The Blue And The Gray ( Originally Published Early 1900's )
ALTHOUGH it had been more than thirty years since the close of
the Civil War, the bitterness between the North and the South
was far from being cured. The revolving years, with the green
grass and wild flowers, and a new generation had done their best
to cover up the scars that war had made, but a solid South and
practically a solid North when old issues were revived, was an
index of the hostile sectional feeling and a barrier to the
largest fraternity. The one year of war with Spain did more to
bring the North and South together than all the thirty odd years
had done before. With such men as a Lee and a Grant, a Joe
Wheeler and a Wilson as leaders, the men who wore the blue and
the men who wore the gray, and the sons of the men who wore the
blue and of those who wore the gray, fell into line under the
old flag, and by their heroism and sacrifice united the North
and the South in a loving brotherhood. President McKinley
contributed much to the comple