“R. I. P. D. O. M.
Wat Erbuf Falo
Born — (?) Died, February 12, 1899.
To those who bring flowers to this lonely grave,
Some facts on its headstone we wish to engrave;
If this mound could speak no doubt it would tell
Bill Sherman was right when he said, ’War is Hell.’
He charged on two pickets whose names are below;
They took him for niggers,—poor wronged buffalo.
As to the way he met death, everybody knows how;