It was late in 1860 that South Carolina revolted
Took their slaves and from the Union they bolted.
Then Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi
Trouble was on the horizon, it was certainly plain to see.
February of 61 saw the birth of the CSA under Jefferson Davis
In March Pres. Lincoln said from these rebels I will save us.
Pierre Beauregard went to Ft. Sumpter with some cannons
Before you could say “Yeee-haw” the Civil War had begun.
There were unknown places with strange sounding names
Shiloh, Antietam and Fredericksburg all ended up in flames
Even a couple of iron sided ships managed to get in on the act
Caught up in the fray were the Monitor and the Merrimack
In 1863, The “Emancipation Proclamation” freed the slaves
It would take more than that for the South to mend it’s ways.
Two more years of fighting turned the fields and streams red
The last shot was fired and left over 620,000 Americans dead.
History is long on facts and maybe much too quick to blame
There is no doubt too much was lost, and too little was gained
In May of ’65 the Civil War ended, even though hotly debated
The Republic reunited after four years of being understated.
© Timothy D. Culey -2013-
If I were to say this was a piece of history revisited....it probably would be understated
ReplyDeletewell done, Tim
"Revisited" perhaps, but not revised in any way. The dates, the names, the places and the events that are depicted are historically accurate.
DeleteWell told. Some people down south call it "The War of Norther Aggression" believe it or not.It was a very tragic time for everyone involved but even worse than that: slavery! Sad that it even existed and that they couldn't come to a peaceful ending!
ReplyDeleteIt is truly sad that slavery was allowed to exist and even sadder that so many lives were lost trrying to preserve that horrible tradition. What is worse is that nearly 150 yeats later many attitudes have not changed. Throughout the states who fought for the confderacy, poverty among the descanants of the slaves is still sky high and the people in the U.S. Congress are driving them back into "non-citizen" status by denying them the right to vote through their voter repression schemes. We have elected officials who supposedly represent the people who will stand up in the office of the President of the United States and say, "I can't even stand to look at you!" His sttement had nothing to do with his political position, it had to do with the fact that his is a non-caucasion. The Civil War may have ended, but the attitudes that led up to it have never changed.
DeleteSad history, my great grand father was a union soldier so the history of the civil war is a big part of my background. original concept, good though
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