poem · by a contemporary
Columbia redeemed from slavery
William Burt Harlow (1856–), 1894
Named on the pages for Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Nashville.
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17 September 1862
Battle of Antietam
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
BOOK VII.
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
5HPWAS early in September, sixty-two,
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
Behind them rising slopes and far below
The Antietam crept with noiseless flow.
And ours, advancing from the other side
11–15 December 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
LONG the heights of Fredericksburg one day21 Lee's army, watches ours from far away;
At last grown bold, descending from the crest
And filing through the road that turns to west
30 April – 6 May 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
LONG the heights of Fredericksburg one day21 Lee's army, watches ours from far away;
At last grown bold, descending from the crest
And filing through the road that turns to west
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
And Chancellorsville, they meet a corps of ours
In conflict sharp. We yield to greater powers.
5–7 May 1864
Battle of the Wilderness
BATTLE OF WILDERNESS.
Yet still Savannah's harbor we maintain
When they in hopes their fortress to regain
Within their docks industrious labor long,
Refitting some old hulk to service strong.
Then by her sides two boats with colors gay
With southern ladies crowded, sail the bay,
And all feel sure that opening their port
Will prove but little more than idle sport.
But ours through fugitives have heard their plans,
And Rodgers quickly our " Weehawken " mans.
His shots soon pierce their iron plate and beam,
Down goes the rebel flag, and white the gleam
Of truce above the shattered frigate floats,
And quickly now her two attendant boats
With all their ladies clad in gay attire
Crestfallen slink away, escaping fire.BATTLE OF WILDERNESS.
HEN Lincoln and his council plainly seeV V That Grant alone can set our country free,
They send a messenger to call the man
So plain and unassuming, by whose plan
The heights of Vicksburg yielded to our might.
He takes the honor, girds him for the fight.
Then to Potomac's army speeds his course,
With care apportions all his numerous force,
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
With Lee, their chief, alert for battle shock —
There spreads a Wilderness of wood and rock
High o'er the fertile vales and winding streams.
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
By rush of arms or steed that wheels about.
From that dread Wilderness escaped at last
Our leaders anxiously about them cast
15–16 December 1864
Battle of Nashville
CAPTURE OF NASHVILLE AND NEW MADRID.
Must bear upon her current many a sigh
For those who won the battle but to die.CAPTURE OF NASHVILLE AND NEW MADRID.
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
Meantime the union forces circle round
Dismantled Nashville humbled to the ground,
For southern pillagers, a lawless mob
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
A quiet village; through the encircling wood
Bragg's armies waited Nashville to besiege ;
And Bragg their chief at rest received his liege
COLUMBIA REDEEMED.
Yet still with fruitless loss they steamed away.
Their Nashville, haply resting by the wall
Attacked by ours at last surrendered all:
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