The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-30
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ARTICLE FIFrH-Con;inued
Southern War Songs and Their
Authors.

or all .he he,oe, of the South
Lee alone eAce9ted-.'St0neWall
jackson Is THE greatest fayorite
His military career, splendid
brilliant and dramatic, inspire,
many songs and of all the mum
Der dedicated TO him and hi
memory. more stand forth as EN-
iueut % take a firmer hold upOI
the public a. the thrilling verse
OF -Stonewail' Jack>ou's Way
For a long time the author wa.
unknown and tradition said thai
the manuscript OF the poem wa
found, stained with blood in tn,
breast Of a dead soldier of the
StoneWall Brigade, on the battl,
field Of Antietam. The line,
were published III numerous news
papers. North and South. and
were greatly admired, for Jack
son had admirers in all sections
of the country.
II has since been established
that the fiery lines of this poem
was written by Dr. John William
son Palmer, Of Baltimore, DR..
Palmer was one Of the band Of
fearless men who went to Califor-
MIA in 1919 After living there
several wears he travelled in the
eastern hemisphere, India and
China, the result Of this trip be
ing several books on Oriental
travel. He was one Of the first
to write the story Of the old times
III California, and these sketches
were published in Putndm's Non.
THY in lSj5- % 81, and attracted
wide attention. DR.. Palmer was
also among the first contributors
to the atlantic Monthly When
the Civil war commenced he went
South and joined the Confederate
army under Jackson. At the
close Of hoStilities he returned to
Baltimore and accepted the cdi-
torship OF weekly journal, but
this enterprise Offering no field
for his fine literary talents, he
soon retired and wrote some fine
articles on Baltimore from sol.
der point Of view, which were
published in Lipp'acotfs Naga
zine and attracted much attention.
In 1872 Dr.. Palmer removed to
New York and became associated
with several publishing houses,
among them being Tire Century
Company. During this time he
wrote novel called "a fter His
Kind, which met with consider.
able success
We quote his celebrated poem
below:
Silence ground arms! kneel all caps
Off
Old has-a'- gein' to pray
Strange the fool that dareS to scoffl
Attention. Is his way
Appealing from his native sod
~ Jormd pu1peyis ~ God:
Lay bare thine arm; stretch forth thy
rod
Amen' That's StAnewal'- way"
He's in the saddle now. Fallinl
STEADY the whole br gade;
Hlll's at the ford, cut off: we'll win.
Ills way cut. TALL and blade.
W hat matter II our shoes are worn?
What matter If our feet are torn?
"Quick step; we're with him before
That's Stonewall Jackson's way
The suns bright lanes rout the mists
Of morning. and, BY George.
Here's Longstreet struggling in the
lists
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope aud his Dutchmen, whipped
before:
Baynets aud grapeg' hear stone
walln roar;
charge, stuart Pay Off Ashby's
seoren
In ""stonewalI' Jacksons way
Ali maiden wait and watch and yearn
For news Of "Sonewall's" band!
All widow, read with eyes that burn.
That ring upon thy hand
Al; wife sew on, pray on, hope on;
Thy life shall not b. all f0rlorn.
The fue had MIR been born
hat gets IN "Stonewal's way.n