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Burwell : Where
is he? I'll help you bury him.
Martin : I'll bury him.
Burwell : My wife in Alexandria is with child. My
first. I'll fight for that child. Benjamin, nothing will
replace your sons. But if you come with us, you can
justify their sacrifice.
Martin : 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.
Burwell : Benjamin, we have a chance. Greene and Dan
Morgan are down for Virginia. If we win this next
battle, victory in the war is within our grasp.
Martin : Go, then. Seek your victory. I'm small issue
to it.
Burwell : 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.
Martin : I have run my course.
Burwell : You men will be leaving with us.
Delancey : Yes. Prepare the baggage.
Burwell : Jean.
Burwell : Tomorrow's battle can alter the course of
the war. General Greene, what exactly is the task before
us?
Greene : Gentlemen, Cornwallis has us cornered. Not
only does he outnumber us but nearly half of our force
is militia. Unreliable, at best.
Martin : Excuse me, sir. I believe you underestimate
our militia. All of you do.
Greene : We've seen our militia lines break
time and again.
Kips Bay, Princeton.
Martin : But the British have seen that too. Corwallis'
own letters bear out
he has no respect for the militia now and so ever.
Burwell : What are you suggesting, Ben?
Martin : I'm suggesting we use that.
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