Beautiful lesson on the sacrifices of those who have come before us! Let us be true to their legacy and sacrifices by doing all within our power to preserve the union they paid so dearly to protect!!
I am not ex military but have walked at Antieram. Gettysburg, Chattanooga and Franklin,and have read over a hundred free regimental histories on Google Books.
Beautiful lesson on the sacrifices of those who have come before us! Let us be true to their legacy and sacrifices by doing all within our power to preserve the union they paid so dearly to protect!!
Thank you Andy.
Exceptionally crafted piece of historical significance, in light of our present day. Thanks!!
Thank you so much for those complimentary words.
I love how
you bring in Whitman
who saw it all
and sang
to keep us all alive
Thank you so much Dr. Hall.
I am not ex military but have walked at Antieram. Gettysburg, Chattanooga and Franklin,and have read over a hundred free regimental histories on Google Books.
Oak Grove 1864
There's a gray boy in the oak grove.
A blue boy by his side
A cold wind blows thru the shattered trees
Where the gray and the blue boy died.
There's a blue boy on a mantle
A father wipes his eyes
And a gray boy in a locket
A girl in black just cries.
Some things that are buried
Never do stay that way
They can live for years and years and years
Before they fade away.
There's a gray boy up in heaven
A blue boy by his side
While prayers ascend thru bitter tears
And clouds obscure the sky.
Blue and gray might be brothers
Might be you and me
And the prisoners of those bygone ways
Need to be set free.
There's a gray boy in the oak grove.
A blue boy by his side
Hearts were stilled, lives unfulfilled
When the gray and the blue boy died.
Malcolm McKinney 2016.
Thanks for your post.
Be well.
Thank you for sharing this. It is powerful.