. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . cher would throw to a dog. But provisions are dear, and their plaster I not worth their weight in potatoes or hog. When the battle was over they rushed from their cover,And gallantly charged on the wounded and lame. And the ambulance car was a trophy of war That would tinge the dark cheek of a savage with shame.
. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . cher would throw to a dog. But provisions are dear, and their plaster I not worth their weight in potatoes or hog. When the battle was over they rushed from their cover,And gallantly charged on the wounded and lame. And the ambulance car was a trophy of war That would tinge the dark cheek of a savage with shame. Minute Men of 61 385; They may boast as they please how they captured with easeThe Yankees who fought at Manassas that day, But they know very well, if the truth they would tell,That they lost two to one in that bloody affray. The chivalric heroes, like modern Neros, Rode bravely on those who were carrying the woundes ;And their bloodthirsty cheer was revolting to hear. As the pale, bleeding forms of our comrades we grounded. By the trembling moonlight, in the silence of nightThey rifled the dead of their money and clothes ; Alas ! that aught human and born of boast of a crime that humanity loathes. Tobacco Factory, Richmond, xAug. MlNUTE-M^N^Or ^\. 386 Minute Men of 61 THE STARS AND STRIPES //tb/is/icd bv llic l/uiou Lyiriiiii al Ihifhli Prison, X. (h EDITED BV EEROV WARREN JAXUARY 2, No. 6 FRAGMENTBy J. W. D. Twas midnight, and .save the tread Of unneeded sentinel, qniet as of the dead Reigned. An angel, clothed in robes of mist, Looked in upon the slumbering forms, and kissed The brows of those whose thought in sleep Reverted to the ones (whom may Gods presence keep From danger or distreSvs) thej-d left behind. With symi)athetic touch she loosed the mind Of each ; then gathering with nervous hand Her train, she passed oer all the land, And with a calm delight bent oer The forms of those, the minds she bore Had thought on. Then in her mystic
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