The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

“Gallant men of Southern blood,”—

Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (Army.)

“We are marching to the field, boys, we are going to the fight,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom.”—

Rally Round the Standard, Boys: (R. B. B. 94.)

“My heart is in the South, boys, my heart is not here,

We will rally round the South, boys, for liberty, so dear,”—

Rallying Song of the Virginians: Air, “Scots, wha hae:” By Susan Archer Talley. S. L. M., Ed. Table, June, 1861. (E. V. M.)

“Now rouse ye, gallant comrades all,

And ready stand, in war’s array,”—