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Col. Strong Vincent: You are the extreme left of the Union Army. Understood? The line runs all the way from here back to Cemetery Hill. But it ends here. You cannot withdraw under any condition. If you go this line will be flanked. If you go, the enemy will sweep up over the hillside and take this entire army from the rear. You must defend this place to the last. Young Marylander: [the only line spoken by a female in the entire film] I thought the war was in Virginia.

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Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Colonel? Colonel, darlin'. Rise up, me bucko. [Chamberlain groans] Oh, I'm sorry, darlin', but we've got a bit of a problem here, Colonel, would ye like to hear about it? Would ye wake up, sir? We got a whole company comin', sir. This way. I'll give ye time to wake up, but we've got quite a problem. Altogether, 120 men are comin'. We're to be havin' them as guests. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: [still half asleep] What? Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Yeah. Should be here any minute. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Who? Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Mutineers. Mutineers, Colonel, me lad. 120 men from the old 2nd Maine which has been disbanded. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: 120 mutineers? [gestures for Kilrain to keep talking] Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Yes, sir. Ye see, what happened was the enlistment papers on the old 2nd Maine run out. So they were sent home. All except these 120 fellows who'd foolishly signed 3-year papers. 3 years, that is. So these poor fellows, they got one

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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: What's your name? Pvt. Joseph Bucklin: I don't feel too kindly, Colonel. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Yes, well, I'm not usually this informal. I just, uh, just took command of this regiment a few days ago, so somebody ought to welcome you to my, uh - to our outfit. They, uh, they tell me that, uh, they're holding you fellas because you signed 3-year papers - I'm sorry, would you like some coffee? [Bucklin shakes his head] You sure? Go ahead, sit down, Mister... Pvt. Joseph Bucklin: Bucklin. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Bucklin. Pvt. Joseph Bucklin: Joseph Bucklin. Listen, Colonel, I've been in eleven different engagements. How many have you been in? Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Not that many. Pvt. Joseph Bucklin: It ain't the papers. I done my share. We all have. Damn good men. Should not to be used this way. Lookee here. [pulls up his pants leg to reveal a bullet wound scar] Went clean through. Pvt. Buster Kilrain: [walks up] Colonel,

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Lt. Tom Chamberlain: One thing about this brigade is we got our own special bugle call. Ever hear tell of Dan Butterfield? 2nd Maine Soldier: What, General Butterfield? What was with Hooker? Lt. Tom Chamberlain: That's the same fellow. See, he used to be our brigade commander. 2nd Maine Soldier: Yeah, he was a pistol. No man like him for having a good time. Lt. Tom Chamberlain: I don't know about that. But I know he used to like to write bugle calls. The problem with this army is, we got too many calls. We got a call for artillery, infantry, get up and eat, retreat. Anyway, old Butterfield, he wrote a special call for this here brigade. Say there is an order for this brigade, you and me. Some blame fool'll be blowing his bugle, we will think that order's for us when it wasn't. We'll follow that order anyway, and then we'll look around and we'll be in a world of hurt. 2nd Maine Soldier: Yeah, that happened to me once. Us, that is. Half the regiment charged, the other half retreated. You

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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Tell me something, Buster. What do you think of Negroes? Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Well, if you mean the race, I don't really know. This is not a thing to be ashamed of. The thing is, you cannot judge a race. Any man who judges by the group is a pea-wit. You take men one at a time. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: To me, there was never any difference. Pvt. Buster Kilrain: None at all? Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: None at all. Of course, I haven't known that many freed men, but those I knew in Bangor, Portland, you look in the eye, there was a man. There was a "divine spark," as my mother used to call it. That is all there is to it. Races are men. "What a piece of work is man. How infinite in faculties, in form and moving. How express and admirable. In action, how like an angel." Pvt. Buster Kilrain: Well, if he's an angel, all right then. But he damn well must be a killer angel. Colonel, darling, you're a lovely man. I see a great vast difference bet

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Lt. Gen. James Longstreet: Good Lord, George, what is that smell? Maj. Gen. George Pickett: That's me. Ain't it lovely? Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead: He got it off a dead Frenchman.

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