Identifier: bluegrayorcivilw00whit (find matches)
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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arm not a manunder him but would rather it had been his own , tt r n , M n , BILL EULOGIZES arm shot away. He s one 01 General McClel- QEN kearney.lans most trusty officers. His experience isworth millions to younger men. How Id like to see noble Phil Kearney! -Why, Bill, didntyou know that he waskilled at the battle ofGroveton, Va., in Sep-tember? Kearney killed—and Ive been lyinghere, and knew noth-ing about it! Its toohard. Lets hear allyou know, Ralph. I can only tellyou what we heard.You know we wasntthere to see it, but hewas sent to Hookerssupport, when the lat-ters men charged Jack-son with bayonets.They had an awfulbattle, but GeneralKearney had been sentto their assistance toolate, and he was forcedback. Hooker almostbroke the enemys line,but fresh bodies of Confederates hastening up, changed theoutlook, and so the Union boys were repulsed. At six in theafternoon General Pope ordered another attack, and Kearneycame up in fine style, seizing a railroad cut on the Warrenton
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GENERAL PHIL KEARNEY. 14o BILL SPEAKS OF HIS COMMANDER. turnpike where Jackson was nicely entrenched, and holding itfor awhile. One of the Confederate regiments who ran short ofammunition, hurled great stones and fragments of the rocks atour men, killing many. General Kearney still maintained hisposition, but was overpowered by numbers, and driven out ofthe cut. Ralph paused, but Bills eyes were gleaming with excitementGo on, he said, earnestly—is that all? The two armies rested till the next day, when a stillfiercer attempt was made to rout the rebels, but in spite of themost stubborn fighting, our army was withdrawn from the field,and fell back to Fairfax Court House; but the next evening, Sep-tember ist, Stonewall Jackson made another attack upon General Popes flank, which was resisted hotly, and RALPH AROUSES n , ■ „ w TJ -I b BILLS attention. agam General Kearney, with Hooker, Keno, McDowell and Stevens, were there to help, butGeneral Stevens fell dead at their fire, and as

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