Gallant Boys of Gettysburg (1996)
“Jeff kept out of sight as much as possible but peered out the barn door whenever he heard the sound of marching.
“I didn’t know there were so many Yankees,” he said, almost in despair, as he sat beside Tom late one afternoon.
Tom was sitting in a chair, his maimed leg out in front of him on a stool that Ellie Poteet had brought. He looked at it now, his face grim. “We’ll never make it back to Virginia, Jeff. If I were whole, I’d try it—but somebody would stop us, and there we’d be.”
“Well, they... can’t stay here forever,” Jeff declared. “Sooner or later they’re all gonna go back to Virginia or somewhere. They can’t keep the whole Union army here in Gettysburg!”
“We might as well give it up, Jeff.” Tom’s dark eyes were glum and hopeless. “Look,” he said abruptly, “there’s no sense in both of us going to a prison camp. You can get away. Travel at night and stay away from the roads.”
“Let me ask you one thing, Tom.”
“What’s that?”
“Would you leave me if things were reversed—if I was the one who was hurt and you weren’t?”MoreLess
“I didn’t know there were so many Yankees,” he said, almost in despair, as he sat beside Tom late one afternoon.
Tom was sitting in a chair, his maimed leg out in front of him on a stool that Ellie Poteet had brought. He looked at it now, his face grim. “We’ll never make it back to Virginia, Jeff. If I were whole, I’d try it—but somebody would stop us, and there we’d be.”
“Well, they... can’t stay here forever,” Jeff declared. “Sooner or later they’re all gonna go back to Virginia or somewhere. They can’t keep the whole Union army here in Gettysburg!”
“We might as well give it up, Jeff.” Tom’s dark eyes were glum and hopeless. “Look,” he said abruptly, “there’s no sense in both of us going to a prison camp. You can get away. Travel at night and stay away from the roads.”
“Let me ask you one thing, Tom.”
“What’s that?”
“Would you leave me if things were reversed—if I was the one who was hurt and you weren’t?”MoreLess
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