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THESE POEMS,
THE OFFSPRING
OF SOUTHERN HEARTS,
SUNG BY SOUTHERN FIRESIDES, AND SOUTHERN CAMP FIRES,
ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
To the Southern Soldiers,
By ONE WHO ADMIRED THEIR HEROISM, SYMPATHIZED WITH THEIR SUCCESSES,
MOURNED THEIR SUFFERINGS,
AND SHARED THEIR PRIVATIONS.
"No marble slab or graven stone
Their gallant deeds to tell;
No monument to mark the spot
Where they with glory fell
Their names shall yet a herald find
In every tongue of fame,
When valley, stream, and minstrel voice,
Shall ring with their acclaim."
