"We have some new books that were donated by the one of the women's societies. Here, maybe you'd like to read about some more recent heroes right here in America," Miss Wallace, the librarian, said, when Harry came into the library to return some books one day. She knew how much he loved history, especially about generals and battles they fought.
Harry took the volumes she handed him and wandered through the room to sit down at one of the big oak tables in the center of the room. He began to leaf through the book about the Civil War. "Now this should be some good reading," he thought.
He read: "The American's Civil War Battles of the First and Second Manassas (also called Bull Run), were fought in Virginia on July 21, 1861, and August 29-30, 1862. The 1862 battle was the first test of Northern and Southern military prowess. Here Brig. General Thomas J. Jackson acquired his nickname "Stonewall".
It had only been two decades since these historic battles took place, so Harry was especially interested in them. In fact, there were battlefields right near Independence from the Border Wars, and other skirmishes. His grandfather had told him stories of times when he was nervous about leading the wagon train over the Santa Fe Trail and leaving Grandma here with Uncle Harrison to run the farm.
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Harry drifted off into a daydream adventure. General Robert E. Lee and Brig. General Stonewall Jackson, two of his favorite American leaders, were fighting their last battle together, at Bull Run. |  Jackson |
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