Lt. Col. Arthur Fremantle and Longstreet discuss the war - Gettysburg scene

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, British Army officer in the elite Coldstream Guards, spent three months touring the Confederate States of America in 1863. Fremantle was fated to be at Longstreet's headquarters during what became the Battle of Gettysburg. In his book published after the war, 'Three Months in the Southern States,' he describes the battle in vivid detail. Fremantle began his tour as a Union supporter due to his aversion of slavery. In his book he recounts his gradual admiration for the Southern military spirit and its separately evolved culture - while remaining steadfast in his condemnation of the institution of slavery itself. In this scene from my movie 'Gettysburg,' Fremantle (James Lancaster) contemplates on the war's paradoxes with Lieutenant General James Longstreet (Tom Berenger). By 1863 it was challenging to obtain tea in Virginia. The Federal blockade of Southern ports severely reduced the importation of tea. Unlike their forbears in 1775, no American would dump British tea into any of their harbours in 1863. Fremantle traveled light; but he may very well have carried some Gunpowder Tea in his accoutrements. He is unlikely to have found it within the supply trains of Longstreet's First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. The porcelain tea cup was an artistic flourish we just couldn't resist! 'Gettysburg' Director's Cut, which includes this entire scene in the longer version than in the theatrical release, is available in DVD, Blu-Ray or instant streaming at Amazon Prime.