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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ved prophetic, for he fell, and but few came out. of that en-gagement alive. The twilight was falling, veiling every object in its uncertainlight, the trees cast their dark shadows over the path whichGeneral Jackson had chosen. As his men, ever watchful, sawthe result of their first volley, they became exultant at theirsuccess, and again they loaded their guns, discharging them atthe form of the leader of the approaching party, who had thussingularly fallen into their hands. They knew that thev hadwounded an officer, and as he fell from his seat, they rushedforward to learn his rank and name, if possible. Alas, to theirconsternation, they discovered that their beloved commander,General Jackson, had received three wounds. His steed, madwith fright, plunged wildly forward, and dashed into the depthsof the thicket, tossing him against the limbs of the trees in hispath, and bruising him most severely. While his men were sor-rowfully conveying him to the rear, a Union battery belched forth
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182 GENERAL JACKSON DIES. its fire down the road after them, one man was wounded, ancthe General fell to the ground. He was borne to an hospital GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON.

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