...n their parents' sight. Oh, had I there, beneath Tydides' hand, That bravest hero of the Grecian band, Poured out this Soul, with martial glory fired, And in the plain triumphantly expired, When Hector fell by great Achilles' spear. But pushing on, we reached Appomattox Courthouse just before sunset, and hearing there was a train of Confederate sick and wounded at the depot on the railroa...