The Blue and the Gray

This play is a re-write of the original "Allatoona" by Judson Kilpatrick published in 1875.

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
Or, War Is Hell.’
MELODRAMA IN FOUR ACTS
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT ONE
SCENE 1 Interior of Cadet barracks at West Point, April, 1861.
SCENE 2 A grove overlooking the river, West Point.
SCENE 3 The parade ground.
SCENE 4 The barracks (same as Scene 1).
SCENE 5 Village Hall, Knox, Vermont.
SCENE 6 A residence on Broadway, New York.

ACT TWO
SCENE 1 A hivouac in the pint: woods, near Rome, Georgia. Autumn, 1864.
SCENE 2 Grounds adjoining Corse’s camp. Early morning.
SCENE 3 Interior at Guilford Plantation.
SCENE 4 Confederate rendezvous at Bass Ferry.
SCENE 5 Interior at Guilford Plantation {same as Scene 3).

ACT' THREE
SCENE 1 The hmcwood garden, Guilford Plantation
SCENE 2 Sherman's headquarters at Atlanta.
SCENE 3 General Curse’s headquarters office in camp.
SCENE 4 Interior at Guilford Plantation (same as in Act Two).

ACT FOUR
The Battle of Kenesaw Mountain.



CHARACTERS

Cadets at West Point, later Federal and Confederate Officers
TAYLOR COOK CHARLES DUNBAR
RHET KINGSBURY REED LAMAR

ANNIE MAY BLACKMAN HELEN DUNBAR.

COMMMANDANT, superintendant of U. S. Military Academy
SETH GREEN, of Knox, Vermom.
SQUIRE COOLY MARIA GREEN DR. SPENCER
MAMMY an old negro woman BEN, an old negro

CAPTAIN CHASE, Quartermaster Corps
GENERAL CORSE GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN
GENERAL SLOCUM

Orderlies, soldiers, officers, citizens.