The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

“Major General Scott

An order had got

To push on the column to Richmond,”—

On to the Battle: By Miss Marie E. Jones. (Alsb.)

“On to the battle! though the foe be before you,

Though the death-hail rattle!—God watches o’er you;”—

One Cause of the War: By Kentucky. (S. O. S.)

“The man who trusts not God betrays himself

Weak victim he to that foul harpy, wealth;”—

Only a Common Soldier: Confederate States Almanac, 1862, (N. Y. P. L.)