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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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guish them was a hard task, for the wounded lay there soquiet and motionless, fast in that silent resignation born of des-pair, that, save for the dull blackness that covered the faces ofthose from whom life had fled, it would be easy to mistake the living for the dead.All sorts andages were there,in one mass—theboy, who had gonefrom home, ardentand hopeful, theold man who hadleft the record ofan honorable lifebehind him; offi-cers who h adcheered their com-mands on to vic-tory, privates whohad fought fear-lessly—all laythere, while horseshad fallen deadacross their riders,or were strugglingin agony. The pic-ture was horrible!He was re-minded of hisduty by the voiceof an old man, who came into the room where he was musing.This is a cruel war, sir! he said to Ralph. Ive beenraised here, man and boy, nigh onto seventy RALPH MEETS , T .- (\ £ T , , / A prophet. years, and 1 never thought, when 1 played inthese fields, that I should ever live to see them desecrated with human blood.8
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OLD CITY HALL, NEW ORLEANS, WHERE THE SURRENDER OF THECITY WAS DEMANDED. ii4 RALPH GETS FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Ralph raised his head, and looked at him earnestly. No, the old man continued, I have looked for the comingof the Lord- these many years, but I never thought He wouldcome in blood and smoke, and the noise of battle. What do you mean? the boy asked, breathlessly. Howhas the Lord come? Has He not come to set human beings free? Is not theblack mans bondage nearly over? Is not slavery doomed? Thenthe only blot upon the fair name of America will be wiped out.The North and South will become brothers again, and go handin hand in all worthy undertakings. Thus, as one family again,they will march on, to a grand and glorious destiny. If my mother could hear him talk! his listener thought.What does he mean by the blacks being set free? For theProclamation of Emancipation had not yet been given to theworld, and the position of the slaves during hostilities had notbeen settled. Are you a North

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