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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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ldier must obey instructions un-questioningly. Early morning hours came, the camp was astir, and allpreparations were made for a speedy move upon the fortificationa Lee has thrown up forts for five miles™™t£?A.SI2I! that win stand anY attack that General Burtt- OVER THE ORDERS. it side can make. We are going to our death.A two oclock breakfast, eaten in haste in the fog of fcarlymorning, was all that the men were allowed. The outlook wasgloomy. The river must be crossed, but while Burnside wastrying to lay pontoon bridges, the engineers were terribly harassedby the continuous fire of the rebel sharpshooters, who were usingthe houses skirting the river bank as places of refuge. General Burnside determined to try the effect of shellingthe town. The men who were detailed to lay the pontoonbridges were falling at their posts by the rifles in the hands ofa Mississippi detachment which was hidden securely in cellars,behind walls and fences, and in every corner where it was possible 144
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in t46 CAN WE GET OVER? to conceal a man. Crack! crack! their rifles were heard, andmany a boy in blue was tumbled into the water with a bulletin his brain, to be carried away by the current. It was a fruit-less endeavor to keep on with the work, the loss of life was sogreat. The Federals had better luck at the lower bridges, beingable to dislodge the sharpshooters from their rifle-pits. What are the prospects for crossing? asked SergeantGregory of an officer who passed at that moment. Well be over somewhere about doomsday, judging fromthe outlook. The three bridges we need the LAYING THE ,, , , ., -, i -.-*• PONTOON bridges. most can t be laid under the present regime. Weve got to evict those sharpshooters fromthe houses along the river bank, for its worse than murder topost our men there to be picked off in that cruel fashion—allto no purpose, for bridges can never be built when men areshot down as fast as they show their heads. The country was hilly, now and then dotted with cl

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