Soldier’s Grave Brings Mother’s Civil War memories
A rider discovers a lonely Quaker meeting house and a graveyard where Captain Wilbur Rathbone lies. An elderly woman recalls her sons Willis and Wilbur, their war rift, forgiveness, and the long ache of separation, ending with hope for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld
Gran
Minis Wilson
Capt. Rathbone
Wilbur Rathbone
Keven
Wills
Wilbur
Meebers
Society of Frienke
Gong
Ren Ro
Willis
Depecans
Teodl
Lever
Georgia
Longstreet
Stone
Lant
Chickamauga
Iris
Bien
Ife
Ephemeral Battlefield Ode Sealed By Death and Memory
Fragmented verse memorializes fallen soldiers and veterans in a somber scene of midnight quiet and distant drums. The lines evoke mourning, faded banners, and the cost of conflict, contrasting martial spectacle with the quiet aftercare. The piece closes on a note of echoed glory and loss.
Soldier’s Grave Among Mountain Pines and Ruined Fort
In a lonely mountain landscape a wanderer discovers a dismantled fort remains and a soldier’s grave. The verse notes a crude headstone reading Georgia Volunteer, with moss and bramble on the mound and weathered inscription fading with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Volunteer
Roll of the Shenandoah and Stonewall Jackson’s men
The poem recalls the Shenandoah valley and the fate of Stonewall Jackson’s troops buried in a quiet, cedar and pine grave above a somber glen. An anonymous Georgia volunteer reflects on courage, war, and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhenandoah
Stonewall Jackson
Rhett Thomas
Sierra Madre Mountains
Wyoming
Thomas
Hood
Cleburne
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Pat Yay
AY Vre-Oravves
Ireland
Sanny
Karth
Bowen
Gusery
Ead
Bern
Bull
Kia
Tela Stone
Bre
Esnon Oliver
Angulsa
Tmkuboms Omtaks
Franklin
Joe Johnston
Thorne
Kenesaw
Sherman
Peach Tree Creek
Johnston
Atlanta
Allatoona
Gaylesburg
Tennessee River
Florence
Columbia
Nere
Duck River
Schofield
Spring Hill
Schofeld
Echofield
Harpeth
Reynolds
Pat Cleburne
Hell
Nashville
Hool
Lvid
Virginia
Frank Wilxxsom
Nin
York, May Mi
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