Clara Barton.
A wounded Confederate that Clara Barton had been serving whispered to her, “Lady, you have been kind to me—every street and lane in the city is covered with cannon. When your entire army has reached the other side of the Rappahannock, they’ll find Fredericksburg only a slaughter pen. Not a regiment will escape. Do not go over or you will go to certain death.”
Percy H. Epler.
AT GALVESTON FLOOD
Major McDowell, ex-Union soldier, wounded—assistant to Clara Barton: Comrade, here is some clothing for you.
Ex-Confederate: But, Major (hesitating), I am an ex-Confederate soldier....
Major McDowell: God bless you, poor suffering soul; what difference does that make—here, will this fit you?
Love and tears for the Blue
Tears and love for the Gray.
Frances Miles Finch.