The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

Ring o’er each Southern plain,”—

God Save the South: National Hymn: By George H. Miles of Frederick, Md.: music by C. W. A. Ellerbock, permission of A. E. Blackmar. [Note: This was the first song published in the South during the War.] S. L. M., Oct., 1863, from the Charleston Mercury. (C. S. B.)

“God save the South,

Her altars and firesides”—

God Save the Southern Land: A Hymn. By S. Francis Cameron, of Md.: (Amaranth.)

“Oh, let the cry awaken,

From every hero-band”—

Going Home: By M. L. M. (W. L.)

“No flaunting banners o’er them wave,

No arms flash back the sun’s bright ray,”—