PART ITHE COLONIAL PERIODAmerica, Arthur Cleveland Coxe2CHAPTER IThe Discovery of AmericaThe Story of Vinland, Sidney Lanier3The Norsemen, John Greenleaf Whittier4The Skeleton in Armor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow6Prophecy, Luigi Pulci7The Inspiration, James Montgomery8Columbus, Lydia Huntley Sigourney9Columbus to Ferdinand, Philip Freneau9Columbus at the Convent, John T. Trowbridge10The Final Struggle, Louis James Block11Steer, Bold Mariner, On, Friedrich von Schiller12The Triumph, Sidney Lanier12Columbus, Joaquin Miller14The Thanksgiving for America, Hezekiah Butterworth15Columbus in Chains, Philip Freneau17Columbus Dying, Edna Dean Proctor18Columbus, Edward Everett Hale18Columbus and the Mayflower, Lord Houghton18CHAPTER IIIn the Wake of ColumbusThe First Voyage of John Cabot, Unknown19The Legend of Waukulla, Hezekiah Butterworth19The Fountain of Youth, Hezekiah Butterworth21Ponce de Leon, Edith M. Thomas22Balboa, Nora Perry23With Cortez in Mexico, W. W. Campbell24The Lust of Gold, James Montgomery24Verazzano, Hezekiah Butterworth25Ortiz, Hezekiah Butterworth26The Fall of Maubila, Thomas Dunn English27Quivíra, Arthur Guiterman31Norembega, John Greenleaf Whittier32Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow34The First American Sailors, Wallace Rice34CHAPTER IIIThe Settlement of VirginiaThe Mystery of Cro-a-tàn, Margaret Junkin Preston36John Smith's Approach to Jamestown, James Barron Hope38Pocahontas, William Makepeace Thackeray38Pocahontas, George Pope Morris39Bermudas, Andrew Marvell39Newes from Virginia, Richard Rich40To the Virginian Voyage, Michael Drayton42The Marriage of Pocahontas, Mrs. M. M. Webster43The Last Meeting of Pocahontas and the Great Captain, Margaret Junkin Preston43The Burning of Jamestown, Thomas Dunn English44Bacon's Epitaph, Unknown45Ode to Jamestown, James Kirke Paulding46The Downfall of Piracy, Benjamin Franklin48From Potomac to Merrimac, Edward Everett Hale49CHAPTER IVThe Dutch at New AmsterdamHenry Hudson's Quest, Burton Egbert Stevenson50The Death of Colman, Thomas Frost50Adrian Block's Song, Edward Everett Hale51The Praise of New Netherland, Jacob Steendam52The Complaint of New Amsterdam, Jacob Steendam53Peter Stuyvesant's New Year's Call, Edmund Clarence Stedman54CHAPTER VThe Settlement of New EnglandThe Word of God to Leyden came, Jeremiah Eames Rankin56Song of the Pilgrims, Thomas Cogswell Upham57Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Felicia Hemans57The First Proclamation of Miles Standish, Margaret Junkin Preston58The Mayflower, Erastus Wolcott Ellsworth59The Peace Message, Burton Egbert Stevenson60The First Thanksgiving Day, Margaret Junkin Preston60The War-Token, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow61Five Kernels of Corn, Hezekiah Butterworth62The Expedition to Wessagusset, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow63New England's Annoyances, Unknown65The Pilgrim Fathers, William Wordsworth66The Pilgrim Fathers, John Pierpont66The Thanksgiving in Boston Harbor, Hezekiah Butterworth67The First Thanksgiving, Clinton Scollard68New England's Growth, William Bradford69The Assault on the Fortress, Timothy Dwight70Death Song, Alonzo Lewis70Our Country, Julia Ward Howe71CHAPTER VIReligious Persecutions in New EnglandPrologue, from "John Endicott," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow71Roger Williams, Hezekiah Butterworth72God makes a Path, Roger Williams72Canonicus and Roger Williams, Unknown73Anne Hutchinson's Exile, Edward Everett Hale73John Underhill, John Greenleaf Whittier74The Proclamation, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow76Cassandra Southwick, John Greenleaf Whittier77The King's Missive, John Greenleaf Whittier80CHAPTER VIIKing Philip's War and the Witchcraft DelusionThe Lamentable Ballad of the Bloody Brook, Edward Everett Hale82The Great Swamp Fight, Caroline Hazard83On a Fortification at Boston begun by Women, Benjamin Tompson85The Sudbury Fight, Wallace Rice85King Philip's Last Stand, Clinton Scollard88Prologue, from "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow88Salem, Edmund Clarence Stedman89The Death of Goody Nurse, Rose Terry Cooke90A Salem Witch, Ednah Proctor Clarke91The Trial, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow92Giles Corey, Unknown96Mistress Hale of Beverly, Lucy Larcom97CHAPTER VIIIThe Struggle for the ContinentSt. John, John Greenleaf Whittier99The Battle of La Prairie, William Douw Schuyler-Lighthall101The Sack of Deerfield, Thomas Dunn English102Pentucket, John Greenleaf Whittier105Lovewell's Fight, Unknown106Lovewell's Fight, Unknown108The Battle of Lovell's Pond, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow109Louisburg, Unknown110A Ballad of the French Fleet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow110The British Lyon roused, Stephen Tilden111The Song of Braddock's Men, Unknown112Braddock's Fate, Stephen Tilden112Ned Braddock, John Williamson Palmer114Ode to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Unknown114The Embarkation, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow115On the Defeat at Ticonderoga or Carilong, Unknown117On the Late Successful Expedition against Louisbourg, Francis Hopkinson118Fort Duquesne, Florus B. Plimpton119Hot stuff, Edward Botwood121How Stands the Glass around, James Wolfe121Brave Wolfe, Unknown122The Death of Wolfe, Unknown123The Captive's Hymn, Edna Dean Proctor123A Prophecy, Arthur Lee125PART IITHE REVOLUTIONFlawless his Heart, James Russell Lowell128CHAPTER IThe Coming of DiscontentThe Virginia Song, Unknown129The World turned Upside Down, Unknown130A Song, Unknown130The Liberty Pole, Unknown131The British Grenadier, Unknown132Crispus Attucks, John Boyle O'Reilly132Unhappy Boston, Paul Revere134Alamance, Seymour W. Whiting135A New Song called the Gaspee, Unknown135A Ballad of the Boston Tea-Party, Oliver Wendell Holmes136A New Song, Unknown137How we became a Nation, Harriet Prescott Spofford138A Proclamation, Unknown138The Blasted Herb, Mesech Weare139Epigram, Unknown140The Daughter's Rebellion, Francis Hopkinson140On the Snake depicted at the Head of Some American Newspapers, Unknown140Free America, Joseph Warren140Liberty Tree, Thomas Paine141The Mother Country, Benjamin Franklin142Pennsylvania Song, Unknown142Maryland Resolves, Unknown142Massachusetts Song of Liberty, Mercy Warren143Epigram, Unknown144To the Boston Women, Unknown144Prophecy, Gulian Verplanck144CHAPTER IIThe Bursting of the StormPaul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow144What's in a Name, Helen F. More146Lexington, Sidney Lanier146Lexington, Oliver Wendell Holmes147New England's Chevy Chase, Edward Everett Hale148The King's Own Regulars, Unknown150Morgan Stanwood, Hiram Rich151The Minute-Men of Northboro, Wallace Rice152Lexington, John Greenleaf Whittier153The Rising, Thomas Buchanan Read154The Prize of the Margaretta, Will Carleton155The Mecklenburg Declaration, William C. Elam156A Song, Unknown157CHAPTER IIIThe Colonists take the OffensiveThe Green Mountain Boys, William Cullen Bryant157The Surprise at Ticonderoga, Mary A. P. Stansbury157The Yankee's Return from Camp, Edward Bangs159Tom Gage's Proclamation, Unknown160The Eve of Bunker Hill, Clinton Scollard161Warren's Address to the American Soldiers, John Pierpont161The Ballad of Bunker Hill, Edward Everett Hale162Bunker Hill, George H. Calvert162Grandmother's Story of Bunker-Hill Battle, Oliver Wendell Holmes163The Death of Warren, Epes Sargent166The Battle of Bunker Hill, Unknown167The New-Come Chief, James Russell Lowell168The Trip to Cambridge, Unknown169War and Washington, Jonathan Mitchell Sewall170The Bombardment of Bristol, Unknown171Montgomery at Quebec, Clinton Scollard171A Song, Unknown172A Poem containing Some Remarks on the Present War, Unknown173Mugford's Victory, John White Chadwick174Off from Boston, Unknown176CHAPTER IVIndependenceEmancipation from British Dependence, Philip Freneau176Rodney's Ride, Unknown177American Independence, Francis Hopkinson178The Fourth of July, John Pierpont179Independence Day, Royall Tyler179On Independence, Jonathan Mitchell Sewall179The American Patriot's Prayer, Unknown180Columbia, Timothy Dwight180CHAPTER VThe First CampaignThe Boasting of Sir Peter Parker, Clinton Scollard181A New War Song by Sir Peter Parker, Unknown182The Maryland Battalion, John Williamson Palmer183Haarlem Heights, Arthur Guiterman183Nathan Hale, Unknown185Nathan Hale, Francis Miles Finch186The Ballad of Sweet P, Virginia Woodward Cloud186Across the Delaware, Will Carleton188The Battle of Trenton, Unknown188Trenton and Princeton, Unknown188Assunpink and Princeton, Thomas Dunn English189Seventy-Six, William Cullen Bryant191Betsy's Battle Flag, Minna Irving191The American Flag, Joseph Rodman Drake192CHAPTER VI"The Fate of Sir Jack Brag"The Rifleman's Song at Bennington, Unknown193The Marching Song of Stark's Men, Edward Everett Hale193Parson Allen's Ride, Wallace Bruce194The Battle of Bennington, Thomas P. Rodman195Bennington, W. H. Babcock196The Battle of Oriskany, Charles D. Helmer198Saint Leger, Clinton Scollard199The Progress of Sir Jack Brag, Unknown200Arnold at Stillwater, Thomas Dunn English200The Fate of John Burgoyne, Unknown202Saratoga's Song, Unknown202CHAPTER VIIThe Second StageLord North's Recantation, Unknown204A New Ballad, Unknown205General Howe's Letter, Unknown205Carmen Bellicosum, Guy Humphreys McMaster206Valley Forge, Thomas Buchanan Read207British Valor displayed; or, The Battle of the Kegs, Francis Hopkinson208The Little Black-Eyed Rebel, Will Carleton209The Battle of Monmouth, Unknown210The Battle of Monmouth, Thomas Dunn English211Molly Pitcher, Kate Brownlee Sherwood213Molly Pitcher, Laura E. Richards213Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island, Unknown214Running the Blockade, Nora Perry215Betty Zane, Thomas Dunn English216The Wyoming Massacre, Uriah Terry217CHAPTER VIIIThe War on the WaterThe Cruise of the Fair American, Unknown219On the Death of Captain Nicholas Biddle, Philip Freneau220The Yankee Privateer, Arthur Hale221Paul Jones, Unknown222The Yankee Man-of-War, Unknown223Paul Jones—A New Song, Unknown224Paul Jones, Unknown224The Bonhomme Richard and Serapis, Philip Freneau225Barney's Invitation, Philip Freneau226Song on Captain Barney's Victory, Philip Freneau227The South Carolina, Unknown228CHAPTER IXNew York and the "Neutral Ground"Sir Henry Clinton's Invitation to the Refugees, Philip Freneau229The Storm of Stony Point, Arthur Guiterman230Wayne at Stony Point, Clinton Scollard230Aaron Burr's Wooing, Edmund Clarence Stedman231The Modern Jonas, Unknown232Caldwell of Springfield, Bret Harte232The Cow-Chace, John André233Brave Paulding and the Spy, Unknown237Arnold the Vile Traitor, Unknown238Epigram, Unknown238André's Request to Washington, Nathaniel Parker Willis238André, Charlotte Fiske Bates239Sergeant Champe, Unknown239A New Song, Joseph Stansbury240The Lords of the Main, Joseph Stansbury241The Royal Adventurer, Philip Freneau241The Descent on Middlesex, Peter St. John242CHAPTER XThe War in the SouthHymns of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow245About Savannah, Unknown245A Song about Charleston, Unknown246The Swamp Fox, William Gilmore Simms247Song of Marion's Men, William Cullen Bryant248Macdonald's Raid, Paul Hamilton Hayne248Sumter's Band, J. W. Simmons250The Battle of King's Mountain, Unknown251The Battle of the Cowpens, Thomas Dunn English252The Battle of Eutaw, William Gilmore Simms254Eutaw Springs, Philip Freneau255The Dance, Unknown256Cornwallis's Surrender, Unknown256The Surrender of Cornwallis, Unknown257News From Yorktown, Lewis Worthington Smith257An Ancient Prophecy, Philip Freneau258CHAPTER XIPeaceOn Sir Henry Clinton's Recall, Unknown259On the Departure of the British from Charleston, Philip Freneau260On the British King's Speech, Philip Freneau261England and America in 1782, Alfred Tennyson262On Disbanding the Army, David Humphreys262Evacuation of New York by the British, Unknown262Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, on his Way to his Residence in Virginia, Philip Freneau263The American Soldier's Hymn, Unknown264Thanksgiving Hymn, Unknown264Land of the Wilful Gospel, Sidney Lanier265PART IIITHE PERIOD OF GROWTH"Oh Mother of a Mighty Race," William Cullen Bryant268CHAPTER IThe New NationA Radical Song of 1786, St. John Honeywood269The Federal Convention, Unknown269To the Federal Convention, Timothy Dwight270The New Roof, Francis Hopkinson270Convention Song, Unknown271The Federal Constitution, William Milns272The First American Congress, Joel Barlow273Washington, James Jeffrey Roche274The Vow of Washington, John Greenleaf Whittier274On the Death of Benjamin Franklin, Philip Freneau275George Washington, John Hall Ingham275Washington, Lord Byron276Adams and Liberty, Robert Treat Paine276Hail Columbia, Joseph Hopkinson277Ye Sons of Columbia, Thomas Green Fessenden278Truxton's Victory, Unknown279The Constellation and the Insurgente, Unknown280Washington's Monument, Unknown280How we burned the Philadelphia, Barrett Eastman281Reuben James, James Jeffrey Roche282Skipper Ireson's Ride, John Greenleaf Whittier283A Plea for Flood Ireson, Charles Timothy Brooks284CHAPTER IIThe Second War with EnglandThe Times, Unknown285Reparation or War, Unknown286Terrapin War, Unknown286Farewell, Peace, Unknown287Come, ye Lads, who wish to shine, Unknown287Hull's Surrender, Unknown287The Constitution and the Guerrière, Unknown288Halifax Station, Unknown289On the Capture of the Guerrière, Philip Freneau290Firstfruits in 1812, Wallace Rice291The Battle of Queenstown, William Banker, Jr.292The Wasp's Frolic, Unknown293The United States and Macedonian, Unknown293The United States and Macedonian, Unknown294Jack Creamer, James Jeffrey Roche295Yankee Thunders, Unknown296The General Armstrong, Unknown296Capture of Little York, Unknown298The Death of General Pike, Laughton Osborn299Old Fort Meigs, Unknown300The Shannon and the Chesapeake, Thomas Tracy Bouvé300Chesapeake and Shannon, Unknown301Defeat and Victory, Wallace Rice302Enterprise and Boxer, Unknown302Perry's Victory, Unknown303The Battle of Erie, Unknown303Perry's Victory—A Song, Unknown305The Fall of Tecumseh, Unknown305The Legend of Walbach Tower, George Houghton306The Battle of Valparaiso, Unknown307The Battle of Bridgewater, Unknown308The Hero of Bridgewater, Charles L. S. Jones309The Battle of Stonington, Philip Freneau309The Ocean-Fight, Unknown310The Lost War-Sloop, Edna Dean Proctor311On the British Invasion, Philip Freneau312The Battle of Lake Champlain, Philip Freneau312The Battle of Plattsburg Bay, Clinton Scollard313The Battle of Plattsburg, Unknown314The Battle of Baltimore, Unknown315Fort McHenry, Unknown316The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key317Ye Parliament of England, Unknown318The Bower of Peace, Robert Southey318Reid at Fayal, John Williamson Palmer319The Fight of the Armstrong Privateer, James Jeffrey Roche319The Armstrong at Fayal, Wallace Rice321Fort Bowyer, Charles L. S. Jones323The Battle of New Orleans, Thomas Dunn English323Jackson at New Orleans, Wallace Rice325To the Defenders of New Orleans, Joseph Rodman Drake326The Hunters of Kentucky, Unknown326The Constitution's Last Fight, James Jeffrey Roche327Sea and Land Victories, Unknown328Ode to Peace, Unknown329CHAPTER IIIThe WestThe Settler, Alfred B. Street329The Mothers of the West, William Davis Gallagher330On the Emigration to America, Philip Freneau331John Filson, William Henry Venable331Sainclaire's Defeat, Unknown332Johnny Appleseed, William Henry Venable334The Founders of Ohio, William Henry Venable335Blennerhassett's Island, Thomas Buchanan Read335The Battle of Muskingum, William Harrison Safford337To Aaron Burr, under Trial for High Treason, Sarah Wentworth Morton338The Battle of Tippecanoe, Unknown339The Tomb of the Brave, Joseph Hutton339Sa-cá-ga-we-a, Edna Dean Proctor340On the Discoveries of Captain Lewis, Joel Barlow341Whitman's Ride for Oregon, Hezekiah Butterworth342Discovery of San Francisco Bay, Richard Edward White343John Charles Frémont, Charles F. Lummis345"The Days of 'Forty-Nine," Unknown345The Old Santa Fé Trail, Richard Burton346California, Lydia Huntley Sigourney346CHAPTER IVThrough Five AdministrationsTheodosia Burr, John Williamson Palmer346On the Death of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, John G. C. Brainard347On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake, Fitz-Greene Halleck348On Laying the Corner-Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument, John Pierpont348La Fayette, Dolly Madison349The Death of Jefferson, Hezekiah Butterworth349Old Ironsides, Oliver Wendell Holmes351Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson351The Wreck of the Hesperus, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow351Old Tippecanoe, Unknown353The Death of Harrison, Nathaniel Parker Willis353CHAPTER VThe War with MexicoThe Valor of Ben Milam, Clinton Scollard354Ben Milam, William H. Wharton355The Men of the Alamo, James Jeffrey Roche355The Defence of the Alamo, Joaquin Miller357The Fight at San Jacinto, John Williamson Palmer357Song of Texas, William Henry Cuyler Hosmer358Texas, John Greenleaf Whittier358Mr. Hosea Biglow speaks, James Russell Lowell360The Guns in the Grass, Thomas Frost361Rio Bravo—A Mexican Lament, Charles Fenno Hoffman362To Arms, Park Benjamin363Monterey, Charles Fenno Hoffman363Victor Galbraith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow364Buena Vista, Albert Pike364The Angels of Buena Vista, John Greenleaf Whittier366The Bivouac of the Dead, Theodore O'Hara368What Mr. Robinson thinks, James Russell Lowell369Battle of the King's Mill, Thomas Dunn English370The Siege of Chapultepec, William Haines Lytle371Illumination for Victories in Mexico, Grace Greenwood371The Crisis, John Greenleaf Whittier372The Volunteers, William Haines Lytle374CHAPTER VIFourteen Years of PeaceThe Ship Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Francis Lieber374The War Ship of Peace, Samuel Lover375On the Defeat of Henry Clay, William Wilberforce Lord376On the Death of M. D'Ossoli and his Wife, Margaret Fuller, Walter Savage Landor376The Last Appendix to "Yankee Doodle,"Unknown376Daniel Webster, Oliver Wendell Holmes377The Flag, James Jeffrey Roche378Kane, Fitz-James O'Brien379Herndon, S. Weir Mitchell380Blood is Thicker than Water, Wallace Rice380Baron Renfrew's Ball, Charles Graham Halpine382PART IVTHE CIVIL WARBattle-Hymn of the Republic, Julia Ward Howe384CHAPTER IThe Slavery QuestionTo William Lloyd Garrison, John Greenleaf Whittier385Clerical Oppressors, John Greenleaf Whittier385The Debate in the Sennit, James Russell Lowell386Ichabod, John Greenleaf Whittier388The Kidnapping of Sims, John Pierpont388The Kansas Emigrants, John Greenleaf Whittier389Burial of Barber, John Greenleaf Whittier389The Defence of Lawrence, Richard Realf390The Fight over the Body of Keitt, Unknown391Le Marais du Cygne, John Greenleaf Whittier392How Old Brown took Harper's Ferry, Edmund Clarence Stedman393The Battle of Charlestown, Henry Howard Brownell395Brown of Ossawatomie, John Greenleaf Whittier396Glory Hallelujah! or John Brown's Body, Charles Sprague Hall397John Brown, Edna Dean Proctor397John Brown: a Paradox, Louise Imogen Guiney397Lecompton's Black Brigade, Charles Graham Halpine398Lincoln, the Man of the People, Edwin Markham399Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline, Oliver Wendell Holmes400Jefferson D., H. S. Cornwell401The Old Cove, Henry Howard Brownell401A Spool of Thread, Sophie E. Eastman402God save Our President, Francis DeHaes Janvier403CHAPTER IIThe GauntletBob Anderson, my Beau, Unknown403On Fort Sumter, Unknown403Sumter, Edmund Clarence Stedman404The Battle of Morris' Island, Unknown404Sumter—A Ballad of 1861, Unknown405The Fight at Sumter, Unknown407Sumter, Henry Howard Brownell408The Great Bell Roland, Theodore Tilton408Men of the North and West, Richard Henry Stoddard409Out and Fight, Charles Godfrey Leland409No More Words, Franklin Lushington410Our Country's Call, William Cullen Bryant410Dixie, Albert Pike411A Cry to Arms, Henry Timrod411"We Conquer or Die," James Pierpont412"Call All," Unknown412The Bonnie Blue Flag, Annie Chambers Ketchum413I give my Soldier Boy a Blade, Unknown413CHAPTER IIIThe North gets its LessonThe Nineteenth of April, Lucy Larcom414Through Baltimore, Bayard Taylor414My Maryland, James Ryder Randall415Ellsworth, Unknown416Colonel Ellsworth, Richard Henry Stoddard416On the Death of "Jackson,"Unknown417The Virginians of the Valley, Francis Orrery Ticknor417Bethel, A. J. H. Duganne417Dirge, Thomas William Parsons419Wait for the Wagon, Unknown419Upon the Hill before Centreville, George Henry Boker420Manassas, Catherine M. Warfield423A Battle Ballad, Francis Orrery Ticknor424The Run from Manassas Junction, Unknown425On to Richmond, John R. Thompson426Cast Down, but not Destroyed, Unknown427Shop and Freedom, Unknown428The C. S. A. Commissioners, Unknown428Death of the Lincoln Despotism, Unknown429Jonathan to John, James Russell Lowell430A New Song to an Old Tune, Unknown432CHAPTER IVThe Grand Army of the PotomacCivil War, Charles Dawson Shanly432The Picket-Guard, Ethel Lynn Beers433Tardy George, Unknown433How McClellan took Manassas, Unknown434Wanted—A Man, Edmund Clarence Stedman435The Gallant Fighting "Joe,"James Stevenson436Kearny at Seven Pines, Edmund Clarence Stedman437The Burial of Latané, John R. Thompson437The Charge by the Ford, Thomas Dunn English438Dirge for Ashby, Margaret Junkin Preston439Malvern Hill, Herman Melville439A Message, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps440Three Hundred Thousand More, James Sloan Gibbons440Cedar Mountain, Annie Fields441"Our Left," Francis Orrery Ticknor441Dirge for a Soldier, George Henry Boker442The Reveille, Bret Harte442Beyond the Potomac, Paul Hamilton Hayne443Barbara Frietchie, John Greenleaf Whittier444Marthy Virginia's Hand, George Parsons Lathrop445The Victor of Antietam, Herman Melville445The Crossing at Fredericksburg, George Henry Boker446At Fredericksburg, John Boyle O'Reilly447Fredericksburg, Thomas Bailey Aldrich449By the Potomac, Thomas Bailey Aldrich449The Washers of the Shroud, James Russell Lowell450CHAPTER VThe War in the WestThe Little Drummer, Richard Henry Stoddard451The Death of Lyon, Henry Peterson453Zagonyi, George Henry Boker453Battle of Somerset, Cornelius C. Cullen454Zollicoffer, Henry Lynden Flash454Boy Brittan, Forceythe Willson455Albert Sidney Johnston, Kate Brownlee Sherwood456Albert Sidney Johnston, Francis Orrery Ticknor457Beauregard, Mrs. C. A. Warfield457The Eagle of Corinth, Henry Howard Brownell458The Battle of Murfreesboro, Kinahan Cornwallis459Little Giffen, Francis Orrery Ticknor460The Battle Autumn of 1862, John Greenleaf Whittier460CHAPTER VIThe Coast and the RiverAt Port Royal, John Greenleaf Whittier461Ready, Phœbe Cary461The Daughter of the Regiment, Clinton Scollard462The Turtle, Unknown462The Attack, Thomas Buchanan Read463The Cumberland, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow464On Board the Cumberland, George Henry Boker464The Cumberland, Herman Melville466How the Cumberland went down, S. Weir Mitchell466The Cruise of the Monitor, George Henry Boker467The Sinking of the Merrimack, Lucy Larcom468The River Fight, Henry Howard Brownell468The Ballad of New Orleans, George Henry Boker472The Varuna, George Henry Boker474The Surrender of New Orleans, Marion Manville475Mumford, Ina M. Porter476Butler's Proclamation, Paul Hamilton Hayne476CHAPTER VIIEmancipationTo John C. Frémont, John Greenleaf Whittier477Astræa at the Capitol, John Greenleaf Whittier478Boston Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson478The Proclamation, John Greenleaf Whittier480Treason's Last Device, Edmund Clarence Stedman480Laus Deo, John Greenleaf Whittier481CHAPTER VIIIThe "Grand Army's" Second CampaignMosby at Hamilton, Madison Cawein482John Pelham, James Ryder Randall482Hooker's Across, George Henry Boker483Stonewall Jackson's Way, John Williamson Palmer483Keenan's Charge, George Parsons Lathrop484"The Brigade must not know, Sir," Unknown485Stonewall Jackson, Henry Lynden Flash486The Dying Words of Stonewall Jackson, Sidney Lanier486Under the Shade of the Trees, Margaret Junkin Preston486The Ballad of Ishmael Day, Unknown487Riding with Kilpatrick, Clinton Scollard488Gettysburg, Edmund Clarence Stedman489The High Tide at Gettysburg, Will Henry Thompson491Gettysburg, James Jeffrey Roche492The Battle-Field, Lloyd Mifflin492John Burns of Gettysburg, Bret Harte493Kentucky Belle, Constance Fenimore Woolson494The Draft Riot, Charles de Kay496Lincoln at Gettysburg, Bayard Taylor497CHAPTER IXWith Grant on the MississippiRunning the Batteries, Herman Melville498Before Vicksburg, George Henry Boker499Vicksburg, Paul Hamilton Hayne499The Battle-Cry of Freedom, George Frederick Root500The Black Regiment, George Henry Boker500The Ballad of Chickamauga, Maurice Thompson501Thomas at Chickamauga, Kate Brownlee Sherwood502Garfield's Ride at Chickamauga, Hezekiah Butterworth503The Battle of Lookout Mountain, George Henry Boker505The Battle in the Clouds, William Dean Howells506Charleston, Henry Timrod507The Battle of Charleston Harbor, Paul Hamilton Hayne507Bury Them, Henry Howard Brownell508Twilight on Sumter, Richard Henry Stoddard509CHAPTER XThe Final StrugglePut it Through, Edward Everett Hale509Logan at Peach Tree Creek, Hamlin Garland510A Dirge for McPherson, Herman Melville511With Corse at Allatoona, Samuel H. M. Byers511Allatoona, Unknown512Sherman's March to the Sea, Samuel H. M. Byers512The Song of Sherman's Army, Charles Graham Halpine513Marching through Georgia, Henry Clay Work513Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, Walt Whitman514Sherman's in Savannah, Oliver Wendell Holmes514Savannah, Alethea S. Burroughs514Carolina, Henry Timrod515Charleston, Paul Hamilton Hayne515Romance, William Ernest Henley516The Foe at the Gates, John Dickson Bruns516Ulric Dahlgren, Kate Brownlee Sherwood517Lee to the Rear, John Randolph Thompson518Can't, Harriet Prescott Spofford519Obsequies of Stuart, John Randolph Thompson519A Christopher of the Shenandoah, Edith M. Thomas520Sheridan at Cedar Creek, Herman Melville521Sheridan's Ride, Thomas Buchanan Read521The Year of Jubilee, Henry Clay Work522Virginia Capta, Margaret Junkin Preston523The Fall of Richmond, Herman Melville523The Surrender at Appomattox, Herman Melville524Lee's Parole, Marion Manville524Robert E. Lee, Julia Ward Howe524CHAPTER XIWinslow and FarragutThe Eagle and Vulture, Thomas Buchanan Read525Kearsarge and Alabama, Unknown526Kearsarge, S. Weir Mitchell526The Alabama, Maurice Bell527Craven, Henry Newbolt527Farragut, William Tuckey Meredith528Through Fire in Mobile Bay, Unknown529The Bay Fight, Henry Howard Brownell530"Albemarle" Cushing, James Jeffrey Roche535At the Cannon's Mouth, Herman Melville537CHAPTER XIIThe Martyr PresidentLincoln, S. Weir Mitchell537O Captain! My Captain!Walt Whitman537The Dead President, Edward Rowland Sill538Abraham Lincoln, Edmund Clarence Stedman538Pardon, Julia Ward Howe539The Dear President, John James Piatt539Abraham Lincoln, William Cullen Bryant540Abraham Lincoln, Richard Henry Stoddard540Parricide, Julia Ward Howe542Abraham Lincoln, Tom Taylor543CHAPTER XIIIPeace"Stack Arms," Joseph Blynth Alston545Jefferson Davis, Walker Meriwether Bell545In the Land where we were Dreaming, Daniel B. Lucas546Acceptation, Margaret Junkin Preston547The Conquered Banner, Abram J. Ryan547Peace, Adeline D. T. Whitney547Peace, Phœbe Cary548A Second Review of the Grand Army, Bret Harte548When Johnny comes marching Home, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore549Driving Home the Cows, Kate Putnam Osgood550Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration, James Russell Lowell550PART VTHE PERIOD OF EXPANSIONThe Eagle's Song, Richard Mansfield558CHAPTER IReconstruction and AfterTo the Thirty-Ninth Congress, John Greenleaf Whittier559"Mr. Johnson's Policy of Reconstruction," Charles Graham Halpine559Thaddeus Stevens, Phœbe Cary560South Carolina to the States of the North, Paul Hamilton Hayne561Ku-Klux, Madison Cawein562The Rear Guard, Irene Fowler Brown562The Blue and the Gray, Francis Miles Finch563The Stricken South to the North, Paul Hamilton Hayne564How Cyrus laid the Cable, John Godfrey Saxe565The Cable Hymn, John Greenleaf Whittier565An Arctic Vision, Bret Harte566Alaska, Joaquin Miller567Israel Freyer's Bid for Gold, Edmund Clarence Stedman567Chicago, John Greenleaf Whittier568Chicago, Bret Harte569Chicago, John Boyle O'Reilly569Boston, John Boyle O'Reilly570The Church of the Revolution, Hezekiah Butterworth570After the Fire, Oliver Wendell Holmes571The Ride of Collins Graves, John Boyle O'Reilly571CHAPTER IIThe Year of a Hundred YearsOur First Century, George Edward Woodberry572Centennial Hymn, John Greenleaf Whittier573The Centennial Meditation of Columbia, Sidney Lanier573Centennial Hymn, William Cullen Bryant574Welcome to the Nations, Oliver Wendell Holmes574The National Ode, Bayard Taylor575Our National Banner, Dexter Smith578After the Centennial, Christopher Pearse Cranch578CHAPTER IIIThe Conquest of the PlainsThe Pacific Railway, C. R. Ballard579After the Comanches, Unknown579Down the Little Big Horn, Francis Brooks580Little Big Horn, Ernest McGaffey581Custer's Last Charge, Frederick Whittaker582Custer, Edmund Clarence Stedman583The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow583Miles Keogh's Horse, John Hay584On the Big Horn, John Greenleaf Whittier585The "Grey Horse Troop,"Robert W. Chambers585Geronimo, Ernest McGaffey586The Last Reservation, Walter Learned586Indian Names, Lydia Huntley Sigourney587CHAPTER IVThe Second AssassinationRejoice, Joaquin Miller587The Bells at Midnight, Thomas Bailey Aldrich588J. A. G., Julia Ward Howe589Midnight—September 19, 1881, John Boyle O'Reilly589At the President's Grave, Richard Watson Gilder590On the Death of President Garfield, Oliver Wendell Holmes590President Garfield, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow591Yorktown Centennial Lyric, Paul Hamilton Hayne592The Brooklyn Bridge, Edna Dean Proctor593Brooklyn Bridge, Charles George Douglas Roberts593Charleston, Richard Watson Gilder594Mayflower, John Boyle O'Reilly594Fairest of Freedom's Daughters, Jeremiah Eames Rankin594Liberty Enlightening the World, Edmund Clarence Stedman595The Bartholdi Statue, John Greenleaf Whittier595Additional Verses to Hail Columbia, Oliver Wendell Holmes596New National Hymn, Francis Marion Crawford596In Apia Bay, Charles George Douglas Roberts597An International Episode, Caroline T. Duer598By the Conemaugh, Florence Earle Coates599The Man who rode to Conemaugh, John Eliot Bowen599A Ballad of the Conemaugh Flood, Hardwick Drummond Rawnsley600Conemaugh, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward601"The White City," Richard Watson Gilder602The Kearsarge, James Jeffrey Roche602Tennessee, Virginia Fraser Boyle603An Ode on the Unveiling of the Shaw Memorial, Thomas Bailey Aldrich603The Klondike, Edwin Arlington Robinson604CHAPTER VThe War with SpainApostrophe to the Island of Cuba, James Gates Percival606The Gallant Fifty-One, Henry Lynden Flash606Cuba, Edmund Clarence Stedman607The Gospel of Peace, James Jeffrey Roche607Cuba, Harvey Rice608Cuba to Columbia, Will Carleton608Cuba Libre, Joaquin Miller609The Parting of the Ways, Joseph B. Gilder609The Men of the Maine, Clinton Scollard609The Word of the Lord from Havana, Richard Hovey610Half-Mast, Lloyd Mifflin611The Fighting Race, Joseph I. C. Clarke611On the Eve of War, Danske Dandridge612To Spain—A Last Word, Edith M. Thomas612The Martyrs of the Maine, Rupert Hughes612El Emplazado, William Henry Venable613Battle Song, Robert Burns Wilson613Greeting from England, Unknown614Battle Cry, William Henry Venable614Just One Signal, Unknown614Dewey at Manila, Robert Underwood Johnson615Dewey and his Men, Wallace Rice617"Off Manilly," Edmund Vance Cooke618Manila Bay, Arthur Hale618A Ballad of Manila Bay, Charles George Douglas Roberts618The Battle of Manila, Richard Hovey619Dewey in Manila Bay, R. V. Risley620"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin," Madison Cawein620The Spirit of the Maine, Tudor Jenks621The Dragon of the Seas, Thomas Nelson Page621The Sailing of the Fleet, Unknown622"Cut the Cables," Robert Burns Wilson622The Race of the Oregon, John James Meehan624Battle-Song of the Oregon, Wallace Rice624Strike the Blow, Unknown625Eight Volunteers, Lansing C. Bailey626The Men of the Merrimac, Clinton Scollard626The Victory-Wreck, Will Carleton627Hobson and his Men, Robert Loveman627The Call to the Colors, Arthur Guiterman627Essex Regiment March, George Edward Woodberry628The Gathering, Herbert B. Swett629Comrades, Henry R. Dorr629Wheeler's Brigade at Santiago, Wallace Rice629Deeds of Valor at Santiago, Clinton Scollard630The Charge at Santiago, William Hamilton Hayne630Private Blair of the Regulars, Clinton Scollard631Wheeler at Santiago, James Lindsay Gordon631Spain's Last Armada, Wallace Rice632Santiago, Thomas A. Janvier633The Fleet at Santiago, Charles E. Russell634The Destroyer of Destroyers, Wallace Rice635The Brooklyn at Santiago, Wallace Rice636The Rush of the Oregon, Arthur Guiterman637The Men behind the Guns, John Jerome Rooney637Cervera, Bertrand Shadwell638McIlrath of Malate, John Jerome Rooney639When the Great Gray Ships come in, Guy Wetmore Carryl640Full Cycle, John White Chadwick640Breath on the Oat, Joseph Russell Taylor641The Islands of the Sea, George Edward Woodberry641Ballade of Expansion, Hilda Johnson642"Rebels," Ernest Crosby643On a Soldier fallen in the Philippines, William Vaughn Moody643The Ballad of Paco Town, Clinton Scollard644The Deed of Lieutenant Miles, Clinton Scollard644Aguinaldo, Bertrand Shadwell645The Fight at Dajo, Alfred E. Wood645An Ode in Time of Hesitation, William Vaughn Moody646CHAPTER VIThe New CenturyA Toast to Our Native Land, Robert Bridges649Buffalo, Florence Earle Coates649McKinley, Unknown649Faithful unto Death, Richard Handfield Titherington650The Comfort of the Trees, Richard Watson Gilder650Outward Bound, Edward Sydney Tylee650Panama, James Jeffrey Roche651Darien, Edwin Arnold651Panama, Amanda T. Jones652A Song of Panama, Alfred Damon Runyon652Hymn of the West, Edmund Clarence Stedman653Britannia to Columbia, Alfred Austin654Those Rebel Flags, John H. Jewett654The Song of the Flags, S. Weir Mitchell655Arizona, Sharlot M. Hall655San Francisco, Joaquin Miller657San Francisco, John Vance Cheney657To San Francisco, S. J. Alexander657Resurge San Francisco, Joaquin Miller658Grover Cleveland, Joel Benton658Unguarded Gates, Thomas Bailey Aldrich659National Song, William Henry Venable659Ad Patriam, Clinton Scollard660O Land Beloved, George Edward Woodberry660The Republic, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow660CHAPTER VIIThe World WarSonnets written in the Fall of 1914, George Edward Woodberry661Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight, Vachel Lindsay661The "William P. Frye,"Jeanne Robert Foster662The White Ships and the Red, Joyce Kilmer663Mare Liberum, Henry van Dyke664Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers fallen for France, Alan Seeger664Republic to Republic, Witter Bynner666To the United States of America, Robert Bridges666The Captive Ships at Manila, Dorothy Paul666The Road to France, Daniel Henderson667Pershing at the Tomb of Lafayette, Amelia Josephine Burr667Your Lad, and my Lad, Randall Parrish668A Call to Arms, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews668The First Three, Clinton Scollard669To America, on her First Sons fallen in the Great War, E. M. Walker670Rouge Bouquet, Joyce Kilmer670Marching Song, Dana Burnet671Our Modest Doughboys, Charlton Andrews671Seicheprey672A Ballad of Redhead's Day, Richard Butler Glaenzer672Victory Bells, Grace Hazard Conkling673Epicedium, J. Corson Miller673The Dead, David Morton674The Unreturning, Clinton Scollard674The Star, Marion Couthouy Smith674Brest left behind, John Chipman Farrar674To the Returning Brave, Robert Underwood Johnson675The Return, Eleanor Rogers Cox676King of the Belgians, Marion Couthouy Smith676The Family of Nations, Willard Wattles677The League of Nations, Mary Siegrist677Beyond Wars, David Morton678"When there is Peace," Austin Dobson678After the War, Richard Le Gallienne678NOTES681INDEX OF AUTHORS699INDEX OF FIRST LINES705INDEX OF TITLES713