General Grant shown as steadfast amid Wilderness battle
Beckwith recalls Grant’s calm leadership during the Wilderness campaign in 1864. The narrative emphasizes Grant’s stoicism, military care for his men, and moments of personal sorrow including tears over McPherson’s and Ransom’s deaths.
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Samuel WH. Beckwith
Grant
Cincinnati
Lee
Spottsylvania
Meade
Hancock
Twain
Cold Jarbor
City Point
Petersburg
W.T. Sherman
Hood
Atlanta
McPherson
Army of the Tennessee
M'Pherson
Gen. T. E. G. Ransom
Ransom
General Grant
Gardens of the Dead Remembered by Veterans
Poem recalling veterans marching to gardens of the dead with bowed heads and drums. Spring dew and bloodlike drops mingle on tombs while flags are raised to honor fallen soldiers. The piece urges memory and reverence by future generations.
Memorial Bay T and the Blue and Gray on Decoration Day
The piece recalls young volunteers in faded uniforms and aging veterans bearing memorial wreaths. It honors Grand Army of the Republic and Civil War ideals, contrasting past battles with present remembrances. It speaks of liberty, unity, and solemn monuments across parks and squares.
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Hving
Liberty
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Tribute to Patriot Dead
A patriotic call urges the American people to remember those who fought for the flag the Constitution and the Union. It stresses keeping graves green with tears and scattering flowers each Memorial Day for the valor endurance and memory of the fallen.
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Mother Earth
Ever the Same in 1861 Thin Blue Line
A fragment notes the 1861 police or military line fading in numbers yet persisting in stance, describing a continual, unchanged old guard amid decline.
Christmas Memory of a Southern Soldier and a Dark Eyed Beauty
A veteran recalls a Christmas 1863 visit to a Mississippi town near M- and a graceful young woman who offered eggnog at her home. He longs to learn her name yet fears writing would ruin the memory, choosing to guard the romance rather than pursue it after the war.
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Mississippi
New York State
Mistah Soldjah
Vickeburg
Brothers United in Quiet Remembrance on New Sod
Poem reflecting reconciliation after conflict as brothers honor shared heroes. It contrasts old feuds with a single wreath and silent tribute to those who faced as foes, now united in remembrance. The verse notes roses for blue and lilies for gray bound together in one wreath.
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Airrep BiceLow Parner
His Old Friend at Arlington Among Confederate Veterans
A Confederate veterans group visits Arlington Cemetery for General Joe Wheeler’s funeral. An armless gray-haired veteran recognizes a newly cut name on a stone and recalls Jim from Company 8. Tears mark the shared memory as leaves are laid on Jim’s grave.
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Arlington Cemetery
Joe Wheeler
Jim
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Yank Fournier
Gardens of the Dead
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