The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-21

rolling us up. Better that you had left
that out, Johnny. II seems to me some
body who undertook To Invade the North
not so many inoons ago danced away from
Cwmpton's Gap, Slmth Mountain and An
ttetnm, crossing back into Virginia with a
dcuble limp, listening to the star Spansled
Banner John Brown aud other lptrittic
airs II that Isn't enough, nut your eur to
the ground und You VIII hear tho echo ut
our tunes as Floyd fled from Donaison
when Grant demanded an unconditional
surrender"
Say. Yank, we'd better not got up a
new rebellion about p,ir music. We are
satisfied with ours and You seem 10 Ike
yours pretty we'll Let II drop there, while
We attend 10 matters OF more vital Inn
| portance,"
WRISTS your next question. Johnny
GLOW Is You alls stock of coffee, Yapk?"
Plenty OF IT, They lust sent us fresh
supply, but we are running low on tobacco,
How is your layout OF the wced2"
Enough fnr both armies, Yank
| "1hcn let's swap?"
| swap It is, Yank."
Then these men who had looked at each
ether alcnR glistenDg muskets OH many a
| held OF carnage padded TO the cenior OF
the river, made a satisfactory trade and
padded back 10 the banks. .ho Yankee
bpmming THE Star Spangled Banner" rnd
the Johnny singing Dixie" with all Of the
skill and a'rength he possessed
On one side of the river u little band OF
men In blue filled their pipes and puffed
and Oh the other side little band In gray
made coffee and drank. Tle smoking and
drinking over, they renewed their CONVEX
sa ton
what are you alls going TO do hext.
Yank?'
After we got n little rested from chasing
you ont OF Maryland and so far down
through Old Virginia we arc going TO roll
up our trousers, wade the Rappahann0ck.
scale yonder heights, mop Bobby Leo and
his crowd out OF the way and take walk
To Richmond getting there In tima for a
Christmas turkey. What do you think ytu
are going 70 do next. Johnny"
"Oh. nothing much, except 10 let you
| wade the river. That done. we VIII sep
back 10 the hills out there and rock you
Ia sleep by tho Thousands. leaving tho
plains blue with your army II VIII be q
Mica breakfast spell Don't postpone your
visit a day after you got yoirr things on.
Dnnl be afraid OF calling before we are
ready for you. The floor VIII be swept.
The curtains and, furniture busted and Bob
by Zee and his household Will be IN the
doors. ready i0. give you tho hottest well
come you ever received"
You are a buffer. Johnny. You talk
too big"
"weii, now, yank. don't forget TO como,
and we viii lot tho result Of the visit tell
who IL the big isllker.
Coed night. Johnny. No shooting In tina
morning.
Good night, yank. No shooting unless
you begin IT,"
About two wtelts after that conversation
| the Unicn army crossed the Rappahanncck,
remained two or three DAYS and then re-
crossed having lpst In killed wounded and
prisoners more men than there are In any
iowa city; any city In Minnesota outside OF
| st. Paul or Minneapolis; any city In In
diana, outside OF indianapolis or Evansville;
any city In Michigan. outside OF Detroit ard
Grand Rapids; any city In North or South
Dakota; any city In Wisconsin. outside q
Milwaukee: any city In Montana. Wyoming
Utah, Idaho and any In Colorado except
Denver. This gives the new generation mn
idea Of what one battle cost The Unicn
army.
spoke ef history making along the Rap
pahannock thirty-fve years ago The pages
made during the disastrous Fredericksburg
campaign are rather dark In some reapccts
while Ia others they are very bright. An or.
lean soldiers cn Stafford Heights Pnd
Marye's Heights gave the world new ana
positive evidence Of Americas ability 10
battle. There was no better fighting during
the war than was done by Burnside. IsooI err.
sumner and Franklin and their men from
the Heights Of Stafford. and by Lee, Long
street and jackson and their men from tho
Heights OF fredericksburg
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