“Demons, hark! those cannon booming;

Death howls over liberty,”—

Fort Donelson: The Siege: Feb., 1862: by Mrs. C. A. Warfield. (E. V. M.)

“I cannot look on the sunshine

That breaks thro’ the clouds today”—

Fort Moultrie: For the Courier: by Carolina. Jan., 1861. (R. N. S.)

“Long the pride of Carolina,

Cherished in our ‘heart of hearts,’”—

Forts Morris and Moultrie: (Bohemian.)

“Hark, the wind-storm how it rushes!