Unknown 300,000 Strong
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08413.40 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: West Virginia Type: Envelope Date: 30 June 1864 Pagination: 1 envelope. ; 13.5 x 8.3 cm. Order a Copy
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300,000 Strong.
Again our skies are overcast ;
Again we hear the battle-blast
Of God's own trumpet, and the song
Of God's own reapers, on their way
To the great harvest of the day
Three hundred thousand strong!
The land is all astir once more,
From sea to sea, from shore to shore ;
From every hill-top, and along,
Through all our valleys, lo! they come,
With neigh of steeds ad roll of drum,
Three hundred thousand strong !
With banners blazing to the sky,
With forheads [sic] lifted calm and high,
To battle with a giant wrong :
They're dreading as their fathers trod,
Under the leadership of God,
Three hundred thousand strong ! 1864
Mr. Arhcibald Brown
Weston
Lewis Co
W. Va
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