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 (1898) (14576531807)

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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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Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation



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it seemed, by a wave of sorrow that swept over the heart ofthe North, paralyzing its throb of ecstasy. Abraham Lincoln,the friend of all mankind, whose life was free from petty vin-dictiveness, and whose whole aim was the restoration of therepublic on a fair and just basis, a grand and unselfish man,was struck down by the hand of an assassin—J. Wilkes Booth. The President was shot while sitting withhis wife and other friends, in a box at Fords t Jl*™l,41?™ . ASSASSINATED. Theater, Washington, April 14, 1865, and he diedthe next morning. The entire nation was dumb with grief andconsternation. On the heels of sweet and gentle peace camethe dread question—What will be the outcome? A nation hadbeen plunged into mourning by the mad act of a fanatic. At once the War Department issued a poster, offering alarge reward for the capture of the murderer, and on April 26he was tracked to an old barn on Garretts farm, twenty milesfrom Fredericksburg, with a shattered leg. He refused to sur-
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 2^6 THE FATE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH. 237 render, and the building was set on fire, and he was shot inattempting to escape, and captured. He had received a mortalwound, from which he died. The surrender of General Lee was followed by that of allthe principal armies of the Confederacy; the last to throw downtheir arms being the command of Gene-ral KirbySmith, on the 26th of May. Thus very little J^i!£™J£ J J TION GOES ON. was left for the Government to do, save to re-construct the shattered portions of our land, to repress wander-ing bands of outlaws, and to maintain order. The close of the war was wel-comed by North and South alike—it was as if a hideous nightmarehad been banished, and now thewaking dreams of desolated homes,reunited, could be realized. To the boys in blue who hadfought valiantly and untiringly,the news that the opposing armieshad surrendered was a relief, al-though they sorrowfully turnedtheir faces homeward, at the re-membrance of those who came