Identifier: johnnyrebbillyya00hunt (find matches)
Title: Johnny Reb and Billy Yank
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hunter, Alexander, b. 1843 Tolman, R. O Macdonald, Harold
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate
Publisher: New York, Washington, The Neale Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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to confessing a willingness to be a daylaborer instead of a boss. No rich, well-born, educated North-erner was content to carry a musket after the patriotic deliriumwhich animated them for the first year had died out. There were plenty of foreigners, mill hands, apprentices andhuman drift-wood to serve in the ranks, but he who had pres-tige, brains, or political influence was soon sporting chevrons,straps, or stars. The officers of the Army of the Potomac, edu-cated, proud men, were every whit as brave as those of the Con-federate Army; and give the American gentleman a few hours ofdaylight, and no matter what the history of yesterday, they willbe found ready to meet, with steady front, any crisis to-day orto-morrow. The old Anglo-Saxon race never showed its un-dying tenacity and bravery more vividly than it did on that day ofJuly 3rd, 1863, w^hen at noon of the next day the disorganizedmass that Humphreys acknowledged was beaten at sunset, proudlyand fearlesslv confronted the victor.
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AN ACTUAL OCCURRENCE AT GETTYSBURG OF TWO BROTHERS MEETING.Facing- page 408 GETTYSBURG 4O9 Lee yet had a good opportunity to win if he had assaulted)\Ieade at dayhght on the morning of the 3rd, and he so ordered. Longstreet says: I met General Lee very early on the morn-ing of the 3rd, and anticipating any remark that the Commander-in-Chief might make, I said: General Lee, my scouts have re-turned with sufficient information to lead me to believe thatthere are excellent chances of inducing General Meade to attackus. To which General Lee replied by pointing to Cemetery Hilland saying: The enemy is there, and I am going to strike him.I said in return, General, I have seen men fight by companies,regiments, brigades, and divisions, but never anything like youpropose. (Baltimore Sun, October 25, 1889.) Longstreet again shirked duty, and let the whole forenoonpass; and it was not until i P. M. that the Confederate artilleryof over 100 gims opened on Cemetery Hill to sweep the plateauso as t

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