Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.
The Portent.
Contents.
Verses Inscriptive and Memorial
Misgivings.
The Conflict of Convictions.[1]
Apathy and Enthusiasm.
The March into Virginia,
Ending in the First Manassas.
Ending in the First Manassas.
Lyon.
Battle of Springfield, Missouri.
Battle of Springfield, Missouri.
Ball's Bluff.
A Reverie.
A Reverie.
Dupont's Round Fight.
The Stone Fleet.[2]
An Old Sailor's Lament.
An Old Sailor's Lament.
Donelson.
The Cumberland.
In the Turret.
The Temeraire.[3]
A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight.
Shiloh.
A Requiem.
A Requiem.
The Battle for the Mississipppi.
Malvern Hill.
The Victor of Antietam.[5]
Battle of Stone River, Tennessee.
A View from Oxford Cloisters.
A View from Oxford Cloisters.
Running the Batteries,
As observed from the Anchorage above Vicksburgh.
As observed from the Anchorage above Vicksburgh.
Stonewall Jackson.
Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville.
Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville.
Stonewall Jackson.
(Ascribed to a Virginian.)
(Ascribed to a Virginian.)
Gettysburg.
The Check.
The Check.
The House-top.
A Night Piece.
A Night Piece.
Look-out Mountain.
The Night Fight.
The Night Fight.
Chattanooga.
The Armies of the Wilderness.
On the Photograph of a Corps Commander.
The Swamp Angel.[11]
The Battle for the Bay.
Sheridan at Cedar Creek.
In the Prison Pen.
The College Colonel.
The Eagle of the Blue.[12]
A Dirge for McPherson,[13]
Killed in front of Atlanta.
Killed in front of Atlanta.
At the Cannon's Mouth.
Destruction of the Ram Albermarle by the Torpedo-Launch.
Destruction of the Ram Albermarle by the Torpedo-Launch.
The March to the Sea.
The Frenzy in the Wake.[14]
Sherman's advance through the Carolinas.
Sherman's advance through the Carolinas.
The Fall of Richmond.
The tidings received in the Northern Metropolis.
The tidings received in the Northern Metropolis.
The Surrender at Appomattox.
A Canticle:
Significant of the national exaltation of enthusiasm at the close of the War.
Significant of the national exaltation of enthusiasm at the close of the War.
The Martyr.
Indicative of the passion of the people on the 15th of April, 1865.
Indicative of the passion of the people on the 15th of April, 1865.
"The Coming Storm:"
A Picture by S.R. Gifford, and owned by E.B. Included in the N.A. Exhibition, April, 1865.
A Picture by S.R. Gifford, and owned by E.B. Included in the N.A. Exhibition, April, 1865.
Rebel Color-bearers at Shiloh:[16]
A plea against the vindictive cry raised by civilians shortly after the surrender at Appomattox.
A plea against the vindictive cry raised by civilians shortly after the surrender at Appomattox.
The Muster:[17]
Suggested by the Two Days' Review at Washington
Suggested by the Two Days' Review at Washington
Aurora-Borealis.
Commemorative of the Dissolution of Armies at the Peace.
Commemorative of the Dissolution of Armies at the Peace.
The Released Rebel Prisoner.[18]
A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia.[19]
"Formerly a Slave."
An idealized Portrait, by E. Vedder, in the Spring Exhibition of the National Academy, 1865.
An idealized Portrait, by E. Vedder, in the Spring Exhibition of the National Academy, 1865.
The Apparition.
(A Retrospect.)
(A Retrospect.)
Magnanimity Baffled.
On the Slain Collegians.[20]
America.
Verses
Inscriptive and Memorial
On the Home Guards
who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri.
who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri.
Inscription
for Graves at Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
for Graves at Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
The Fortitude of the North
under the Disaster of the Second Manassas.
under the Disaster of the Second Manassas.
On the Men of Maine
killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
An Epitaph.
Inscription
for Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg.
for Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg.
The Mound by the Lake.
On the Slain at Chickamauga.
An uninscribed Monument
on one of the Battle-fields of the Wilderness.
on one of the Battle-fields of the Wilderness.
On Sherman's Men
who fell in the Assault of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.
who fell in the Assault of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.
On the Grave
of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia.
of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia.
A Requiem
for Soldiers lost in Ocean Transports.
for Soldiers lost in Ocean Transports.
On a natural Monument
in a field of Georgia.[21]
in a field of Georgia.[21]
Commemorative of a Naval Victory.
Presentation to the Authorities,
The Returned Volunteer to his Rifle.
The Scout toward Aldie.
Lee in the Capitol.
Lee in the Capitol.[24]
A Meditation:
Attributed to a northerner after attending the last of two funerals from the same homestead—those of a national and a confederate officer (brothers), his kinsmen, who had died from the effects of wounds received in the closing battles.
A Meditation.
Supplement.
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