In such a flame and such a heat
The anchors of your fame were forged.
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in headlong rout, bearing back with them their supporting columns.
But the battle is not yet ended; the lines are readjusted, your veterans hold the breach, and against them column after column is hurled.
Nine times that eve did the enemy seek to drive them from their post; nine times their charging lines retired shattered and broken.
'Twas four in the morning when their charge began; 'twas nine at night ere the battle closed over the rescued army and the baffled foe, and your Fauquier Guards slept upon their arms with the sweet consciousness of duty done.
Such were the deeds by which these dead heroes won a right to your regard.
Richmond, VA. 1880.
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