poem

Poems of American Patriotism

Brander Matthews (1852–1929)

Named on the page for Battle of Monmouth.

draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.

Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Project Gutenberg.

28 June 1778

Battle of Monmouth

WILLIAM COLLINS
[Sidenote: June 28, 1778]
_The battle of Monmouth was indecisive, but the Americans held
the field, and the British retreated and remained inactive for the
rest of the summer._
On the bloody field of Monmouth
Flashed the guns of Greene and Wayne.
Fiercely roared the tide of battle,
Thick the sward was heaped with slain.
Foremost, facing death and danger,
Hessian, horse, and grenadier,
In the vanguard, fiercely fighting,
Stood an Irish Cannonier.

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