Daily Republican., 1884-01-26
THE GRAHD ARMY Or THE RE
PUBLIC.
by ROBIN H6op.
For the REPUBLICAN.

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by ROBIN HOOP.
For the REPUBLICAN,.
Who are those msnf what did they do?
And why do they together band
They are the men who fought and bled
That this Republic still should stand.
In eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
The traitors Of the South did seek
This glorious Union 10 destroy,
And trail It's flag tensath their feet.
The curse Of SLAYER long had stood
A blot upon our hist0fy's page;
And TO extend this cruel scourge,
The traitors did In war engage.
The great and noble Lincoln then
Did oil the Presidential chair
And 70 suppress the rsbol hOsts,
Was st once forced TO prepare.
At his demand the North and West
Rose up TO meet the traitor f0e
Dur fathers, husbands, brothers, sons,
To battle for the right did 90.
On many bloody battle iield,
They met the naughty rebel hosts
And Thousands Of our patriot band
Upon those fields gave up the ghost.
For four long years those noble mon,
Dd for their country proudly fight;
Determined 70 defend till death, VII.
Brave Lincoln with his pen set free
-Four millions of the human race;
And from theNation's escuteheOn
The sarse 0fslavery erased.
On many hard fought battle field,
Fell thousands OF our noble men;
And thousands more dies from abuse,
In tho filthy rebel prison pens. ...
But whom those fell, there still did come
True noble bands Of thousands more,
To gain victory or die,
As had their comrades gone before.
And when the noble Lincoln called,
The response came from shore " shore,
All right good father Abrsham,
Wo'll come. three hundred thousand mere
And 20 they did, and bravely fought,
For freedom and their native land;
They put the rebel hosts TO flight,
And forced their army to disband.
The mighty rebel, Chieftisn Lee,
To Grant on old VirXinia's soil,
Beneath the rude spread apple tree,
Surrendered up his hosts and sToli.
Bold Sherman, with his heroes brave,
Went proudly marching to the sea
And johnson, with his traitor band,
Sucoumbed, a. did his leader Lee.
Upon our nations brightest pagn,
Down through all coming days Of time,
Tho names OF Lincoln and Of Grant
Will with increasing lustre shine.
Beside those names there will apear
Sherman, Thomas, Garfield, Meade,
Burnside, DUPONT and Farragu,.
Who did the patriot forces lead.
Those Chieftians, with their noble bands
VI patriotic loyal troops,
Dispersed the traitors from our soil,
And captured JEFF, In skirts and hoops.
Those loyal troops who helped TO save
The Nation In Its darkest hours;
Strew DER their comrades graves each year
The Nations sweet and handsome hOwers
Those are the men who now compose
The noble, true and patriot band,
Who style themselves Grand Army Men, ="
And who together firmly stand.
Together they united stood,
And fought and Quelled the rebel band,
And whilst but two still remain,
Tog ether they'l united stand.
To those "9rand Army Men F" to-day
This happy Nation owes its life;
The curse OF slavery removed.
Destroys all cause for future strife.
This noble band Of loyal men,
ls growing smaller day by day,
And soon the last of us will be
Beneath the valleys mouldering clay.
In . few years there will be none
To answer when the roll is called
This great and noble army soon,
Will all within their graves bs walled
But on the bright historic page
Their deeds Of valOr will remain,
In honor OF the noble men
Who fought this Nation to sustain.
Tho unborn millions Of this land
In future ages will exclaim:
All honor 10 those noble men,
Who did our liberty maintain.
The war Of sixty lone and five
Forever settled In the land
The States Rights dogma that they could
The union at their will disband.
God grant that through all coming time,
This Nation no dIscord may see,
And that Its stars and stripes may float
Forever DER the brave and free.
WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. oath, 1884