Southern War Songs

11–15 December 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg

JACKSON'S RESIGNATION.

A Yankee Soliloquy before the Battle of Fredericksburg.

By TENELLA.

5–7 May 1864

Battle of the Wilderness

LEE AT THE WILDERNESS.

By MISS MOLLIE E. MOORE.

GENERAL LEE AT THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.

By TENELLA.

30 November 1864

Battle of Franklin (1864)

'Round ev'ry patriot soldier's brow the laurel wreath entwines,
And 'round the battle-flag they bear a ray of glory shines,
And when the foe is conquer'd, with pride we then will say,
"All honor to the noble boys who wore the suit of gray."
CHORUS.

(A CHORUS, AFTER THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN)--

You may talk about your Beauregard, and sing of General Lee,
But General Hood, of Texas, played hell in Tennessee.

[14] Sung by Harry McCarthy, in his "Personation Concerts," in all the
principal towns of the Confederacy.

[15] On the morning of the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, Major General
Patrick Cleburne, while riding along the line, encouraging his men, saw an
old friend--a captain in his command--barefooted, and feet bleeding.
Alighting from his horse he told the Captain to "please" pull off his
boots. Upon the Captain doing so, the General told him to try them on,
which he did. Whereupon the General mounted his horse, telling the Captain
he was tired of wearing boots, and could well do without them. He would
hear of no remonstrance, and bidding the Captain good-by, rode away. In
this condition he was killed.

[16] Brave to a fault, he was cut down in his early youth, and fell a
willing sacrifice at the altar of his country. Among his last words he
said, "I fell beside my gun."