St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-09

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i.'H1ao is'H1aoRA oF sERsFAAgT a9gE AtA.ges' w57.' ed.
'east AssAurr OF snAx. 72e, 1864, nx raips
v1oksBuRa DErESsEss saol !
The in5oN was jhissae dim asd1In
% Mid the thesss clouds oyer hssa.
And .sadlY fell her 6,ful light aft
Ger dying and DER dead. :;
Stretched. On A4be- field from right to lsfs
R,|ss3.s R',: as91Z;9 &tNS 4sfSss s.etR' .|aiR'
Who groaned with wounds and PAIN
adj 10 $4,000 a;Gf11oK 4
The crashing, aound Of cannon ye.
Was ringing in our ears,
Mixed. With the muslet crack, and. yclLu-. =.
Ara thsaaer sfSaganndy 5of Cheers. IS
For we had s,ormed tie rebel-works
Like demons all that day;
But showerioA slioweF ~ shot aaN 2hel
Moved us like grass away.
sgsrsi5, aaSa "a 9Hs4aFa ffspi9i,:aaa Is i9i,aaaS. 3. "A
Amid the heaps 81 slain, . usg
And looked upon the gh.stly dead, sssss
- And heard the 1groans Of pain:
AN, over al, that gloomy, ,.fela'd
The sdrgeon's.eruel kh7fs9it 9a'
was seyerrinqg; q;ocrr' 81 sewing dp T?n7rtn xs;as
:, The slender threads Of life. .'.''':
81! - 2'3i9"'1Is@ 1'T"a A!N4. "a:
Mang1ed' and torn in ways untold"
- : The. dead and dying lsy';sd :7a
4 hea ID is severed from fitsstr,ank,'73 =: !
>, X shoulder totn1, away, si'" 80.
A., hundred shattered limbs IRE here : !
- And bodies cut in twain, '4"'
And faces bright but yesterday
g Are. dark with bloody stain.
All, ye who read OF glorious war, -
=, :, Its pomp and panoply 0'''%
Ana tell Of gallant charges m,ado,
'" 1 wish you were sS WITH me, a9s.'
This is. the sum, the: end, tho ~ ~
Of glorious battle-:sttife--::'
The helplsss srqans, the sh>ttirea forns.
>, ~ The wreck Of human life. 6o:t,
T-wandered On, ana IN che 'front.' =
Where deadliest was the 'fr.y,,o'
sBeyo5nd the farthest heap Of islain'
x single body lay;,a' "Ls@ $d~ ~
1 Feet .o the e'f3 foe ?asnndd ?sndd face u heaven:
- =; 4 4 isce asll young and fair, !eao
Ard lips half xrsathed in smiles, rs tho
,otIife xeqresv xeqresvhbqpts hqts sleeping tAere1,
"a solii:shot had cut cut avs yl'!o"" +.
One hall. the hero's, breast" -,
T. And knelt' down and, drew dside ''''l"
' -: The bloody blouse and vest org !.
Ah, what is this Good heavens! it is
r, The bosom Of maid, ~ '<.> F.
Clad in a soldiers uniform,
,,,2i And lying; stiff. .nd dead. 81 .'H
,Gr.sped in her hand beside her lay I
A ~ The mu.ket she had borne q dit
And e,alnlypale That Cold, 1c5ld:brov
Whence jet black locks were shorne. , ..
! Aeedd, ed, ia the POCKET of her 5bl6uusss, = -
4 little Gaae1 found ..,>,, .!; o.,., :.
- s"S %~SS; ~Hf5~kt..fN tttSS
Fl That gave the fetal |ts sEqnnpeda', npped',E -
~ fo5pee' e'dIi,hS ,hSs little easas and thers ~.,;,
" >" 4 pictured ff;older 1eyi'" q"
!. And l 1look'o r., brown ! curly hair " H.
,.~ ,Yas;clasped within tie toy'
This. told enough! her t, name Or his -
Ia ne'er expect tEfI:: to :knoHt; n9oHt;,a >t, - *''
But could tAq's bleodlssss 's lips but speak, II
r yWhatsvere their tale Of Nes's: ~ ,d
y, ris'dl}h b; fbsss aE. eqnishi dim;
With the, likeness On heE brsast
R9f f:n ,hat vithegt ,|s shat t. BIT; piStars'of hin
9He5 abedy Iceph net rstt,,ie rrsstt "o,1e5ss
Who. knows what other heart was riven
BY that same solid-shot!
who knows but they hai'1 HIVE 4 cna'esin heaven
Z''whers battle comveth not! 1et fa7+4a'9
June 18th, 1853. .21 J25;i,4 e.It HfL.' g.!