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Chapter 14

           It’seasiertowalkwithalegwoundthanwithdysentery.Pa,dotrytomanagesomebootsforme.I’macaptainnowandacaptainoughttohaveboots,evenifhehasn’tgotanewuniformorepaulets."

           ButthearmywasinPennsylvaniathatwasallthatmattered.Onemorevictoryandthewarwouldbeover,andthenDarcyMeadecouldhaveallthebootshewanted,andtheboyswouldcomemarchinghomeandeverybodywouldbehappyagain.Mrs.Meade’seyesgrewwetasshepicturedhersoldiersonhomeatlast,hometostay.

           OnthethirdofJuly,asuddensilencefellonthewiresfromthenorth,asilencethatlastedtillmiddayofthefourthwhenfragmentaryandgarbledreportsbegantotrickleintoheadquartersinAtlanta.TherehadbeenhardfightinginPennsylvania,nearalittletownnamedGettysburg,agreatbattlewithallLee’sarmymassed.Thenewswasuncertain,slowincoming,forthebattlehadbeenfoughtintheenemy’sterritoryandthereportscamefirstthroughMaryland,wererelayedtoRichmondandthentoAtlanta.

           Suspensegrewandthebeginningsofdreadslowlycrawledoverthetown.Nothingwassobadasnotknowingwhatwashappening.FamilieswithsonsatthefrontprayedferventlythattheirboyswerenotinPennsylvania,butthosewhoknewtheirrelativeswereinthesameregimentwithDarcyMeadeclampedtheirteethandsaiditwasanhonorforthemtobeinthebigfightthatwouldlicktheYankeesforgoodandall.

           InAuntPitty’shouse,thethreewomenlookedintooneanother’seyeswithfeartheycouldnotconceal.

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