Brave Sherman, Sheridan, and all

Whom we true patriots can call;

All you who volunteered your aid

When danger every heart dismayed;

Who noble deeds have dared to write

In lasting colors, “black and white,”

On march, in battlefield, or camp,

By sea or river-margin damp,

Or where our mailed “web-feet” could wade

To point a gun or wield a blade;