Two Little Confederates by Thomas Nelson Page

When the boys reached home it was pitch-dark. They found their mother / very anxious about them. They gave an account of the "battle," as they / called it, telling all about the charge, in which, by their statement, / the General and Hugh did wonderful deeds. Their mother and Cousin / Belle sat and listened with tightly folded hands and blanched faces.

Then they told how they found the wounded Yankee soldier on the bank, / and about his death. They were startled by seeing their Cousin Belle / suddenly fall on her knees and throw herself across their mother's lap / in a passion of tears. Their mother put her arms around the young / girl, kissed and soothed her.