Book: American Civil War: Confederacy

The American Civil War took place between 1861-1865 between the Union and the Confederacy. These are poems written by Officers, Soldiers, Wives, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, etc., during and after the American Civil War.

• Farewell To Brother Jonathan

  Farewell! we must part; we have turned from the land
  Of our cold-hearted brother, with tyrannous hand,

  48 lines
• Hurrah For The Light Artillery!

  On the unstained sward of the gentle slope,
  Full of valor and nerved by hope,

  34 lines
• Hospital Duties

  Fold away all your bright-tinted dresses,
  Turn the key on your jewels today,

  71 lines
• Cleburne

  Another ray of light hath fled, another Southern brave
  Hath fallen in his country's cause and found a laureled grave--

  24 lines
• Prison Bars

  Though Prison Bars my Freedom mars,
  and Glittering Bayonets Guard me round,

  8 lines
• James Longstreet

  With muffled drums and the flag that was furled
  With the cause that was lost, when the last smoke curled

  16 lines
• To Go Or Not To Go

  [Dedicated to the Exempts]
  

  31 lines
• Another Yankee Doodle

  Yankee Doodle had a mind
  To whip the Southern traitors,

  56 lines
• The Countersign

  Alas! the weary hours pass slow,
  The night is very dark and still;

  71 lines
• A Soldier's Dream

  Last night as I toasted
  My wet feet and roasted

  36 lines
• Rebels

  Rebels! 't is a holy name!
  The name our fathers bore,

  47 lines
• Little Be-Pope,

  Little Be-Pope,
  He lost his hope,

  6 lines
• Confederate Memorial Day

  The marching armies of the past
  Along our Southern plains,

  20 lines
• Poor Johnnie Pope

  Poor Johnnie Pope
  Has lost his coat,

  6 lines
• The Barefooted Boys

  I.
  By the sword of St. Michael

  47 lines
• Pope And McDowell

  Pope and McDowell
  Fighting for a town,

  4 lines
• Enlisted Today

  I know the sun shines, and the lilacs are blowing,
  And the summer sends kisses by beautiful May --

  49 lines
• Burnside

  Burnside, Burnside, whither doth thou wander?
  Up stream, down stream, like a crazy gander?

  2 lines
• Just After The War

  O! I am a conscript
  O! how I do wish

  21 lines
• The Man In The South

  The man in the North,
  He pledged his troth,

  6 lines
• The Southern Mother's Charge

  You go, my son, to the battle-field
  To repel the invading foe;

  36 lines
• Old Mother Seward

  Old Mother Seward,
  She went to the Lee-ward,

  6 lines
• Victories Of The Heart

  There's not a stately hall,
  There's not a cottage fair,

  40 lines, 1 comment
• Yankee Was A Bad Man, Yankee Was A Thief,

  Yankee was a bad man, Yankee was a thief,
  Yankee came to my house and stole a side of beef;

  4 lines
• The Battle Cry Of Freedom (Southern Version)

  Our flag is proudly floating
  On the land and on the main,

  36 lines

• By me, right now

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