Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke

“ They brought a mighty army to crush us with a blow,
And in their pride they laughed to scorn the men they did not know;
Fair women came to triumph with the heroes of the day,
When the boasting Southern Rebels should be scattered in dismay ”

“ E’en a coward must have followed, when such heroes led the way,
And no dastard blood was flowing in Southern veins that day.
Every arm was strengthened and every heart was stirred,
When shouts of Davis! Davis! along our lines were heard ”