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Subject: ANTIETAM, BATTLE OF (1862)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` MARTHY VIRGINIA'S HAND [SEPTEMBER 17, 1862], by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There, on the left!' said the colonel; the battle had shuddered
Last Line: See! There is lifted the hand of a baby -- marthy virginia's hand!
Subject(s): American Civil War; Antietam, Battle Of (1862); United States - History


THE VICTOR AT ANTIETAM [SEPTEMBER 17, 1862], by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When tempest winnowed grain from bran
Last Line: And great antietam's cheers renew.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Antietam, Battle Of (1862); Mcclellan, George Brinton (1826-1885); United States - History