That night in camp, Longstreet watches his men play poker with Fremantle, an English observer. Meanwhile, Union cavalryman John Buford scouts Gettysburg and claims Cemetery Hill, recognizing it as excellent ground for fighting. Though he says he cannot force these men to fight, all but six join his regiment. He gives a speech explaining that the Union Army is unique within history they are fighting to set other men free. A rhetoric professor by vocation, he contemplates how to convey his ideals to the mutineers. The next morning, in the Union camp, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of the Twentieth Maine regiment is faced with a large group of exhausted soldiers who are refusing to fight. The generals decide to march toward Gettysburg at first light. Lee, who are surprised to learn that the enemy is so close. Reaching the Confederate camp after nightfall, he reports the size and position of the enemy to General James Longstreet and General Robert E. On the last day of June, 1863, Harrison, a Confederate spy, is scouting the position of the Union Army in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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