![]() ![]() With battle imminent, Wilson gets spooked and nervously gives Henry a packet of letters to return to Wilson's family in case Wilson dies. The regiment eventually does march and digs into position in the woods. Henry feels eager for a battle to test his courage. Jim says that he'll do what the other men do. He returns to ask Jim and another soldier, the loud and overconfident Wilson, if they ever fear running away. Now Henry worries that he might act cowardly and run away during fighting. ![]() With dreams of fighting in glorious battles, he had enlisted against his mother's will. A young private, Henry Fleming, listens to the debate, then returns to his bunk to think. Some soldiers in the regiment believe the rumor, others are skeptical and tired of infantrymen trying to predict their commanders' strategies. ![]() A tall soldier, Jim Conklin, tells the others that he heard a rumor about the generals' plan: the regiment will soon be in battle. The sun rises over a riverside encampment of new inexperienced soldiers in the blue Union uniforms of the 304th regiment from New York. ![]()
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