The Southern war poetry of the Civil War

by Esther Parker Ellinger

“The sun looked forth in glory;

A day of joy it seemed;”—

Virginia Capta: By Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, April 9, 1866. (E. V. M.)

“Unconquered captive, close thine eye,

And draw the ashen sackcloth o’er,”—

Virginia Desolate: By Col. W. Winston Fontaine, of Virginia. (Sunny.)

“O Virginia, fair Virginia, queen of all our sunny land,

Of the warlike Southern sisters, thou the chosen of the band”—

Virginia, 1861: (W. L.)

“Land of my birth! my love, my pride, all honor to thy name,