Poem

Peace Declared Again. dear Comrades, we have gathered From every clime and every shore. To rehearse the old, old story For our warfare is most o’er. Yes, dear Comrades, we’ve been marching In the line our Brothers fell. Through the Battles that were hottest Through the carnage that was hell. Now we are gathered in their memory, 0! the stories we could tell. How they fought, bled and suffered For our Country in which we dwell. Years have past it’s now so different, Time has changes Us; to a Man. Some have passed beyond the river Never to return again. … Read more

Battle Monument to the 13th Infantry, Chickamauga Battle Field If I Should Die Tonight If I should die tonight You earnestly ask me this Would I leave without regret Expecting future bliss? Would I fear the journey dark, O’er the shoreless sea of death? How would I meet the Monarch Grim, As I draw my dying breath? I would regret to go, To leave beloved ones fair, Whom I have tried and know Their love and friendship rare. Whose constancy has cheered Me, along life’s thorny way, ‘Twould cause me great regret, To leave them, and go to stay. But … Read more

Following is a poem composed and read by Mrs. Kenyon, wife of Captain Kenyon of the old Fighting 13th: When Sumter fell by traitor hands, And war-clouds dark hung low, When anxious hearts prayed for one gleam Of light to cheer their woe: When men with patriotic zeal Sprang to their country’s aid; And mothers, wives and sweethearts, too, Upon the altar laid Their bleeding hearts; (Oh gift most rare) And bade their loved ones go Perchance to die, that the dear old flag Might never be laid low. Then came the “Boys” of Michigan, The boys we loved so … Read more

Take a green country lad who was raised on a farm, The first one you come to will do, Who, far from the city has missed all its harm And is innocent, honest and true, Who has followed in spring time the harrow and plow, In the summer has garnered the grain, Who has earned what he has by the sweat of his brow And is browned by the sun and the rain. Who esteems his own father and mother the best Of all parents who ever have been, And believes that his sweetheart in calico dressed Is the peer … Read more