The book The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War was written by author David E David Emmons Johnston Here you can read free online of The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War a good or bad book?
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Lord, bless the d — d Yankees. " We used the word Yankee, prior to the war, applying it to the New England people, the descendants of the Puritans, the people whose ancestors landed on Plymouth Rock, of whom General Early is credited with saying, "If that rock had landed on them, we would never have had the d — d h — 1 fired war. " The word Yankee is of uncertain derivation, though said to be an Indian corrup- tion of the French word, Anglais, meaning Eng- lish. The Union soldiers usually calle...d us "Johnnies, " or "Johnny Rebs. " The army had been organized with three corps — first, Longstreet's ; second, Ewell's, and third, A. P. Hill's. While at Culpeper, where the Confederate army was being mobilized, addi- tional numbers were being received into the ranks. The passionate ardor of our people for their coun- try's cause had brought to the army nearly every A CONFEDERATE BOY 189 man fit for the service. It was perhaps the larg- est efficient number of men, and composed of the best fighting material that General Lee ever led to battle.
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