Identifier: historyoforphanb00thom (find matches)
Title: History of the Orphan brigade
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834-
Subjects: Kentucky. Militia Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Brigade, 1st Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky infantry regiment, 2nd Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 4th Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky infantry regiment, 5th Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 6th Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 9th Confederate States of America. Army. Byrne's Horse Artillery Battery Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's battery
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Lewis N. Thompson
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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67 But while weve meat and flour enoughThe bayonet shall be our spit. How gaily came we forth at first!Our spirits high, with new emprise,Ambitious of each exercise,And glowing with a martial thirst; Equipped as for a holiday, With bounteous store of every thingTo use or comfort ministring,All cheerily we marched away. 1058 HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN BRIGADE. But as the struggle fiercer grew, Light marching orders came apace,—And baggage-wagon soon gave placeTo that which sterner uses knew.
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But while the corn fields give supplyWell take, content, the roasting-ear. 61 Our tents—they went a year ago;Now kettle, spider, frying-pan,Are lost to us, and as we canWe live, while marching to and fro. Our food has lessened, till at length Een wants gaunt image seems to threat-A foe to whom the bravest yetMust yield at last his knightly strength. HISTORY OF THE ORPHAN BRIGADE. 1059 But while weve meat and flour enoughThe bayonet shall be our split—The ramrod bake our dough on it—A gun-cloth be our kneading trough. Well bear privation, danger dare,While even these are left to us—Be hopeful, faithful, emulousOf gallant deeds, though hard our fare! II —1864. Three years and more, we grimly said,When order come to Rest at willBeside the corn field on the hill,As on a weary march we sped— <l Three years and more weve met the foeOn many a gory, hard-fought field,And still we swear we cannot yieldTill Fate shall bring some deeper woe. 1 Three years and more weve struggled o

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