It was not Death, for I stood up (oct 10, 1862 – nov 30, 1862)
Description:
“It was not Death, for I stood up,And all the Dead, lie down -”
Written after the battle of Perryville, which was toward the end of 1862, this poem may show a sight desensitization to all of the death the war had brought, but also a realization, that this war would not end easily.
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Date:
oct 10, 1862
nov 30, 1862
~ 1 months and 21 days