Soldiers in the ranks from the best families came,
And fought for their country and not for a name;
At home they left property, mothers, sisters, sweethearts and wives
To protect these treasures they imperiled their lives
The Union was preserved not alone by Union men,
But by Aliens that came across the cause to defend,
The Stars and Bars folded trailed in the dust,
And the Stars and Stripes waved as it waved at first.
The Southern army overpowered in the struggle lost out,
But left to Southern people an inheritance of which they are proud.