December 4, 2015

Signs of Strength

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General Lee saw the worth of the C&O canal,
It was a strategic area for the North because of transport
That is why he hoped to take it before pressing further in
Hoping to have the waterway as a sign they would win.

Soon after the victory at Chancellorsville
The General felt it was time to again press forward
Into the North to see what they could do
To keep the war going on frontiers a new.

June 3rd was the day that they left Fredericksburg
Heading North to see how far they could reach
Hoping a new lesson the Union to teach
What was in store was a lesson to each.

The General did not see the canal as an asset to the South
So with every crossing, Confederates left a mess in their wake
Hoping with each a small victory to take,
There was a plan behind it, not destruction for destruction’s sake.

With 75,000 men Lee again went across
Leaving the South’s typical mark
But this time things would be different upon their return
For this was when the war finally turned.

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