eye on the unwelcome strangers. [ horse neighs ] >> eyes front, soldier. word is there's a stockpile of shoes and whiskey in town. save your thoughts for those. >> james johnston pettigrew -- he's in command of a division in the corps of ambrose powell hill. just west of gettysburg, he finds that there is federal cavalry there. it could mean that the army of the potomac has moved much faster than lee anticipated and is right behind that cavalry. >> pettigrew rides to headquarters to report the enemy's position to one of lee's most trusted generals, a.p. hill. >> we spotted federal cavalry in gettysburg, sir. >> general pettigrew, these men must have been local militia, nothing more. >> sir -- >> that will be all, general pettigrew. >> sir, the men say there's a