Terrors and horrors of prison life; or, Six months a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio . l. C. S. A. TO THE LOST CAUSE Some day when all lifes lessons have been suns and stars forevermore have set,These things which our poor judgments here have spurned,These things oer which we grieved with lashes wetWill flash before us out of nights dark nightAs stars shine best in deepest tints of we shall see how all Gods plans are rightAnd what we deem rebuke is love most true. II If we could push aside those bars of light,And there await and all His pupose see:We could interpret all this
Terrors and horrors of prison life; or, Six months a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio . l. C. S. A. TO THE LOST CAUSE Some day when all lifes lessons have been suns and stars forevermore have set,These things which our poor judgments here have spurned,These things oer which we grieved with lashes wetWill flash before us out of nights dark nightAs stars shine best in deepest tints of we shall see how all Gods plans are rightAnd what we deem rebuke is love most true. II If we could push aside those bars of light,And there await and all His pupose see:We could interpret all this pain and for lifes mystery could find the not today. Then be content poor heart,Gods plans like lillies white unfoldWe must not tear the close shut leaves apartTime will reveal the calyx of gold. III. And when by patient toil we reach the end,When tired feet with sandals loose may rest,I think we then shall see and understandI know we then shall say—God Did The Best The above poem was handed us bv a commercialtraveler at Shreveport, La., September 12, 1^) Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee,Commander in Chief of UnitedConfederate Veterans. TERRORS AND HORRORS OF PxRISON LIFE, OR SIXMONTHS AT CAMP CHASE, OHIO, 111 the great famil}^ qiiarrell or strug-gle betweenthe States, known as the Civil War of 1861-1865, I castmy lot with the Confederates—the true American sol-dier of that da}^ and time. With a company of volun-teers, composed of sturdy farmers from the parishesof Caldwell, Franklin and Catahoula, state of Louisiana,on or about the sixth day of April, 1862, I left my homeand loved ones to take part in the great struggie. Ourcompanj^ officers were: D. Hugh Keenan, Captain;James Tatum, First Lieutenant; Thomas Watson, Sec-ond Lieutenant; George Bohanan, Third Lieutenant;J. C. Humble, First Our Compan}^ wasCompany I, 25th La., Volunteers, with Fisk, Colonel;Lewis, Lieutenant-Colonel; Sacharie, Major. Going direct to Corinth, Mississippi, and withou
Size: 1338px × 1868px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectcampchaseohio, bookye
