“Come now and gather round me,
A story I’ll relate,”—
Fort Wagner: By W. Gilmore Simms. (W. G. S. from the Charleston Mercury.)
“Glory unto the gallant boys who stood
At Wagner, and unflinching, sought the van,”—
The 47th Va. Regiment: At the Battle of Frazier’s Farm, June 30, 1862: by S. D. D. (S. L. M., March, 1863.)
“Virginians! let the foe now feel
What vengeance ours may be;”—
The Four Brothers: By Lieutenant E. C. McCarthy. (Sunny.)
“In sadness, in sorrow, a soldier wept,