Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-04-10

We mustered at midnight, In darkness We formed.
And the whisper wen, & round % OF for, to be
And no voice Of command, but Colonels low word
...T Column! Forward!"
And out through the mist and the mrk Of the morn
From the beaches Of Hampton barges were borne;
And we heard not sound, the sweep of the oar,
Till the word Of our Colonel came up from the Shore,
...... "Column Fo~ward!"
With hearts bounding bravely, and eyes all alight
As ye dance 10 soft music, trod we that night
Through the aises Of the greenwood with vines
Tossing dew-drops. like gems, from our feet, as we
marched, -
Column! Forward"
As We dance with the hamsels to viol and flute,
So we skipped from the shadows, and Knocked their pur
But the soft zehyrs chased u.s. with scents Of the uorn
As We passed by the hay and green, waving
.l.. . Column Forward" /"
For the leaves we're all laden with fragrance Of June
And the flowers and the foliage with sweets in tune
And the air calm, and the forest dumb,
That We heard our own heartbcss, kstaps of drum
= Coumn Forward! |! :"
Aud the buskns Of brushed the tops the trees
And the glintngs Of glory that 81 from her track
By the sheen Of our rides were gsily flung back
--...-.'r "Column! Forward /! "
And the woodlands grew purple with sunshiny mist,
And the earth gave her prayers the perfumes
Till We marched a, through gardens aud trampIed on
blooms,-
"Column! Forward +" "
Ay trampled blossoms and scared the sweet breath
Ocr the flowers and the borne like blast,
And away to the forefront Of battle passed.
Column! Forward !
For the cannons hoarse thunder roared out from the
glades,
And the sun was like lightning on banners and blades
nj r finv2 2pu Eku n NcOd
From the green OF the woodlands rolled crimson as
blood
Column Forward "
While the sound Of their song like the surge Of the
WIN the Star spangled Banner sweled the leas
And the sword OF DURYEA, like torch, led the way,
Bearing down on the batteries Of Bethel that day
Column Forward "
Through green, ,tasseed cornnelds our columns were
thrown,
And like corn by the red scyhe OF fire we we're mown
While the cannons fierce plouyhngs newfurrowed the
That our blood might be planted for LrsrRrr's gaiu,
"Coiumn Forward ! "
Oh the fields Of fair June have no lack Of sweet flowers
But their rarest and best breathe fragrance like
And the sunshine Of June, sprinkng gold ON the corn
Hath no harvest that rpeneth like BLTnELs red morn,
Column !! Forward "
Drank the first kiss OF Danger and casped her in death
And the heart Of brave WINTHROP grew mute with his
Tyre,
When the plumcs Of his genus lay moung in fire.
Column! ! Forward !"
Where he fell shall be sunshine as bright as his namc
And the where he slept shall he green rs his lame
For the gold Of the Pen and the steel of the Sword
write lis deeds-in his bioodon the land he a,iored, -,
"Connin! Forward "
And the soul OF our comrade shall sweeten the air.
And the iswers and the grassblsdes his upbear
Wlne tse breath Of his genius, like muse in leaves,
With the corn tasscls Whispers and sss in the shravs
Column ! Forward
*The march on Bethel begun In high spirits ut mit
night, but IL was when the Zouives in the
CRIMSON garments led by Colonel bury ea charged III,
bait cries. after singing the Star Spaned banner" In
chorus Major winthrop fell IN the storiiing Of the enc
mys detences aud was lett o the battle field Lieutenant
Lreble, the only other officer killed. shot nj his lu,
soon after Ibis fatal contest .naugurated the " u
pests" which has since RACED in Virginia. AHuati.
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