. 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 . now occupies. See! shouted Ralph. General Lawler is leading theattack on their right flank. They give way—theyfall back! The General is in his shirt sleeves, and Po^^J^looks as if he were in earnest! Shouldnt wonder if he was. Hes a hard one to tackle,and wont stand on ceremony. He dont go into battle in a fulldress suit. Just look over there. Pemberton is retreating, ske-daddling. His men have set fire to that bridge, and how is hegoing to cover the retreat of his rear
. 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 . now occupies. See! shouted Ralph. General Lawler is leading theattack on their right flank. They give way—theyfall back! The General is in his shirt sleeves, and Po^^J^looks as if he were in earnest! Shouldnt wonder if he was. Hes a hard one to tackle,and wont stand on ceremony. He dont go into battle in a fulldress suit. Just look over there. Pemberton is retreating, ske-daddling. His men have set fire to that bridge, and how is hegoing to cover the retreat of his rear guard down there in thebayou? Hes not trying to save them at all, but is looking afterNo. One. By George, hes off, and has left those poor fellowsto be captured, or shot down, he dont care which. It was true. He ran away in mad haste, making no effortto cover their retreat, but abandoned the panic-stricken men inthe lowland to their fate. Wild with terror, with no leader todirect, many of them flung themselves into the river, only tosink beneath the waters, and those who were left were takenprisoners by the 194
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