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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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uch likeplaying soldier to suit me, a gray-haired private responded. It was a light-hearted body of men who left Vicksburg that day, but when they reached Nashville, they were T!!!^^™^ disappointed to learn that they were too late to VICKSBURG. rr J join Sherman, but the Seventeenth Corps was cut off and assigned to General Schofields command, then stationed at Columbia, Tennes-see. It was approach-ing winters rigors, andGeneral Hood had har-assed the Federal armyat all points, and wastrying to persuadeSherman away fromAtlanta. When hefound he could not doso, he massed his wholestrength for the pur-pose of destroying Gen-eral Thomas forces.Turning his face in thedirection of Nashville,he met a barrier in theheavy rains which hadfallen, rendering theroads almost impass-able, and it was well into November before he reached Duck River, forty miles south of Nashville. General Schofield expected him, but Hood flanked him by crossing to the other shore, which led the Union general to deem
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GENERAL OLIVER 0. HOWARD.

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