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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), Belle Missouri (search)
Belle Missouri Arise and join the patriot train, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! They shall not plead and plead in vain, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! The precious blood of all thy slain Arises from each reeking plain; Wipe out this foul, disloyal stain, Belle Missouri I my Missouri! Recall the field of Lexington, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! How Springfield blushed beneath'the sun, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! And noble Lyon, all undone, His race of glory but begun, And all thy freedom yet unwon, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! They called the craven to the trust, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! They laid the glory in the dust, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! The helpless prey of treason's lust, The helpless mark of treason's thrust, Now shall thy sword in scabbard rust Belle Missouri! my Missouri! She thrills! her blood begins to burn, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! She's bruised and weak, but she can turn, Belle Missouri! my Missouri! So, on her forehead pale and stern, A sign t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), Walter S. Newhall: ob. December 18, Aet. 22. (search)
Walter S. Newhall: ob. December 18, Aet. 22. Captain Walter S. Newhall, of Philadelphia, Acting Adjutant-General upon the staff of General Gregg, was lately drowned in a tributary of the Rappahanock. He was one of the earliest volunteers in the war, leaving all to serve his country. First distinguished in the famous charge of Zagonyi at Springfield in Missouri, he was afterward engaged in the most active and dangerous service; and, always a hero, he never disappointed the fond faith of the hearts that loved him. He leaves two brothers in the service; and at the time of Lee's invasion last summer we believe that his parents had five or six sons on active military duty. The following lines, by a mother whose son had been in Captain Newhall's company, have a truly lyrical fervor. Not 'mid the cannon's roar, Not 'mid red fields of gore, When the fierce fight was o'er, His young life parted; But low beneath the wave, No hand outstretched to save, As in a hallowed grave Slept the t