February 2007: Milan - “IL MONUMENTALE” - Soldiers XIX

“Twixt death in the air above them
And death in the waves below,
Through balls and grape and shrapnel
They neared-my God! how slow!

And many a brave stout fellow,
Who sprang in the boats with mirth,
Ere they made that fateful crossing
Was a load of lifeless earth.

And many a brave stout fellow,
Whose limbs with strength with rife,
Was torn and crushed and shattered
A helpless wreck for life.”

Source: Miller and Mooney, "The Civil War-The Nantucket Experience" (Wesco Publishing Co., 1994)

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