The birds and Mosby’s men, they say!“
While echoes ran, a wagon old,
Under stout guard of Corporal Chew
Came up; a lame horse, dingy white,
With clouted harness; ropes in hand,
Cringed the humped driver, black in hue;
By him (for Mosby’s band a sight)
A sister-rebel sat, her veil held tight.
“I picked them up,” the Corporal said,
“Crunching their way over stick and root,