. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ary, Wander to and fro,Seeking wood to kindle Fires amidst the snow. Round the bright blaze gather, Heed not sleet nor cold;Ye are Spartan soldiers, Stout and brave and Xerxian army Yet subdued a foeWho but asked a blanket On a bed of snow. Shivering, midst the darkness, Christian men are found,There devoutly kneeling On the frozen ground—Pleading for their country, In its hour of woe—For its soldiers marching Shoeless through the snow. Lost in heavy slumbers, Free from toil and strife,Dreaming of their dear ones— Home,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ary, Wander to and fro,Seeking wood to kindle Fires amidst the snow. Round the bright blaze gather, Heed not sleet nor cold;Ye are Spartan soldiers, Stout and brave and Xerxian army Yet subdued a foeWho but asked a blanket On a bed of snow. Shivering, midst the darkness, Christian men are found,There devoutly kneeling On the frozen ground—Pleading for their country, In its hour of woe—For its soldiers marching Shoeless through the snow. Lost in heavy slumbers, Free from toil and strife,Dreaming of their dear ones— Home, and child, and wife—Tentless they are lying, While the fires burn low—Lying in their blankets, Midst Decembers snow. Margaret Jtjnkin Preston. CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands,They take a serpentine course, their arms flash in the sun,-hark to the musical clank, n Fin i [ 134] :^§ w/fy s^^iPvo^s ^^-^^^ ^x jM%5^ *= =lliillill )kA&i ^,^Vtt^ w^BSs$M r ^^^ ^iB^ \te. .«>>^- THE SHADOWY FORMS OF HORSES These scenes from a bivouac of McOlellans army, in 1862, reveal, in muchthe same spirit as Whitmans poem, the actual life of the soldier. At theend of a hard days march, officers and men were tired, and horses andmules were willing to be unhitched and to nibble on the fodder by thewagon-tongue, or in the rear of the vehicle. The teamsters, meanwhile,were gathered about the twinkling camp-fires that Whitman bringsbefore our eyes. Night will soon fall, and the army will pass into theland of dreams. Little it realizes the dangers of the road to Richmond.
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