Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke

“ For he has battled in our cause, and brought our foes to shame;
And honor to our Beauregard, who conquered in his might,
And for our childrens children, won Manassa’s bloody fight.
Oh! let our thankful prayers ascend, the joyous praise resound,
For God, the God of victory, our untried flag has crowned.
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 ”