Just Break the News to Mother (FH)
Soldier dies in order to save the flag. General comes to commend bravery and finds it is his own son. Soldier asks that the news be "broken" to his mother and that she be told he loves her. CFMJ, 7 (1979): FH Index - 6/10/26; Greenleaf: "While the Boys in Blue Were Fighting" - p....
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| Summary: | Soldier dies in order to save the flag. General comes to commend bravery and finds it is his own son. Soldier asks that the news be "broken" to his mother and that she be told he loves her. CFMJ, 7 (1979): FH Index - 6/10/26; Greenleaf: "While the Boys in Blue Were Fighting" - p. 363; ref - Fowke, "Midwest Folklore", p. 37 (gives publ. Charles K. Harris - 18970. |
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