Safe In their Alabaster Chambers (jul 23, 1861 – feb 28, 1862)
Description:
About Bull Run or Belmont2 Versions of the poem
"Alabaster chambers"
"Untouched by morning and untouched by noon."
Possibly coming to terms throughout the year of just how deadly this war will be
1862
"Safe in their Alabaster Chambers - ”
First published in Springfield Daily Republican (March 1)
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Date:
jul 23, 1861
feb 28, 1862
~ 7 months