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
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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THE NOVELTY OF CAMP LIFE. 33 retiring, but now he felt as if the eyes of the world were uponhim. He had taken an important step, and he would show hisfriends and that great big world that he knew exactly what hewas doing. Camp life was one continual drill—so it seemed to him.Readville was a quiet little town, but its people were ablaze withpatriotism, and the boys in blue were the recipients of perpet-ual admiration. Every move they made was noticed and approved,and it is not to be wondered at if some of them did greedilyswallow considerable flattery, which led them to assume quitelofty airs. The sameness of life in camp soon wearied, and Ralph longedfor something more stirring. When the bugle call rang out, everyman sprang up, and, after a hasty ablution, at a second call theymade a charge upon their breakfast with vehemence, and tin cupsand plates rattled in a most discordant fashion. Then the drillbegan; first with musket and rifle, and then with the bayonet. Abayonet charge was

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