Our Geller Nor Gales War Poem Echoes Veterans
A wartime verse reflects on a few remaining veterans recalling four years of hellish conflict. The poem laments the despot, honors those who faced death, and imagines the drum as a whisperer of veterans' dreams and sacrifice. It emphasizes gray heads, memories of battle, and the crimson kiss of war.
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Grant
Sheridan
Ayres
McClellan
Gaines Mill
Chickamauga
Spottsylvania
Upton
Egypt
Lim
Nile
Belmont
Winfield Paine Leads Parade With Neighbor Jane Fletcher
In a Civil War era scene, blind veteran Winfield Paine joins neighbor Jane Fletcher in leading a parade. Jane reveals her identity as Fletcher’s daughter, and Paine recalls his late sweetheart as Stephen Fletcher’s plans for marriage unfold amid town pride and personal reconciliation.
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Greenville
Jouve Fietcher
Stephen
Mr. Paine
Jane
Winfield Paine
Clbbins
Jacob Gillou
Mary
Jane Fletcher
Steve
John Fletcher
Spain
Winfield Palne
Jane Pletcher
Paine Homestead
Tam
Fletcher
Saiid Winfield Paine
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Wyo
Henry George
Clarissa Mackie
American Press Association
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Mie
Old Chief Red Cloud
Taft
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New Furniture Store
Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Grocery
People of Alliance
Threskeld