Civil War Poetry
Some of the best Civil War poetry has been written about the Battle of Gettysburg. Jump below to see the Civil War poems other visitors have contributed.
You can check out these books to read some poetry from the Civil War era.
Or check out this example of modern poetry related to the Battle of Gettysburg and written in the style of the acrostic poem subgenre. Acrostic poems are based on the first letter of a word going vertically down the left-hand side.
Please share your own poems or your favorite poem in the public domain (don't break any copyright laws)! You can also rate the poems others have contributed.
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The Civil War Poetry Slam
Click below to read and rate the poetry other visitors have contributed to this page...
The Cattle Cry
A fourth of July like none other.
No place I'd rather be.
Miss Freda's Gettysburg estate
Cattle acting ...mysteriously!
Canons shout! The battle cries!...
GETTYSBURG 1863
Day One.
Day One.
A morning mist like teardrops kissed
slate silhouettes at break of day
riding from the west on their quest
with little left to ...
Gettysburg Battle
First, second, third July 1863,
living remains today are the witness tree,
It was Jonny reb against Billy yank,
Spangler's spring is where ...
GETTYSBURG
GETTYSBURG
I am here at Gettysburg
My name is called unkown
On every side the battles surge,
The guns spit fire and death is sown
I see some mother'...
The Blue and the Gray
** This is public domain to the best of my knowledge. If not, please let me know! **
By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have ...
The Price
Our Civil War was brutal as America searched to find its way.
I think of words from Lincoln about the price we'd have to pay.
Lincoln talked about slavery ...
Fields Of Red
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It had been the rule, it seemed like law - since man's time here on earth.
Man would enslave man; they say it centered on some men's worth.
The world ...
gettysburg address
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Galient fighters
Ever waiting for night,
Three days of battle
Testing their might,
Yet on the
South marches to certain death,
Because Lee made ...
