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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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GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN, FOUNDER OF THE GRAND ARMYTHE REPUBLIC.
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DCHI> DC U< _lCD &CD zeninO DC U 191 192 THE SOLDIER ALWAYS ENJOYS EUN. were in full retreat, without giving a thought to his dead andwounded, left uncared for on the field. He also abandonedthirty guns, and crossed the Big Black River. The battle was over, and to the opportune move of thebrave Logan was due the hard-won success of the day. Fourhours of hard fighting had been followed by the usual harvestof dead and maimed. Nurses and hospital stewards succoredall whom they could find, but wounded men were lying betweenthe lines and in every corner, groaning with the anguish of uncaredfor injuries. Among those lost on the Confederate side wasGeneral Tilghman, who fell early in the day. The soldiers found a brief rest in sleep. Ralph had thrown himself on the ground in a state of perfect exhaustion. He would not confess, even to himself, that he had calmly. overrated his strength. But when the stars came out, and the silence of night succeeded, nature asserted her rights, and

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