May Nineteenth
But the fame of the Wilderness fight abides,
And down into history grandly rides
Calm and unmoved as in battle he sat,
The gray-bearded man in the black slouch hat.
John R. Thompson
(From “Lee to the Rear”)
May Twentieth
You can get no troops from North Carolina.
Gov. Ellis
(Reply to Washington administration, April 15, 1861)
North Carolina secedes from the Union, 1861
May Twenty-First
The Dixie girls wear homespun cotton,
But their winning smiles I’ve not forgotten;
Look away, away, away down South in Dixie.
They’ve won my heart and naught surpasses
My love for the bright-eyed Dixie lasses;
Look away, away, away down South in Dixie.
Chorus:
I’ll give my life for Dixie;
Away, away;
In Dixie’s land I’ll take my stand,
And live and die for Dixie.
Away, away,
Away down South in Dixie.
Marie Louise Eve
May Twenty-Second