The Blue and The Gray
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Annie Randall White. The Blue and The Gray
INTRODUCTION
THE CIVIL WAR AS SEEN BY A BOY
CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF WAR
CHAPTER II. ORDERED TO WASHINGTON
CHAPTER III. RALPH'S FIRST BATTLE
CHAPTER IV. RALPH DOES PICKET DUTY
CHAPTER V. RALPH AT HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER VI. ANOTHER BATTLE
CHAPTER VII. THE DISASTER AT BALL'S BLUFF
CHAPTER VIII. THE ARMY IN WINTER QUARTERS
CHAPTER IX. FAIR OAKS
CHAPTER X. CAMP FUN
CHAPTER XI. SOUTH MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XII. MORE FIGHTING
CHAPTER XIII. OLD BILL DIES
CHAPTER XIV. FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER XV. RALPH IS SENT HOME
CHAPTER XVI. RALPH AT HOME
CHAPTER XVII. RALPH RE-ENLISTS
CHAPTER XVIII. CROSSING THE RIVER
CHAPTER XIX. THE PROCLAMATION
CHAPTER XX. THE SURRENDER
THE SANITARY COMMISSION
TWO VOICES
A REMINISCENCE
THE LITTLE BLACK COW
A WAR STORY
ROBERT ANDERSON
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
AFTER THE BATTLE
A BOOTBLACK OF TENNESSEE
CONFEDERATE CEMETERIES
PART II. UNDER BOTH FLAGS
ULYSSES S. GRANT
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD
EVENTS FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR
THE ATLANTIC CABLE
ALASKA
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
EDISON, THE GENIUS OF THE AGE
CHICAGO FIRE
THE TELEPHONE AND PHONOGRAPH
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
EARTHQUAKE AT CHARLESTON
INDIAN WARS
GEORGE A. CUSTER
BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE CREEK,
CHRISTOPHER CARSON
THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1896
"HOME, SWEET HOME."
THE REV. O. H. TIFFANY, D. D
THE UNION SOLDIER
EMORY A. STORRS
ANTIETAM
THE SWORDS OF GRANT AND LEE
WAR WITH SPAIN
THE MAINE DISASTER
THE FIRST GUN FIRED
DEWEY'S VICTORY AT MANILA
ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS
HOBSON MADE FAMOUS
DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA'S FLEET
SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO
SURRENDER OF MANILA
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII
PUERTO RICO
GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE
ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY
ACTING REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON
COMMODORE W. S. SCHLEY
ENSIGN WORTH BAGLEY
OUR NAVY
CONCLUSION
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BOOKS without number have been written upon the Civil War. There will probably be many more, for it is a fruitful theme. Many of them are faithful and accurate presentations of the great deeds done in that war. But whether large or small, they are all imbued with a desire to perpetuate that love of our country which should become one of the absorbing passions of the soul. It is a truth worth remembering—that the man who is a traitor to his country will be a traitor to all the relations of life.
Our land, young as it is, has received an awful baptism of fire and blood. It sprang into being amid the anguish of the Revolution, and before it had achieved a century of freedom, it was plunged into one of the saddest conflicts which ever desolated a nation—the conflict between brothers, speaking the same tongue, living under the same government, and enjoying the same great privileges. But from that terrible ordeal it has emerged, and we are once more one in aim and purpose, and have taken our stand among the proudest nations of the earth, their equal in intelligent achievements, religion and progress.
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The boy bowed courteously to the Colonel, and with a look of gratitude he passed out of the officer's tent, with the old man hobbling after him. As he approached Ralph he said, "Goodbye. We may meet again."
It was not all danger and dread with the boys in the army. Weeks passed swiftly, and fun reigned in camp. The gypsy life held charms for them such as no indoor employment could offer. The men were hardy and strong, and with light hearts talked of the battles yet in store for them. And when jests were exchanged, often after having come from a scene of carnage, it would be hard to believe that these same men were ready to respond at any moment if summoned by the long roll of the drum into action.
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