1863 Gettysburg Battle Poem by Jesse McGee

3 day Battle Memoir Poem

We only wanted our friends to get us some shoes
 But ended up fighting a battle on a date we didn't choose
After a summer of Southern wins
I don't know if I have much hope as I should for the Union

I'm so scared, so scared of dying 
BOOM, SHING, SLASH!Bullets flying, Soldiers dying
Gettysburg Battle has begun
But its only day one 
And we are already pushed back into town
At the end of the day at least we had the high ground

Day 2,we are fighting once more
The days almost over & it was all full of Gore 
The Maine regiment ran out of their bullets 
They fixed bayonets, charged downhill at the Southern sea 
& got through

I'm so scared, so scared of dying
BOOM, SHING, SLASH!Bullets flying, soldiers dying
total casualties so far is 37,000
But more will be added to that number
We thank God that we didn't lose Little Round Top
We are doing better than I thought

We all line up on day 3 in military fashion
General Pickett comes at us laughing
He fires through smoke & it all goes right above our heads
Stupid man! We will charge and kill your army instead

I'm confident,so confident in us winning
We're laughing out tears, the South is losing!
BOOM, SHING, SLASH! Bullets were flying, Soldiers were dying
Every near by building is a hospital, civilians are crying
CSA got split & Lincoln gave out the Gettysburg Address
We the Union now control the MS river & Grant has reached 
heroes success. 

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