Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-08-22
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the Flag
!. svs. GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT
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e,e,1Isn', 1906. by Daily story Pub Co..
,,rc lines Of infantry had
u, i.oot M through the green val
southern Pennsylvania and
v.,riedly marching northward
'tle6.ld somewhere, no man OF
co,Id have told where They
lnew that they were tired ana
'.ors and hungry, and the rich
feIds they had passed had
aght no comfort
Young soldier took on his ragged
,eined the perspiration from his
md looked over at little cot
Nth its cncircling vines. IT
him think Of another little cot
across the lines, where the vines
uncovered his childhood.
be head Of the column came op-
n. tbe house a girl ran out from
amen doorway to the front OF
,artico. She had a United states
fled around her as an apron and
tanned upon a chair that the
!. army might see it and waved it
+,ntIy at the approaching troops
ns leader looked around apprc-
-,irely Some Of his men had come
N tbe most frightfully devastated
! of the south. How would they
-be sudden defiant presentation
,be banner under which that ruin
been wrought? With a swift,
,,smI movement he wheeled his
II hattie horse out of line, lifted
cap bowed to the warlikc maid
aluted the flag she bore. He
med to thc advancing men, waved
hand. and every tattercd cap was
A,j and each man as he passed
bed the enemy's coIors. The
|jer rode forward to his place and
long line moved on.
Sbc is a little fighter thought
boy who had waved his cap to
81 should like to have her for a
feE Only if She were my sister
would wave but one flag"
be- sighed. remembering the lonely
tsge under the magnolias.
+ln love again by Joye,' said the
isr soldier who marched beside
b. Hi, boys! What 90 you think?
vers j in love with the little
|m,yIyania amazon"
Shiycrs i, always in love" said an
her, "He's the victim Of chronic
frtion. Do You remember how he
in love with the gucrrilla's
taghteF and came near h ing shot
a spy? Some day Shiyers will
I've fatal attack of love and Gen.
i will quit lying awake nights try
to keep at the head # the army,
the light Of Shiver's increasing
iitary fame"
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Beyond the crest they waited as
Z slow hours wcat by waited till
order came, and they went down
10 the valley Of death. What they
on that fatal field of Gettysburg
Inscribed on the page of history
IN the beginning of the retreat
|es Shircrs was wounded. The over.
|Aelming force of the enemy were
asng in from every point.
He is dead" thought the man. lie
arcc noticed the shower Of hall,
PAT fell about him nor marvcIpd
|Fer the apparent miracle that not
be Of them touched him ne no borc
p Unconscious hoy to spot N
|reater security. Under the crove Of
FeS not quite in tbo Iiro &c Ara h,
Fid his friend on tbe smootb oro..
bat had been nptoucbcd h, th,
Form of war. With his untutorc,
dl he dressed tbe wound and ca,