Was it Treason’s retribution—
Necessity the plea?
They will long remember Sherman
And his streaming columns free—
They will long remember Sherman
Marching to the sea.
The Frenzy in the Wake.[[14]]
Sherman’s advance through the Carolinas.
(February, 1865.)
[14] The piece was written while yet the reports were coming North of Sherman’s homeward advance from Savannah. It is needless to point out its purely dramatic character.