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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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t «■ Si1 ON THE MARCH. To Ralph the scenery appealed with deep solemnity. Hewas born in the West, where the green seas of the prairies seemed 4o NEW SIGHTS AND SCENES. to know no limit. To him hills and valleys, with their somber shadows, were objects of awe. He noted thebeautiful homes of wealth and taste as he waswhirled swiftly by on the train. He saw the black faces of slaves working in garden or field, and heard their voices as they talked. RALPH IS CHARMEDWITH NOVELTY.
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HARPERS FERRY. Fore de Lawd! he heard a grizzled old darkey say, asthey drew into a small station for water, pears like dey lookjess like de white folks do down here! You spected dey had horns, didnt you? Well, I knowedbetter. Ise been Norf wid Massa too many times to take indat idee. Washington, the capital of the nation, was reached. As A LONESOME DAY. 4* they steamed into the depot, and began to unload, Ralph, for thefirst time since leaving home, felt lonely. He saw throngs ofpeople, but all was strange and new to him, and his heart sank.The city was full of soldiers waiting for orders, so full that it was a puzzle whereto quarter them.The Governmentbuildings were fullto overflowing, theybunked everv-where, and wildpranks these boysplayed, their love offun leading them in-to many a madfrolic. The citywas too small fortheir mischievousnatures, and it wasno uncommon thing:to make a trip intothe surrounding ter-ritory, bent on ex-torting all the sportthey might out ofwhat most of the

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