. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. LIEUT. HORR, CAPT. R. C. WASHINGTON CAPT. C. C. SMITH, LIEUT. BOIES, CAPT. T. YATES, UEUT. LITTLE, CAPT. C. CROSSING THK BIG BI«ACK. EAST OF VICKSBURG. POEM 41 Prone on the dark ensanguined field, Where late his brave compatriots stood,Lay one with broken sword and shield, Baptised in patriotic willing comrades dashing on, No dangers could his heart appal—The calm and gentle Washington**, The noblest Roman of them all! No pitying eye to weep a tear, No comrades hand to lave his wounds;No sympathetic words of che
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. LIEUT. HORR, CAPT. R. C. WASHINGTON CAPT. C. C. SMITH, LIEUT. BOIES, CAPT. T. YATES, UEUT. LITTLE, CAPT. C. CROSSING THK BIG BI«ACK. EAST OF VICKSBURG. POEM 41 Prone on the dark ensanguined field, Where late his brave compatriots stood,Lay one with broken sword and shield, Baptised in patriotic willing comrades dashing on, No dangers could his heart appal—The calm and gentle Washington**, The noblest Roman of them all! No pitying eye to weep a tear, No comrades hand to lave his wounds;No sympathetic words of cheer, No friendly or familiar sounds;Alone, beneath the Southern stars, He drew his last expiring breath,His spirit burst its prison bars And scaled the dread ramparts of death. Such gallant names can never die Wherever men breathe freedoms air,But rising into freedoms sky Shall form a constellation there,And shining down in mute appeal On generations yet to be,Shall guide each patriot heart to feel This land shall be forever free. Though now some heads are bowed and hoary, Some walk with trembling steps of age,They yet delight to tell the story That shall adorn our coun
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