. 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 . GETTYSBURG CEMETERY GATE. carnage he had been a participant in. The morning of Septem-ber 1st the regiment was ordered out to attack a body of rebelswho were harassing the Union people at St. Catharines found a small force stationed here who were levying con-tributions from the country around, but they promptly drove. GENERAL LONGSTREET WOUNDED BY HIS OWN 214 ANNOYED BY GUERRILLAS. them back to their hiding-places. At Cross Bayou, Louisiana,they were a
. 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 . GETTYSBURG CEMETERY GATE. carnage he had been a participant in. The morning of Septem-ber 1st the regiment was ordered out to attack a body of rebelswho were harassing the Union people at St. Catharines found a small force stationed here who were levying con-tributions from the country around, but they promptly drove. GENERAL LONGSTREET WOUNDED BY HIS OWN 214 ANNOYED BY GUERRILLAS. them back to their hiding-places. At Cross Bayou, Louisiana,they were again called into action, and suppressed the guerrillabands who preyed on all alike. Guerrilla warfare is most exasperating. The West was fullof these vicious and irresponsible men, who, under a leader ofcourage and brains, would unite to prey on and murder rich andpoor alike. They could skulk in the depths of the woods, anddash out upon their victims, and after gratifying their murderousdesigns, they would flee to their homes and lie in concealmenttill some new exploit would reveal theirlurking place. Probably the best organizedand most reckless of these bands was ledby Colonel John S. Mosby, whose daringdeeds made his name a terror. His raidswere remarkable for their boldness and suc-cess. He never was captured, althoughhis band was thinned often by the frequentefforts on the part of the Federals to bringhim to justice. We are ordered back to
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