The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

Southern War Song: Air, “I’m Afloat.” (R. B. B., 108.)

“We shall win! we shall win! for our cause it is just,

Our arms ever ready, and in God is our trust,”—

A Southern War Song: By P. H. (R. B. B.)

“Arise ye Southern heroes, and gird your armor on,

The battle of your liberty is shortly to be won,”—

Southern War Song: By N. P. W. (R. R. from the Louisville Courier.)

“To horse! to horse! our standard flies,

The bugles sound the call;”—

Southern Wife: By Walker Merriweather Bell, of Kentucky. (Amaranth.)