Are Breckinridge, Claiborne, Hardee,
And Cheatham’s Southern chivalry,
In hate and crime unchanged.
’Twas the last day of “sixty-two”
When these two hosts appeared in view,
Both eager for the fray;
They scorned the sun’s more tardy plan,
And fierce their murderous work began,
Ere he could dart a ray!
The rebels, as their wont has been,