I wept and prayed while I threw in the dead
Like lumps of soil: “O God of all Creation,—
Let it not be in vain our sons have bled!
In your Son’s name,
MAKE US AGAIN A NATION!”
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Historical Handbook Series
No. 1 Custer Battlefield No. 2 Jamestown, Virginia No. 3 The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died No. 4 Saratoga No. 5 Fort McHenry No. 6 Lee Mansion No. 7 Morristown, a Military Capital of the Revolution No. 8 Hopewell Village No. 9 Gettysburg No. 10 Shiloh No. 11 Statue of Liberty No. 12 Fort Sumter No. 13 Petersburg Battlefields No. 14 Yorktown No. 15 Manassas (Bull Run) No. 16 Fort Raleigh No. 17 Independence No. 18 Fort Pulaski No. 19 Fort Necessity No. 20 Fort Laramie No. 21 Vicksburg No. 22 Kings Mountain
“Johnny Shiloh” or “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” John Clem {1851-1937}, 10 years old at Shiloh, later served at Chattanooga and is sometimes called “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.”