poem
Immortelles. A tribute to the "Old South."
Sarah Robinson Reid, 1896
Named on the page for Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.
8–21 May 1864
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
HOW THE SOLDIEKS TALK.
GrENERAL LEE AND TRAVELER.
Rev. Robt. Tuttle, Cisco, Texas.The occasion of the following lines was a mem-
orable picture of the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, Virginia, May 12, 1864. At one
time during the engagement, General Lee stood
by the head of " Traveler," his favorite horse.
The position was one of danger, being right on
the crest of the hill, not far from a one-story
building, and near the outer edge of a small
grove of trees. The writer was an eye-witness,
and was deeply impressed with the General's
splendid attitude :Behold the horse ! A dappled gray!
HOW THE SOLDIEKS TALK.
Brave chief and charger, such were they.
And Dixie's hue of martial gray,
And such they will in memory be
While time and sense remains to me.Immortal Spottsylvania !
'Twas on that sacred hill of thine
'Mid shouts of victory and huzzah
We saw this picture from the line.Ye artists paint the signal scene,
Or fashion it in bronze, or stone,
That generations yet unseen,
In all Southland's sunny zone —
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