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War poets of the South and Confederate camp-fire songs.

 
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DEDICATION.
 
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CONTENTS.
 
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PREFACE.

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GEORGE W. BAGBY.
 
THE EMPTY SLEEVE.
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JAMES R. BARRICK.
 
YE BATTERIES OF BEAUREGARD.
 
NO LAND LIKE OURS.
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CAROLINE A. BALL.
 
THE JACKET OF GRAY.
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MARY E. BRYAN.
 
WAR NEWS ON THE BORDER.
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JOHN ESTEN COOKE.
 
THE BAND IN THE PINES.
 
THE BROKEN MUG.
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JANE T. CROSS.
 
THE CONFEDERACY.
 
PRESIDENT DAVIS.
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ANNIE P. DINNIES.
 
CAROLINA.
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HENRY L. FLASH.
 
ZOLLICOFFER.
 
JACKSON.
 
POLK.
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JAMES B. HOPE.
 
THE OATH OF FREEDOM.
 
"LIBERA NOS O DOMINE."
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PAUL H. HAYNE.
 
CHARLESTON.
 
THE BATTLE OF CHARLESTON HARBOR.
 
OUR MARTYRS.
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ANNIE C. KETCHUM.
 
GATHERING SONG.
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AGNES LEONARD.
 
AFTER THE BATTLE.
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ALBERT PIKE.
 
DIXIE.
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MARGARET J. PRESTON.
 
HYMN TO THE NATIONAL FLAG.
 
DIRGE FOR ASHBY.
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ABRAM J. RYAN.
 
THE CONQUERED BANNER.
 
THE SWORD OF ROBERT LEE.
 
THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER BOY.
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JAMES R. RANDALL.
 
MY MARYLAND.
 
JOHN PELHAM.
 
AT FORT PILLOW.
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AUGUSTUS J. REQUIER.
 
ASHES OF GLORY.
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WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS.
 
FORT WAGNER.
 
THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH.
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CARRIE B. SINCLAIR.
 
GEORGIA, MY GEORGIA.
 
THE HOME-SPUN DRESS.
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FRANK O. TICKNOR.
 
LITTLE GIFFEN.
 
THE VIRGINIANS OF THE VALLEY.
 
THE OLD RIFLEMAN.
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HENRY TIMROD.
 
A CRY TO ARMS.
 
CHARLESTON.
 
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
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JOHN R. THOMPSON.
 
ASHBY.
 
THE BATTLE RAINBOW.
 
THE BURIAL OF LATANÉ.
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CATHERINE A. WARFIELD.
 
BEAUREGARD.
 
VIRGINIA.
 
A PLEDGE TO LEE.
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Miscellaneous.
 
UNKNOWN.
 
DYING WORDS OF STONEWALL JACKSON.
 
DIXIE.
 
HAPPY LAND OF CANAAN.
 
BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
 
FEW DAYS.
 
ROOT HOG OR DIE.
 
WHEN THIS CRUEL WAR IS OVER.
 
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TO-NIGHT.
 
THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER BOY,
 
GOOBER PEAS.
 
STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY.
 
CHEER, BOYS, CHEER.
 
HERE'S YOUR MULE.
 
LORENA.
 
PAUL VANE.
 
THE CONFEDERATE NOTE.
 
THE REBEL'S REQUIEM.
 
I'M CONSCRIPTED, SMITH, CONSCRIPTED.
 
THE PRISONER'S LAMENT.
 
TO GO OR NOT TO GO.
 
THE SOUTHERN MARSEILLAISE.
 
TO A ONE-ARMED SOUTHERN SOLDIER.
 
SONG OF THE TEXAS RANGERS.
 
SOMEBODY'S DARLING.
 
BENTONVILLE. (Written on the field, at the close of the first day's fight.)

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NOTES.
 
AUTHORSHIP AND HISTORY OF "DIXIE."
 
THE CONFEDERATE NOTE.
 
LITTLE GIFFEN.
 
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.
 
BENTONVILLE.
 
THE "BONNIE BLUE FLAG."
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THE OATH OF FREEDOM.

"Liberty is always won where there exists the unconquerable
will to be free."

Born free, thus we resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
By all the stars which burn on high—
By the green earth, the mighty sea,
By God's unshaken majesty,
We will be free or die!
Then let the drums all roll,
Let all the trumpets blow!
Mind, heart and soul,
We spurn control
Attempted by a foe!
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Born free, thus we resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
And vainly now the Northmen try
To beat us down—in arms we stand
To strike for this our native land!
We will be free or die!
Then let the drums all roll, etc.
Born free, we thus resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
Our wives and children look on high,
Pray God to smile upon the right,
And bid us in the deadly fight
As freemen live or die!
Then let the drums all roll, etc.
Born free, thus we resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
And ere we cease this battle-cry,
Be all our blood, our kindred's spilt,
On bayonet or sabre-hilt,
We will be free or die!
Then let the drums all roll, etc.
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Born free, thus we resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
Defiant let the banners fly,
Shake out their glories to the air,
And, kneeling, brothers, let us swear
We will be free or die!
Then let the drums all roll, etc.
Born free, thus we resolve to live,
By Heaven we will be free!
And to this oath the dead reply—
Our valiant fathers' sacred ghosts—
These with us, and the God of hosts,
We will be free or die!
Then let the drums all roll, etc.
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