Behind her is a window that is covered with lace and a lavish rose colored drapery. There are pictures on the wall to her right and a small table in front of the window that has a brass or gold candlestick, a bowl of fruit, and a white vase with flowers in it. To her immediate right, there is a small side table covered with newspapers. Behind her and to the left there is a large dresser like piece of furniture. On top of the dresser, there is a large vase and what appears to be a pair of candlesticks. She giggles as she reads that her son is giving orders to over a hundred men, most of which are older than him from the letter that her son has sent. .
The scene cuts back to the frontier of the battle. The wood are smoke filled as the soldiers walk through. Shaw thanks his mother for the books of Emerson that she has sent him. Emerson appears to be his source of inspiration quoting A deep man he says believes that the evil eye can wither and that the heart' blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds. As the soldiers begin to file out by company and the letter concludes, the camera again focuses on Shaw amongst this company. At this time he looks to the left and then the right as though he does not quite know where he is going. Behind him is a blonde haired gentleman smoking a cigar. He appears to be more relaxed and one gets a sense that this man is a nonconformist. .
Next we get our first glimpse at "the enemy-. The men are group somewhat less informally organized than the union soldiers. Almost herd-like they are standing in a large open field. Their ranks are not as well defined and they carry two different flags. One is orange with a blue X that has stars in it. The other flag has a blue square in the upper right hand corner and three stripes, the top and bottom stripes are red and the middle stripe is white. Within the blue square there are stars in the pattern of an X. .
The camera begins to switch more frequently between the confederate and union armies, symbolizing that the two opposing forces are getting closer to one another.
