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Title: The Man in Gray
Author: Thomas Dixon
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THE MAN IN GRAY
_A ROMANCE OF NORTH AND SOUTH_
BY
THOMAS DIXON
AUTHOR OF "THE SOUTHERNER," "THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS," "THE BIRTH OF A
NATION," "THE CLANSMAN," ETC.
DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE KAPPA ALPHA FRATERNITY FOUNDED
UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF ROBERT E. LEE 1868
TO THE READER
Now that my story is done I see that it is the strangest fiction that I
have ever written.
Because it is true. It actually happened. Every character in it is
historic. I have not changed even a name. Every event took place.
Therefore it is incredible. Yet I have in my possession the proofs
establishing each character and each event as set forth. They are true
beyond question.
THOMAS DIXON CURRITUCK LODGE _Munden, Va._
LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY
ROBERT E. LEE _The Southern Commander._
MRS. LEE _His Wife._
CUSTIS _His older Son._
MARY _His Daughter._
MRS. MARSHALL _Lee's Sister._
UNCLE BEN _The Butler._
SAM _A Slave._
J.E.B. STUART _"The Flower of Cavaliers."_
FLORA COOKE _His Sweetheart._
PHIL SHERIDAN _His Schoolmate._
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR _Lincoln's Messenger._
SENATOR ROBERT TOOMBS _of Georgia._
JOHN BROWN _of Osawatomie._
JOHN E. COOK _His Spy._
VIRGINIA KENNEDY _Cook's Victim._
GERRIT SMITH _A Philanthropist._
GEORGE EVANS _A Labor Leader._
F. B. SANBORN _Brown's Organizer._
REV. THOMAS W. HIGGINSON _A Revolutionist._
WM. C. RIVES _Confederate Senator_
GEN. E. P. ALEXANDER _of Lee's Artillery._
JOHN DOYLE _A Poor White._
MAHALA DOYLE _His Wife._
EDMOND RUFFIN _A Virginia Planter._
THE MAN IN GRAY
CHAPTER I
The fireflies on the Virginia hills were blinking in the dark places
beneath the trees and a katydid was singing in the rosebush beside the
portico at Arlington. The stars began to twinkle in the serene sky. The
lights of Washington flickered across the river. The Capitol building
gleamed, argus-eyed on the hill. Congress was in session, still
wrangling over the question of Slavery and its extension into the
territories of the West.
The laughter of youth and beauty sifted down from open windows.
Preparations were being hurried for the ball in honor of the departing
cadets--Custis Lee, his classmate, Jeb Stuart, and little Phil Sheridan
of Ohio whom they had invited in from Washington.
The fact that the whole family was going to West Point with the boys and
Colonel Robert E. Lee, the new Superintendent, made no difference. One
excuse for an old-fashioned dance in a Southern home was as good as
another. The main thing was to bring friends and neighbors, sisters and
cousins and aunts together for an evening of joy.
A whippo'will cried his weird call from a rendezvous in the shadows of the lawn, as Sam entered the great hall and began to light the hundreds of wax tapers in the chandeliers.
"Move dat furniture back now!" he cried to his assistants. "And mind yo'
p's and q's. Doan yer break nuttin."
His sable helpers quietly removed the slender mahogany and rosewood
pieces to the adjoining rooms. They laughed at Sam's new-found note of
dignity and authority.
He was acting butler to-night in Uncle Ben's place. No servant was
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