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Subject: ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (1864)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA, by HERMAN MELVILLE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Arms reversed and banners craped
Last Line: Sarpedon of the mighty war.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Atlanta Campaign (1864); Funerals; Mcpherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864); United States - History; Burials


ALLATOONA, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Winds that sweep the southern mountains
Last Line: Of the terror and the glory / of the battle of allatoona pass!
Subject(s): "allatoona Pass, Georgia;american Civil War;atlanta Campaign (1864);u.s. - History;


LOGAN AT PEACH TREE CREEK; A VETERAN'S STORY [JULY 20, 1864], by HAMLIN GARLAND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You know that day at peach tree creek
Last Line: As on the day mcpherson died.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Atlanta Campaign (1864); Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886); Mcpherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864); United States - History


THE BELLS OF ATLANTA (AN INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL WAR), by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Autumn sunset on atlanta painting banners / red of mars
Last Line: And the notes of drums are drownèd in thy melodies of peace.
Subject(s): American Civil War; Atlanta Campaign (1864); Soldiers; U.s. - History


WITH CORSE AT ALLATOONA, by SAMUEL HAWKINS MARSHALL BYERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: It was less than two thousand we numbered
Last Line: "this morning up there on the hill."
Subject(s): Allatoona Pass, Georgia; American Civil War; Atlanta Campaign (1864); Corse, John Murray (1835-1893); United States - History