poem · by a contemporary
War poets of the South and Confederate camp-fire songs
Charles W. Hubner (1835–1929), 1896
Named on the page for Battle of Chickamauga.
machine-read Machine-read (OCR) from a scanned book at the Internet Archive: expect misread words and names. The scan itself is at the library.
draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.
Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.
18–20 September 1863
Battle of Chickamauga
THE REBEL'S REQUIEM.
THE REBEL'S REQUIEM.
The following verses were written by Col. M. V. Moore, ot
Auburn, Ala., on the morning when the battle of Chickamauga was'
opening — the writer then being under the impression that he
would not survive the coming struggle, which he felt would be
a victory for the Confederates.O give him a grave, when the victory's won,
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG. 207
" This is my recollection of the Bonnie Blue Flag,
in 1861. Many of the gallant 'boys,' who were pres-
ent on that eventful night, now sleep their last sleep
in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina,
but men are in Houston who were present on that
night, viz : B. F. Weems, Sam Ashe, A. L. Steele
and others. I wonder if those old fellows have for-
gotten that night and Harry McCarthy. I believe
this was the first time it was sung on American soil." Poor Harry McCarthy was killed at Chickamauga.
"Give Harry his dues. Old Confederates should
see that the rights and memories of their comrades
are protected. This is the duty of the United Con-
federate Veterans."
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