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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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JOHN BROWN. 42 THE SPIRIT OF REVENGE WAS RISING. chusetts, while being transported from one depot to another, wasanother proof that their brothers of the South had trampledfriendly feelings beneath their feet, and that the fires of sectionaljealousy were burning fiercely. Their journey lay through a hostile State, and sober facessucceeded the jokes and laughter of the past few weeks. The
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JOHN BROWNS CAPTURE. South was plainly up in arms, and that rebellion, which thewhole North at first thought but the task of a few weeks tocrush, began to assume the appearance and proportions of along and cruel conflict. General Butler was in command of the military departmentof Virginia. RALPH WRITES HOME OETEN. 43 Wonder if thatmeans fight? solilo-quized Ralph. Thelads say he is a smart.lawyer, but I dontknow as that proveshim to be a goodfighter. Ralph wrote oftento that dear motherwho was praying forher boy. We moveto the frontSI^S„°F to-morrow, WAR. so his letter ran. I know how fond you are of your boy. I am going to do my duty, I believe. But is it not an awful THE DEATH 0F ELLSW0RTH- thought that it is no foreign foe we shall meet, but our own people?—that is the sting in it to me. The night before the battle the boys slept as calmly as if they were at home. At dawn they were called to march, and after an attack upon their rations,they began the advance into Vir-ginia. R

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