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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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murmurs of impatience, however, on the part ofthe men. We shall never get across till doomsday, Bill Elliottsaid to Ralph. Look at our men, over 2,000 of them, andweve only got two or three old boats to carry us over. Withall due respect to General McClellan, I think hes made a great bigmistake, as General Stone will find to his cost before were over.The Johnnies can see all were doing and get all ready for us.Why, itll be dead easy for them to receive us in fine shape. They are having hard work with that battery, getting itup the bluff. See how they slip at every step. And as Ralph watched the battery being dragged up withprodigious exertion his heart felt heavy, and he, too, began tofear there was an oversight somewhere. 99 A GALLANT STAND. 9i At the top of the bluff lay a broad field of about ten acres,hemmed in on all sides by thick woods, so dense that neitherinfantry nor artillery could penetrate them in line. Colonel Bakerwas given entire command of all the troops. Then began a
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GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. desperate and gallant attempt, which the Confederates met, dash-ing out from the timber, and though the Federals fired roundafter round from their battery, it was a hopeless conflict, for therebel sharpshooters picked off their gunners, one after another,and the pieces were left useless, 92 A TERRIBLE SCENE. Still on the Union forces pressed, to be met by a heavybody of infantry, whose hot fire cut them down. For two hoursthey stood their ground gallantly, and returned the fire withspirit. Suddenly an officer riding a splendid horse, whose snowysides were covered with foam, dashed out of the woods, andcoming toward them, waving his sword over his head, he beckonedthe Union forces forward. Colonel Baker took new courage; he thought he recognizedGeneral Johnston in the horseman, and wildly cheering to his com-mand to follow, he pressed forward, hoping at last he shouldmeet the enemy in an open fight. But he was met by a fierceonset of the Confederates, who ca

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