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.
We’ve had some submissions from very talented writers!
I appreciate poetry with good imagery that helps me understand what people were thinking and feeling during this unique timeperiod.
It’s amazing to consider the logistics of writing by hand, too.
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.
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Not Just For Cleaning 
Women were supposed to cook and clean,but they wanted to take a stand.They got together from everywhere,And lent a helping hand.They cooked, …
Your Brash and Wild Sister
My fellow comrades,By now I think of each of you as brothers,But now you know that I am not your brother,Instead your brash and wild sisterWho …
Far From Home and Nowhere to Turn
In a land we all knowAmericans, even brothers fought side by side Some were foe.At the battlefields like Antiedam, the Confederate soldiers gallantly …
Get Me Out of Here
Get me out of here!This isn't what I signed up for.These conditions are horrible like getting stung by 10 bees.I wanna go home.Get me out of …
The Cattle Cry
A fourth of July like none other.No place I'd rather be.Miss Freda's Gettysburg estateCattle acting ...mysteriously!Canons shout! The battle cries! …
GETTYSBURG 1863
Day One.Day One.A morning mist like teardrops kissedslate silhouettes at break of dayriding from the west on their questwith little left to …
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 …
Gettysburg Morning 
Gettysburg MorningThe third day came and all is calmThe birds begin to singNature claims her fields againAnd blessed us with a breezeLying …
Gettysburg Mourns
Gettysburg MournsOnce the drum rolls echoed hereAnd bugles sharp call cut the airThe devil had his way againWhen good men fought good men …
Fields Of Red
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 …
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 …
gettysburg address
Galient fightersEver waiting for night,Three days of battle Testing their might,Yet on the South marches to certain death,Because Lee made …
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
GETTYSBURGI am here at GettysburgMy name is called unkownOn every side the battles surge,The guns spit fire and death is sownI see some mother's …
Come Home Dad
It’s been a year,And I am still full with fear,Since I have seen him,Only praying for God’s protection life and limb,Helping ma in the field, …
Potatoes
As I was thrown into the heart of battle,I never ate any potatoes;When I found a farmers field, I ate more spuds than a spud spuckling sparrow, …
The Civil War
CruelIssuing freedomViolentIt started with slaves and states' rightsLosing livesWeapon raid in VirginiaAlabama and ten other states seceded …
Pickett's Charge
Lining the edge of the shadow wood, a ghostly gray thier numbers castthe sun's fire burned across the field, daring them enter it's inferno blast.Tired …
Civil War Acrostic Poem
Confederate I will win Virginia & other states I can't lose Lives lostWar America Rights
Civil War
Cemetery HillInjuriesVicious ImportantLincolnWilderness BattleAddress at Gettysburg Rage
Civil War
CamouflageIroncladsVirginia IllnessLife less peopleWarAries cannonRaids
On Angry Man And One Field Hospital Not rated yet
They killed my brother, my father and my son,And I will not stop until my work is done,I will shoot, shoot all them commies dead, Or am I just loose …
A Fallen King Not rated yet
Traitors deserve treason,As it went in the United States;But for some reason one did not, for he had reached the gates of heaven.Gone he was …
Women of the Civil War-Merciful Angels of Healing and Death Not rated yet
The War has begun on April 12, 1861.No turning back, no regrets.Soldiers think of the grim smile of LincolnAnd the beaming smirk of DavisAs they …
Jail Time Not rated yet
There I was in jail for treason,and who would have thought the war would end like this.I Jefferson Davis demur this act of treason,while I was simply …
Son vs Dad Not rated yet
The Union makes them very madThe Confederates will go bad.Then they were fighting,blood so frightening.Sometimes it went son vs dad.
1,458 nights Not rated yet
All of the soldiers came to fightsThey fought for freedom, fought for rightsAll the slaves were madAnd Lincoln was sadForever lasting many nights …
The Union and The Confederacy Not rated yet
The war was hardcoreSlaves and states' rights were causesEleven states had left
Jonathan's Acrostic Poem Not rated yet
ConfederacyIroncladViolentImportantLincolnWarArmyRage
Soldiers in the Civil War Not rated yet
Courageous soldiers Are remembered for caringThey never gave up
London's Civil War Poem Not rated yet
Camoflage IroncladVillageIllnessLincolnWarAlot of menRemember
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