James Buckham, a well-known contributor to the periodicals of the
day, was born in Burlington, Vermont, November 25, 1858.
The author states that this poem was suggested by a newspaper paragraph.
=Stanza 3.= =Sherman= (William Tecumseh), the eighteenth general-in-chief of
the United States army, famous for his “march to the sea,” was born in
Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1820. He was Grant’s most efficient
assistant at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. He visited Europe in
1872, and was everywhere received with distinguished honor. In 1874 he
retired from the command of the army to make room for Sheridan. He died
in New York City, February 14, 1891. See “Sherman, an Horatian Ode,” by
Louise Imogen Guiney (“A Roadside Harp”), and “General Sherman,” by H.
C. Bunner (Complete Poems).
=Stanza 4.= =Chickamauga.= See “Thomas at Chickamauga.”