1:23:19
Dear Father.: I need your help.
1:23:25
Despite my many requests,
it's clear that we're to be used...
1:23:30
... only for manual labour.
1:23:35
Morale is low, the men's good humour
darkened by idleness and despair.
1:23:43
Why keep drilling,
if they'll never be given...
1:23:46
... the opportunity
to prove themselves?
1:23:52
I've written to Governor Andrew
and the general staff in Washington.
1:23:57
But I feel that only a letter
directly from you to Lincoln himself. ..
1:24:02
... can have the desired effect.
1:24:06
I can think of no other course.
1:24:12
I am sure you both pray, as I do...
1:24:15
... that all this
has not been in vain.
1:24:18
Hey, it look like
we're going the wrong way.
1:24:22
Hey, come on now.
Buck up, boys.
1:24:25
Hey, buck up, now.
Come on.
1:24:27
Someday they gonna
let the 54th get into it, see?
1:24:31
And all your troubles'll be over.
Come on, now, cheer up.
1:24:38
What'd you say, boy?
1:24:42
Boy?
Hey, let me tell you--
1:24:44
-Shut up, Trip.
-Would you get up off me, snowflake?
1:24:51
See, let me explain something to you.
1:24:54
See, the way l figure....
1:24:56
This war'll be
over a whole lot sooner...
1:24:59
...if you boys just turn around
back down that way...