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🗓️ 8 May 2023
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May 8, 1886. American pharmacist John S. Pemberton sells the first glass of his new cure-all tonic, known as Coca Cola.
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0:11.6 | com. It's April 16, 1865 on a battleground in Columbus, Georgia before the final days of the American Civil War. |
0:27.4 | As nightfalls, Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John S. Pemberton and his fellow soldiers prepared to defend the city from approaching Union forces. |
0:36.0 | Four years into the Civil War, John and his comrades are battle-hardened, but tonight feels different |
0:40.9 | than their past engagements. |
0:42.8 | As the men ride into battle, the fate of the Confederacy is heavy on their shoulders. |
0:47.7 | The tide of war has already turned against the Confederates, but the capture of Columbus |
0:52.0 | would all but ensure a union victory. |
0:54.8 | As the largest remaining supply center for the Confederate Army, Columbus is key, and John |
0:59.5 | and his fellow soldiers are ready to stop at nothing to defend it. |
1:03.5 | The sound of marching cavalry grows louder, |
1:06.1 | and the ground beneath John begins to shake |
1:08.1 | as the two armies collide. |
1:10.2 | The noise of battle is deafening. |
1:12.0 | Gunfire erupts in every direction. |
1:14.0 | The John's ears ring with the sounds of men dying around him. |
1:18.0 | As John tries stubbornly to resist the enemy's advance, |
1:21.0 | he meets the eyes of a union soldier and locks himself into a |
1:25.1 | sword fight. |
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