1899 Memorial Day Poem for Fallen Union and Confederate Soldiers

After the Civil War, newspapers began to regularly publish articles and poems in an effort to heal the nation and to bring us all back together, united.

The following poem, published for Memorial Day in 1899, was written to honor the soldiers on both sides of the Civil War.

Source: Yorkville enquirer. (Yorkville, S.C.), 10 May 1899.

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