Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

The Battle-Pieces in this volume are dedicated to the memory of the THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under the flag of their...

_Saturday morning at 3 A.M. A stir within the Fort betrayed That the rebels were getting under arms; Some plot these early birds had laid. But a lancing sleet cut him who stared...

Dead is the Man whose Cause is dead, Vainly he died and set his seal-- Stonewall! Earnest in error, as we feel; True to the thing he deemed was due, True as John Brown or steel.

And quiet far below the wave, Where never cheers shall move their sleep, Some who did boldly, nobly earn them, lie-- Charmed children of the deep. But decks that now are in the...

The liberal arts and nurture sweet Which give his gentleness to man-- Train him to honor, lend him grace Through bright examples meet-- That culture which makes never wan With u...

Commanded and done. Ere the sun stood steep, Back came the Blues, with a troop of Grays, Ten riding double--luckless ten!-- Five horses gone, and looped hats lost, And love-lock...

“If now,” the Senators, closing, say, “Aught else remain, speak out, we pray” Hereat he paused; his better heart Strove strongly then; prompted a worthier part Than coldly to en...

It is more than a year since the memorable surrender, but events have not yet rounded themselves into completion. Not justly can we complain of this. There has been an upheavel...