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"For Graves at Pea Ridge, Arkansas"
Let none misgive we died amiss / When here we strove in furious fight: / Furious it was; nathless was this / Better than tranquil plight, / And tame surrender of the Cause / Hallowed by hearts and by the laws.
We here who warred for Man and Right, / The choice of warring never laid with us.
There we were ruled by the traitor's choice.
Nor long we stood to trim and poise, / But marched and fell-victorious!