The Last Request: Lines found on the body of a S. C. Volunteer, killed at the Battle of Drainsville, 20 Dec., ’61, and sold by the Federal soldier who rifled the dead body to a Southern sympathiser. (S. B. P.)
“Oh! carry me back to my own loved Carolina shore;
If on the battle field I fall, oh! take me home once more.”—
Last Request of Henry C. Magruder: Louisville, Oct. 20, 1865. (E. V. M.)
“O! wrap me not, when I am dead,
In the ghastly winding sheet,”—
Lays of the Corn Exchange: Number 1. (West. Res.)
“Secession triumphant! then each Rebel Imp
Shall rue it, or I’m not a government pimp.”—
The Lay of the Disgusted Yankee: On Hearing the News from Vicksburg. Dedicated to General B. F. Butler: by S. P. E. (Mr. Samuel’s Scrapbook, Ridgway.)