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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
Andersonville prison. [from the Richmond Dispatch, August 2, 1891.] lines by Rev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D. The following poem from the pen of Rev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D., appeared in the Hartford (Conn.) Courier in 1865, and, now that the horrors of Andersonville are again being paraded in Northern magazines, it will no doubt be read with interest by many. The quotations are from lines which a short while before had been published in a Philadelphia (Pa.) paper. G. E. T. L. Full fifteRev. Joshua Peterkin, D. D., appeared in the Hartford (Conn.) Courier in 1865, and, now that the horrors of Andersonville are again being paraded in Northern magazines, it will no doubt be read with interest by many. The quotations are from lines which a short while before had been published in a Philadelphia (Pa.) paper. G. E. T. L. Full fifteen thousand men, The brave, the good, the true, As captives died in prison pen, ‘They died for me and you!’ And shall not truth's indignant tongue Declare who did this grievous wrong? On many a bloody field They stood 'gainst leaden hail; And though at last constrained to yield, Their spirits did not quail; They safely passed their battles through, And yet ‘they died for me and you.’ They pined for home, sweet home, And for their daily bread; Alas! assistance did not come, And now they are