The Southern Poems of the War

by Emily Virginia Mason

THE

SOUTHERN

Poems of the War

Collected and Arranged by

Miss Emily V. Mason.

BALTIMORE

John Murphy & Co., Publishers

182 Baltimore Street.

1867

Entered according to Act of Coluches, in the year 1866,

By John Murphy,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maryland.

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."

PREFACE.

In the beginning of the war I conceived the design of collecting and preserving the various War Poems, which born of the excited state of the public mind,) then inundated our newspapers. For a time, I carried out this intention, but a very busy lite soon obliged me to relinquish it; so that I am indebted to the kindness of friends for most of the later Poems in this collection.

Travelling since the war through many portions of the South, I have heard every where the wish expressed, that these Poems should be collected and published in a form so cheap as to be necessible to all. This desire I have endeavored to fulfil.

Besides a "Memorial" volumnie, to preserve these "Bongs," expressive of the hopes and triumphs and sorrows of a "lost canae," I have another design-to aid by its sale the Education of the Daughters of our desslate land; to pt a certain number for Teachers, that they may take to their homes and spread amongst the different Southern States the knowledge of those accomplishments which else may be denied them.

I appeal to all good people to aid me in this effort to provide for the women of the South, (the future mothers of the country.) the timely boon of creation. Many of these children are the orphans of soldiers, from whom they have inherited nothing but an honorable name, and the last hours of more than one of whom I was enabled to soothe by the promise that I would do something for the little ones they left behind them. That promise, I trust, this humble effort may enable me in part to redeem.

Emily V. Mason.

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
The Southern Cross	St. George Tucker	13
Address to President Davis	Mrs. E. K. Blunt	15
Southern Chant of Defiance	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	17
Written before the Secession of Va.	Mrs. Rebecca Tabb	19
The Fall of Sumter, April, 1801	A. L. D.	21
A Cry to Arms		23
Poem on the Death of “Jackson"		25
Dead Jackson.		26
Rallying Song of the Virginians	Susan Archer Talley	27
1861		28
1776 - 1861		29
II.- Seventy-six and Sixty-one		31
Yes, Call us Rebels ! 'Tis the Name	Albert Pike	32
Rebels! "Tis a Holy Name	Rev. Mr. Garesche	34
Hymn-God Save the South	Geo. H. Miles	36
Anthem of the Confederate States		38
God Save the South	Agnew	40
Hurrah!	A Mississippian	41
The Ship of State	Mrs. C. A. Warfield 43
The Southron's War Song	J. A. Jagner	45
"On to Richmond"	Jno. A. Thompson	46
Battle Eve		51
Manassas	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	52
"Our Left"		53
The Battle of Manassas	Mrs. Clarke	55
Virginia's Jewels	Miss Rebecca Powell	58
Maryland!	Jas. R. Randall	60
Charge of the Night Brigade		63
"There's Life in the Old Land Yet".	F. K. Howord	65
"Independence Day".		66
Are we Free ?	Jas. R. Brewer	67
The Kentueky Partizán	Paul I. Hayne	70
John Morgan's Credentials		73
The Toast of Morgan's Men	Capt. Thorpe	73
Louisiana		74
Charles B, Dreux..	Jas. A. Randall	75

		PAGE
Beauregard	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	77
Beauregard's Appeal		79
Sabbath Bells.	Charleston Mercury	81
March on! Caroliniana, march on	Mrs. Farley	82
Carolina	Mrs. Anna Peyre Dennies	84
The Tennessee Exile's Song		87
Lines on the Death of Col. B. F. Terry	R. Berrick	89
The Stranger's Death		91
Song of the Texas Rangers		93
The Flag of the Lone Star	Tonella	93
There's Life in the Old Land Yet.	Jas. R. Randall	97
All quiet along the Potomae to-night.		99
Fast Day, Nov., 1861	Miss R. Powell	101
The War-Christian's Thank giving.	S. T. Tallis	103
Christmas Carol, for 1862....	Mrs. M. J. Preston	105
A Picture	Savannah Morning News	109
A Southern Scene- 1862		111
Song of the Freedman	A. R. Watson	114
The Unreturning.		117
Zollieofler	H. L. Flash	119
The Burial of Capt. O. Jennings Wisc.	Accomac	120
Fort Donelson-The Siege, Feb., 1862	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	121
The Battle of Hampton Roads	Teneila	123
The Turtle		123
Albert Sidney Johnston	Fleming James	127
Lines written during these Gloomy Times	J. H. Hewitt	131
Away with the Dastards who whine of Defeat	Paul II. Payne	138
Steady and Really		137
Prayer		139
A Sunday Reverie	Jas. R. Randall	141
The Soldier's Farewell to his Wife	Wm. K Campbell	144
The Soldier's Grave	Pearl	146
The Soldier's Last Combat	Mrs. Elian E. Harper	117
Home Again	Jef Thompson	149
My Father	Jerry R. Jackson	150
My Wife and Child.	Ibid.	152
A Mother's Prayer		154
The Mother to her Son in the Trepelies at Petersburg..	W. D. Porter	156
The Ladies of Richmond	Charleston Courier	158
Rode's Brigade Charge at Seven Pines	W. P. C.	161
Lines		163

		PAGE
"Information Wanted"		165
The Drummner Boy	Jas. R. Breuer	107
The Old Brigade.	Maurice D' Bell	150
The Burial of Latané	Jan R. Thompson	173
The Beleaguered City.	Roma Vertner Jeffrey	176
Richmond on the James	Anne Marie Welby	177
Missing		180
The Dying Soldier		182
Reading the List		184
The Lonely Grave	Mrs. C. A. Ball	185
The Sacket of Gray-To those who wore it	Ibid,	189
"You'll tell her, wont you?".		191
Somebody's Darling	Miss Barie Lacoste	192
The Tear-Guard of the Army	Iris	191
Heart Victories	Soldier's wife	196
Address to the Exchanged Prisoners	S.T. Walls	198
Fiat Justitia	Lady of Baltimore	200
Lines written in Fort Warren	G. W. B.	202
The Captain's Story		204
The Debt		206
Butler's Proclamation	Paul H. Hayne	208
The Guerrillas	S. T. Wallis	211
At Fort Pillow	Jas. R. Randall	214
Bombardinent of Vicksburg		217
Gone to the Battle-field		219
The Virginians of the Valley	Tickor	222
The Valley of the Shenandoah		223
The Reaper		294
Dirge for Ashby		520
Ashby	John N. Thompson	228
Gen. John B. Floyd	Eulalie	230
Virginia's Dead		232
My Order	Gordon McCabe	295
The Southern Cross.		237
Hymn to the National Flag	Mrs. M. J. Preston	239
The Countersign		241
Our "Cottage by the Sen"	Prisoner in Fort Lafayette	243
The Quaker Girl's Farewell to her Soulborn Lever.	Mrs. Eliza E. Harper	245
A Confederate Officer to his Ladye Love	Maj. McKnight	247
The Homespun Dress		249

		PAGE
Cannon Song		252
On a Raid	Ikey Ingle	253
Coming at Last	George H. Miles	250
Beyond the Potomac	Paul H. Hayne	257
The Southern Oath	Rosa Vertner Jefrey	260
The Brave at Home		262
Little Footsteps	Mary J. Upshur	203
"Minding the Gap"	Mollie L. Moore	264
Why the Robin's Breast was Red.	Jas. R. Randall	268
Lines on the Death of Annie Carter Lee	Tenella	269
At the Last		271
The Long Ago	Philo Henderson	272
Christmas-1863	Henry Timrod	274
Charleston	Ibid	277
By the Camp Fire	Viola	279
John Pelham	Jas. R. Randall	282
A Pledge to Lee	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	284
Charade		286
Stonewall Jackson's Way.		287
Stonewall's Sable Seers...	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	289
Riding a Raid		292
The Lone Sentry.	Jas. R. Randall	293
On the Death of Lieut. Gen. Jackson	Mrs. C. A. Warfield	205
Lines on the Death of Stonerall Jackson		298
The Funeral Dirge of Stonewall Jackson	Rosa Vertner Jefrey	301
Stonewall Jackson	H. L. Flash	304
Stonewall		305
Stonewall Jackson's Grave	Mrs. H. J. Preston	307
"Over the River".	J. Doffore	311
"Let us cross over the River aed rest under the shade of the Trees"	James	313
The "Slonewall" Cemetery	Mrs. M. B. Clark	314
A Voice from the South	Rosa Vertner Jeffrey	316
The Autumn Rain	Susan Archer Talley	318
Nil Desperandum-To the Southern Soldier	Ikey Ingle	319
Despondency	Tenelire	320
Lilies of the Valley	Rosa Vertner Jeffrey	329
The Duy Picket; or, Charley's Guard	Lady of Kentucky	324
"True to the Last!”	Col. W. S. Hawkins	325
A Prison Scene	Ibid.	327
Lines on Captain Beall	Ibid.	329

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The Hero without a Name....	Ibid.	331
The Chines of St. Paul	Toncila	335
Lines to Lee	Mrs. C. A. Werfield	337
Leo to the Rear	John R. Thompson	330
General Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness	Tenella	342
"The Cavalier's Glee”	Capt. Blackford.	341
Stuart	W. Winston Fontaine	345
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart	Jno. R. Thompson	347
Semmes' Sword		350
Oh! no, be'll not need them again	J. D. Sullivan	952
Sumter in Ruins...	W. Gilmore Simms	354
Polk	H. L. Flash	365
John Pegram	W. Gordon McCabe	356
A Prayer for Peace	S. T. Wallis	358
"Shermanized"	L. Virginia French	300
The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia - April 10, 1865	Florence Anderson	303
The Sword of Robert Lee	Moina	365
General Robert E. Lee	Tenella	367
April Twenty-sixth	Annie Ketchum Chambery	368
Dixie	Rosa Vertner Jeffrey	369
Weep! Weep!		371
Peace	L. Burroughs	378
The Price of Peace	Luola	375
Acceptation	Mrs. M. J. Preston	379
Virginia Capta	Ibid.	380
The Conquered Banner..	Moine	381
"Told it up Carefully"	Sir Henry Houghton, Bart.	383
Cruci Dun Spiro, Fido...	J. C. M.	384
Lines written July 15, 1805.	A. L. D.	385
Off with your Grey Suite, Boys!		387
Wearing of the Grey	A Mississippian	388
Our Failure	Author of "Southrons"	389
Here und There	Sunny South	392
In the Land where we were Dreaming	Dan. Lucas	397
The Broken Mug	A Soldier	400
Last Request of Henry C. Magruder		405
Forget? Never!	Mrs. C. A. Ball	406
Arlington	Mrs. M. J. Preston	408
Our Chief	Author of "Southrons"	411
Jefferson Davis	Wm. Munford	412

		PAGE
Jefferson Davis	Southern Woman	444
An Appeal for Jefferson Davis.	A Lady of Virginia	446
Jefferson Davis	Mollie E. Moore	448
Regulus	Mrs. M. J. Preston	421
The Battle of Buena Vista	Mississippian	423
The Confederate Note	Maj. S. A. Jonas	425
Give them Bread!	G. L. R.	426
A Wind from the South	C. C.	428
To the Ladies of Baltimore	Mrs. Dellie C. Locke	430
The Blessed Hand	S. T. Wallis	433
The Blessed Heart	Mrs. M. M.	435
T. Miss —, of Va	Stella	437
The Waste of War		439
Our Dead	Col. A. M. Hobby	440
The Confederate Dead	Latienne	443
Song		445
Lines read at Hollywood Cemetery, May 10, 1868		446
Lines.	Florence Anderson	447
Our Cherished Dead		450
April 26th	Dr. Ford	451
Home-after the War	M. E. H.	451
The Vanquished Patriot's Prayer		453
Heaven		455