By the old Spanish mission.
Thank you very much.
Shut the doors.
But you said we'd be forgiven.
And indeed you may!
That's between you and God.
Be strong. We must.
I'll fire the town on your orders.
The town?
Burn the church.
There's no honor in this.
Didn't you say all those who stand against England...
...deserve to die a traitor's death?
Burn the church, captain.
Give me the torch.
The honor is found in the end, not the means.
This will be forgotten.
Bordon.
Anne!
Mrs. Howard?
Where is everybody?
They're not here.
Gabriel's gone.
To arms! To arms!
Father.
Just don't talk. Don't talk.
Father.
- I'm sorry. - Be quiet.
I'll take care of you. You'll be all right.
I'm sorry about Thomas.
Oh, son, that wasn't your fault.
That was mine.
Hold on. You're gonna be all right.
Don't go. Gabriel, don't.
Oh, God help me. God help me.
Where is he?
I'll help you bury him.
I'll bury him.
My wife in Alexandria is with child.
My first.
I fight for that child.
Benjamin, nothing will replace your sons.
But if you come with us, you can justify their sacrifice.
Why?
Why do men feel they can justify death?
Is it arrogance or?
I have long feared...
...that my sins would return to visit me.
And the cost is more than I can bear.
Benjamin, we have a chance.
Greene and Dan Morgan are down from Virginia.
If we win this next battle, victory in the war is within our grasp.
Go, then.
Seek your victory.
- I'm small issue to it. - You're wrong, Benjamin.
You matter to your men...
...and to others as well.
Your victories...
...and your losses...
...are shared by more than you know.
Stay with us.
Stay the course.
I have run my course.
You men will be leaving with us.
Prepare the baggage.
Jean.
You will be missed tomorrow, colonel.
- Missed, my lord? - Your wound.
It's nothing, my lord.
I am, as ever, ready to serve.
Very well.
Make sure you do.
I stand on the eve of the greatest victory of my career. Don't fail me.
My efforts in no small measure have brought you here.
I grant you that small measure...
...in spite of your failure to deliver the ghost to me.
Thus far.
I will not tolerate a premature charge...
...born of your eagerness for glory.
Wait for my order.
Or you may abandon any hope of Ohio.
Tomorrow's battle can alter the course of the war.
General Greene, what exactly is the task before us?
Gentlemen, Cornwallis has us cornered.
Not only does he outnumber us...
...but nearly half of our force is militia.
Unreliable, at best.
Excuse me, sir.
You underestimate our militia.
All of you do.
We've seen our militia lines break time and again.
Kips Bay, Princeton.
But the British have seen that too.
Cornwallis' own letters bear out that he has no respect for the militia.
What are you suggesting, Ben?
I'm suggesting we use that.
I know you men have sacrificed a lot so far.
But all I'm asking is that you...
...let the front line of the militia fire two shots tomorrow.
A lot can happen in the time it takes to fire two shots.
Especially against British Regulars.
Indeed. That's why I'm not asking you to fire three.
If I die, I will die well dressed.
Fire!
- Battalion! - Company, halt!
Harry...
...will you give this to my children?
Thank you.
It's October now.
I know.
It's more than 12 months.
You're a free man.
I'm here now on my own accord.
I'm honored to have you with us.
Honored.
Shoulder arms!
Forward...
...march!
How old were your daughters?
Violette was 12 and Pauline, 10.
They had green eyes.
I'm sure they were lovely.
Yes, they were.
- Battalion! - Company!
March!
Fire!
Unless I'm dreaming...
...I believe I see militia forming at their center.
Battalion, halt!
Dress ranks!
Make ready!
Battalion!
Halt!
Take aim!
Fire!
Hold the line!
- Prepare to charge! - We haven't been given that order.
Charge!
Tavington.
Damn him! Damn that man!
Make ready.
Take aim!
Fire!
Take aim!
Fire!
Retreat!
Bayonet charge. We'll see who takes the glory from this field.
Charge!
Congratulations, my lord.
Infantry reserve into the center.
But you've taken the field.
Now we'll take their spirits.
Send the battalion over that hill and crush them.
It ends today.
Hold the charge!
Fire!
Hold the charge!
Fire!
Take aim!
Fire!
Charge!
Charge bayonets!
Halt!
Hold! Dress your ranks!
Fire!
Charge!
Retreat!
Colonel!
The line is faltering!
Retreat! Retreat!
Wait!
No retreat!
Hold the line!
Push forward, men!
Artillery, concentrate on the center.
If we reform and wheel right, we may be able to turn their flank.
You dream, general.
Kill me before the war is over, will you?
It appears you are not...
...the better man.
You're right.
My sons were better men.
Sound the retreat.
Sound...
...retreat.
Dear Charlotte:
The war has turned.
General Cornwallis took flight with his army and moved north.
We continued to engage the British, and in the following months...
... Cornwallis entrenched himself at Yorktown, Virginia.
Washington escaped from the north...
... and surrounded Cornwallis, who could not retreat to the seas.
It was blocked off by our long-lost friends...
... who had finally arrived.
Vive la France.
Vive la liberté.
My lord, I beseech you.
You must order the surrender.
How could it come to this? An army of rabble.
Peasants.
Everything will change.
Everything has changed.
Though he eventually surrendered...
... Cornwallis himself hid in shame...
... appointing his subordinate to relinquish his sword.
With the war ending, and our militia disbanding...
... I take measure of what we have lost...
... and what we have won.
My hope and prayer is that the sacrifices borne by so many...
... will spawn and fulfill the promise of our new nation.
Tell the children, and especially Susan, that I will keep my promise...
... as I will be returning to you all soon.
Where will you go now?
Home. Start over.
Your wife's expecting a child, isn't she?
She gave birth to a son three weeks ago.
What'd you name him?
We named him Gabriel.
Thank you, Harry.
Gabriel is a good name for a farmer.
It is. It is.
Jean.
Ben.
Gabriel said if we won the war...
...we could build a whole new world.
Just figured we'd get started right here...
...with your home.
Sounds good.
Thank you.
Ma'am.
Subtitles by SDI Media Group