Bore the “Bonnie Blue Flag” above him,
Held the Stars and Bars unfurling.
Forest, Breckinridge, and Morgan,
Gallant gentlemen and soldiers,
Were his comrades in the struggle,
Were his mighty fellow-suff’rers.
His career through countless hardships,
His successes and his losses,
His adventures without number,
Culminating in the northern prisons,