Sherman's March To The Sea
By Samuel H. M. Byers (1838
- 1933) |
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Our camp-fires shone bright
on the mountain
That frowned on the river below,
As we
stood by our guns in the morning,
And eagerly watched for
the foe;
When a rider came out of the darkness
That
hung over mountain and tree,
And shouted, "Boys, up and
be ready!
For Sherman will march to the sea!"
Then
cheer upon cheer for bold Sherman
Went up from each
valley and glen,
And the bugles re-echoed the music
That came from the lips of the men;
For we knew that the
stars in our banner
More bright in their splendor would
be,
And that blessings from Northland would greet us,
When Sherman marched down to the sea.
Then forward,
boys! forward to battle!
We marched on our wearisome way,
We stormed the wild hills of Resaca--
God bless those who
fell on that day!
Then Kenesaw, dark in its glory,
Frowned down on the flag of the free;
But the East and
the West bore our standard
And Sherman marched down to
the sea.
Still onward we pressed, till our banners
Swept out from Atlanta's grim walls,
And the blood of the
patriot dampened
The soil where the traitor-flag falls;
We paused not to weep for the fallen,
Who slept by each
river and tree,
Yet we twined them a wreath of the
laurel,
As Sherman marched down to the sea.
Oh,
proud was our army that morning,
That stood where the
pine darkly towers,
When Sherman said, "Boys, you are
weary,
But to-day fair Savannah is ours!"
Then sang we
the song of our chieftain,
That echoed o'er river and
lea,
And the stars in our banner shone brighter
When
Sherman marched down to the sea. |
By
Samuel H. M. Byers (1838 - 1933)
Listed September 2, 2012 |
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