. Bugle echoes; a collection of the poetry of the civil war, northern and southern . THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC. LSee J^a£:e 2,i—^ L{/:e a kiakcii, Jiiige and blacks \ ^^^^^.^^ \:. STONEWALL JACKSON AT BULL RUN. {See ^age 89—^ Stoncivall Jacksoii s Way.) i i POEMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 8i Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp !Down went the Cumberland all a-wrack,With a sudden shudder of death,And the cannons breathFor her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay. Still floated our flag at the mainmast , how beautiful was Thy day!Every waf
. Bugle echoes; a collection of the poetry of the civil war, northern and southern . THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC. LSee J^a£:e 2,i—^ L{/:e a kiakcii, Jiiige and blacks \ ^^^^^.^^ \:. STONEWALL JACKSON AT BULL RUN. {See ^age 89—^ Stoncivall Jacksoii s Way.) i i POEMS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 8i Then, like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp !Down went the Cumberland all a-wrack,With a sudden shudder of death,And the cannons breathFor her dying gasp. Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay. Still floated our flag at the mainmast , how beautiful was Thy day!Every waft of the airWas a whisper of prayer,Or a dirge for the dead. Ho ! brave hearts that went down in the seas ! Ye are at peace in the troubled stream ;Ho ! brave land with hearts like these,Thy flag, that is rent in twain,Shall be one again,And without a seam ! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. THE RIVER FIGHT. \In Aprils 1862, Admiral Farragut ran his squadron pastthe Confederate batteries defending the Lower Mississippi^encountering and defeating a fleet of steamers^ rams^ ^ ***** Would you hear of the River Fight ?It was two, of a soft spring night— Gods stars lo
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