Bomb shells fly thick and big as churns

Hittin in the walls of vixy

Saying rebels you must come to terms

Or leave your bones in dixy

 

Ransom Mack             Elkart Co Inda            Vermont

Old souldiers of the 48 now drive away your fears

For you’ve listed in your Countries cause to seve her

For three years

Hold up your heads be cheerful dont let your courage fail

For were the boys that fears no noise when on the

rebels trail

O who woldent be a souldier Just see how we are

used     Pray

 

We daily feast on hard tack for nick nacks were

Excused          Were beat to bunk with musick were excused

Thomas ott      Emy Jane ott

 

Friends and felow citisens I appear before you on this great and important occasion to seak a few words in regard to the great rebellion which for the past four years has filled our once beauful and happy land with sorrow with grief fatherle with widows and fatherless children all which has been brought about by false hearted men & men with treacherous hearts full of Poison and coruption their only aim was to become powerful and to lay their heavy hands of oppression upon the majority of this our nation and thereby secure to themselves that independance that would forever inshure them slavery Establishing for themselves such laws as are not known to free institutions making labor degrading and the laboring class of community thereby would by them be called the mud sills of society but thanks be to our god this class of men has been met by a majority whose heads and hearts were not soft enoughf / to swallow all of their soft sawder they were met by appointed peace commissioners but all was of no avail sesesion took place south Carolina was the old nest egg and from that nest the rest of sesesion was hatched and the swarms of shanghi sesesh chickens were great long leged and numerous and old Jeff Davis was the old roster now in conclusion my friends on the part of the south war was determined upon and Fort sumpter was designated as their starting point the stars and stripes that were floating aloft therefrom unfurling their baners to the breese the Emblem of a free and independant nation was insulted was fiered upon was shot down although defended by a brave band although few in numbers compared with the assailants who had sought the overthrow of one of the best governments that is to be found under the wide canopy of heaven but my friends it pains me to tell you Fort sumpter fell. the first object of their hellish work was accomplished but my friends my heart expands with gladness when I can truthfuly say to your satisfaction that their triumphs were of short duration for our now lamented President then living called and got togather clothed and equipt such an army as the worlds history gives no account of with few exceptions all were patriots at heart true to their country and now my friends I ask what has this our union Army done by their perseverance suffering courage and bravery did they not stop the onward march of Jeff Davis dominons whose entire satisfaction was to leave in their wide spread wake nothing but devastation and ruin rapine and murder

 

 

                                                                                                Tis hard to part

                                                                                                With friends we love

                                                                                                Tis true but tis not

                                                                                                Hafe so hard to part

                                                                                                With some as tis with you

                                                                                                                        Effie Harr

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