...The church so lone, the log-built one, That echoed to many a parting groan And natural prayer Of dying foemen mingled there-- Foemen at morn, but friends at eve-- Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!) But now they lie low, While over them the swallows skim, And all is hushed at Shiloh.Among the soldiers who do survive the battle is Henry Morton Stanley of the 6th Arkansas (Confederate). Eventually he will serve on both sides. After the war he becomes a world famous explorer, the man who said "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", and is knighted by Queen Victoria.
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