surrender, I surrender.

Once the Major gets started, kinda hard to stop him.

Okay, Major.

I think every Yank in the state knows we're here.

Hey, Major, I think his arm's still attached.

Not anymore.

Young lady, go get your pistol and come with us.

There some kind of problem over there?

Don't know.

Think they're working out a deal for you.

What is that supposed to mean?

They're putting together an offer.

Well, that clears up absolutely nothin'.

Here they come.

Young lady, we've seen what you can do.

Did y'all come up with something?

We want you to be a part of Band of Rebels.

What now?

I ain't part of no army.

Don't have to be, just the name of my group.

You mean, just you three?

There's one more member, but he's not here.

He's still back fighting.

Wade Hampton IV.

Uh, am I supposed to know who that is?

General Wade Hampton's son.

Okay, well, good for him, I guess.

Only the greatest general that ever lived.

Uh huh.

I'm sure they all feel that way.

We're a part of Hampton's Legion.

So this Band of Rebels is a part of this legion?

Well, no.

Officially, we don't exist.

Well, I'm not sure I want to be part of something

that doesn't exist.

We hit the Yankees behind enemy lines,

where it hurts the most.

I like the idea of causing the Yanks pain.

We all got different talents.

Kind of like you with your hand-to-hand combat.

So what's your talent?

I'm the best with a scatter gun

this side of the Mississippi.

Meet Jawbone.

You named your shotgun Jawbone?

Yeah, yep.

When Samson was surrounded by the Philistines,

he picked up the most unlikely weapon he could find,

the jawbone of an ass, and he slayed 2000 Philistines.

So when the war started, I picked up what I had available,

my trusty old 12-gauge and went to war.

Well, you got the ass down pat.

Okay.

Well, I'm the fastest horseman you'll ever see.

The best sharpshooter.

And I like to make stuff explode.

What about you, Major?

I don't want to talk about it.

Who taught you to fight like that?

Well, I helped...

I used to help my Pa run a saloon in Charleston.

You okay?

I'm sorry.

My Pa was killed by the Yanks this morning.

So anyways.

My Pa and I ran this place in Charleston,

and French and English sailors would come in every day.

The French had this thing called savate.

You know, there's all this fast and crazy kicking stuff.

And the English combined it with boxing.

It could be useful.

The fact that you're a young lady could be very useful.

What exactly does that mean?

Get us in a lot of places.

A lot of places that'd be difficult for us.

Well, gentlemen, I got nowhere to go.

No offers, so if you want me to join this group of yours,

I'll do it.

Good, we still got a mission to do tomorrow.

What mission is that?

The Yanks are building a pontoon bridge.

And we gotta figure out how to destroy it.

How close you think we can get to it?

Not close enough.

I think I have an idea for that.

You still have the dress I asked you to keep back for me?

It's in my saddlebag.

I'll go get it for you.

Besides, I gotta relieve myself.

Why don't he wanna talk about what he does?

Major just like me.

He's been with General Hampton the whole war.

He believes in the cause.

He recruited every able-bodied man in his entire family.

All his brothers and all his guns.

Now he's the only one left.

He's always been a real good soldier.

Like I told you earlier, once he starts killing Yanks.

He can't stop.

Woe, woe, woe is me!

The Yankees done burned down my house

and left me and my family nothin' to live on.

Pity a poor country girl, won't ya?

What kinda twisted nonsense is this?

Boys, go take care of her and get her outta here.

You're gonna have to leave, Ma'am.

We're not gonna hurt you.

I'm only a poor, wayfaring stranger

trying to find her way in the world.

Have you gentlemen come to take me to that

far away wonderland where never a care shall be?

Hey, I'm performing here!

Thank you, kind sirs.

You've been a wonderful audience.

Woo eeh, look like you been busy Mama Thorn!

Oh yeah, good timing, Ferris.

I got a whole batch ready for ya.

And it looks like you got that good cloth I wanted.

Oh yes, Ma'am.

Got it right here for ya, kept it dry.

I bet you had a lotta customers for my special brew.

Yes, my best seller.

I hope you're not drinking up all your profit.

No, no.

I do save a swallow back here and there

just to remember how good it was.

What'd you want for this batch?

Gold coin.

Well, you usually want to trade in good.

I'm gonna be needing some cash now.

Paper money ain't good no more.

I want gold, but I will take silver.

You know my white lightning's worth it.

Of course, if you don't think you can get it.

Oh, Imma get, I'll get it, I'll get it.

I bet you will.

Well, look who finally found their way back to my swamp.

Good to see you, fellers.

Who's the filly?

Her name's Maria.

Me and Major Tombs need to get back to our unit.

Finding some warfare?

Yeah, we're making a stand at Broxton's.

If that doesn't work,

we'll have to fall back to River's Bridge.

May take a little while, but we'll be back.

You're a city girl.

What's your story?

Yanks over om our place, got no family no more.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It's happening too often to too many good people.

We also gonna need some trading, Mama Thorn.

I got everything ya need.

You mind her being here for a few days?

City girl, anybody staying with me has gotta be useful.

What are you good for besides disguising yourself?

I can fight.

Darn good at it.