A brief history of the military career of Carpenter's battery: From its organization as a rifle company under the name of the Alleghany Roughs to the ending of the war between the states

By C. A. FONERDEN. When Stonewall Jackson charged the lines In battles red array, The streaming blood, like mingling wines, Would flow upon that day: And when his bristling bayonets thrust Was rushed against the foe, Unto that bloody day needs must Come havoc, death, and woe !W eve seen his blazing muskets pour Their shrieking missiles forth ;W eve heard his thundering cannons roar In battles South and North ;W eve been along the seething front, Where death and hell were wrought In helping there to bear the brunt. Where Stonewall Jackson fought. We ve heard the bones of comrades crash ;W eve seen their flesh and blood Bestrew the ground when came the clash Of some death-dealing thud ;W eve heard the piteous prayers and groans Of torn and mangled men. Whose agonizing, dying moans Made Hell within us then !O nthat red day when first led he Our old Stonewall Brigade Through proud Manassas victory What deathless fame was made :F ame that shall hold its lustre bright In deeds so gloiy fraught, Which crowned with victory every fight That Stonewall Jackson fought. But, War is Hell, as Sherman said, Which Stonewall Jackson knew. Whose fierce guns painted it more red While he was passing through. Angels of Peace, what sights ye saw, What havoc was there wrought In that incessant Hell of war.
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