"Union flag" Quotes from Famous Books
... of the citizens of the community favored secession, but they were very aggressive. One afternoon, while a huge Union flag-pole was being raised on the street, which when half-way up snapped and fell to the ground in pieces, I witnessed a personal encounter between a cadet and a mechanic (the latter afterward deserted from our battery during the Gettysburg campaign in Pennsylvania, his native ... — The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson • Edward A. Moore |