: A. R. White
: The Blue and The Gray Or The Civil War as Seen by a Boy
: OTB eBook publishing
: 9783962726843
: 1
: CHF 1.80
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: Altertum
: English
: 242
: kein Kopierschutz
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
Excerpt: The scenes of the war, related by a boy who followed the flag from the beginning to the end of the war, must carry with them a sense of accuracy, for they are the recollections of actual service. Those books which have been written upon the war have, with very few exceptions, been penned from the standpoint of mature opinions and experiences. In this work the views and struggles of a boy who went into the army, from an honest desire to do right, are portrayed. To fight was abhorrent to his nature, but there was a call for men who were willing to defend the institutions of his beloved land. And that defense was only possible through bloodshed and conflict. Tenderly instructed by a loving and gentle mother, whose early home was in the South, it was almost a wrenching of her cherished opinions, to give him up to fight against her kindred. But her boy did not enter the contest with a thought of conquering his fellow-beings, but as a duty which, though painful, must be performed. How that dear mother gave him to his country, how he marched, and fought, and endured hardships, are here set forth in the colors of truth, for it is a true story..

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.



     A Business Street in Manila..............................389
     A Cuban Home.............................................371
     Allan Pinkerton and Secret Service Officers..............073
     An Alexandria Anti-bellum Relic..........................069
     Appomattox Court House...................................227
     Artillery Going to the Front.............................126
     Asking for Furlough......................................095
     A Southern Mansion.......................................086
     A Stolen Child...........................................338
     A Sugar Factory in Manila................................377
     Attack on Fredericksburg.................................145
     Attack on the Mail.......................................337
     A Typical Colored Boy....................................080
     Battle of Bull Run.......................................051
     Battle of Chancellorsville...............................298
     Battle of Malvern Hill-Lee's Attack......................076
     Battle of Phillipi.......................................046
     Battle of Shiloh.........................................194
     Bearing Dispatches.......................................106
     Burning of Chicago.......................................328