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� The problem is that instead
of going around to the rim of the crater,
as initially planned, James Ledlie
blunders his division right into the middle
of the crater, and it becomes
a virtual turkey shoot. ♪ ♪ ‐ I expected our troops not
to stop in the crater at all but to push on
to the top of the hill, which would have
given us everything. ♪ ♪ ‐ And then they send in the United States
Colored Troop regiments. ♪ ♪ Nothing incited the rage
of a Confederate soldier like the sight
of an African‐American soldier wielding a musket
in a blue uniform
of going around to the rim of the crater,
as initially planned, James Ledlie
blunders his division right into the middle
of the crater, and it becomes
a virtual turkey shoot. ♪ ♪ ‐ I expected our troops not
to stop in the crater at all but to push on
to the top of the hill, which would have
given us everything. ♪ ♪ ‐ And then they send in the United States
Colored Troop regiments. ♪ ♪ Nothing incited the rage
of a Confederate soldier like the sight
of an African‐American soldier wielding a musket
in a blue uniform
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‐ The problem is that instead
of going around
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to the rim of the crater,
as initially planned,
00:00:08.997 --> 00:00:10.676
James Ledlie
blunders his division
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right into the middle
of the crater,
00:00:13.596 --> 00:00:17.141
and it becomes
a virtual turkey shoot.
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♪ ♪
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‐ I expected our troops not
to stop in the crater at all
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but to push on
to the top of the hill,
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which would have
given us everything.
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♪ ♪
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‐ And then they send in
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the United States
Colored Troop regiments.
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♪ ♪
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Nothing incited the rage
of a Confederate soldier
00:00:38.037 --> 00:00:41.331
like the sight
of an African‐American soldier
00:00:41.331 --> 00:00:43.501
wielding a musket
in a blue uniform.
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Movie Summary
The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
