. 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 . at everything paled before them were transpiring elsewhere,and the boys spirit burned to be in the fray. Morgan, the Confederate guerrilla, had planned a bold raidacross the Ohio, and had captured Columbia and Lebanon,Kentucky, seized two steamers, and, going into Indiana, had lefta trail of ruin and destruction behind him, as he hastened towardCincinnati, burning bridges and stores, tearing up railroad tracks,and plundering every one, irrespective of their views. How fa
. 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 . at everything paled before them were transpiring elsewhere,and the boys spirit burned to be in the fray. Morgan, the Confederate guerrilla, had planned a bold raidacross the Ohio, and had captured Columbia and Lebanon,Kentucky, seized two steamers, and, going into Indiana, had lefta trail of ruin and destruction behind him, as he hastened towardCincinnati, burning bridges and stores, tearing up railroad tracks,and plundering every one, irrespective of their views. How farhis depredations would have been carried, cannot be judged, butat Buffington Ford he was pursued so closely thatA ^UEIi,l1^LA ne was driven to make a stand and fight. Here AT WORK. in- i he was defeated, and, neeing up the stream, wasagain attacked at New Lisbon, where he surrendered, and wassent to the Ohio penitentiary, but a few months later he dugunder the walls and fled. July 18 the regiment was again aroused by receiving ordersto move on to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, where a large force of JOHN M. MORGAN AND 2l8 BRAVE DEEDS EOR HISTORY. Confederates were post-ed. They found themwaiting for them, andgave battle at once, tak-ing a few prisoners, whowere sent to the militarypost for future awful Battle ofthe Wilderness had gonedown into history, withits record of unparalleleddaring, and its list of60,000 dead on the twosides, sending up a wailto Heaven. It was inthis fatal battle thatGeneral Longstreet, ofthe Confederate army,received a severe woundon the same ground andunder a similar mistake,as that which cost Stone-wall Jackson his life, a year before The General was returningfrom the front, when he was seen by some of his own men, andfired upon, under the supposition that he belonged to the Nationalcavalry. The Atlanta campaign, which had added to General Sher-mans everlasting renown, had lost to the Union cause one of itsbravest generals—the brillia
Size: 1228px × 2036px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherslsn, bookyear1898
