Hillsborough (NC) Recorder

July 10, 1861

Page 4

From the Richmond Dispatch

UPRISE YE BRAVES

By G. H. M., Washington Artillery

Uprise ye braves of Southern birth—

Uplift your flag on high,

And bear it through the battle’s breeze

To conquer or to die.

Let every scabbard be forsworn

And every sword flash out,

Till every foot of southern soil

Resounds to freedom’s shout.

The spirits of that sainted band

Whose bones are not yet dust,

Call to ye, from the better land,

To vindicate their trust—

The proud domain of their bequest

To border with your steel,

And drive the dastard bigots back

That scorned your peace appeal.

The noble dames that gave you birth,

Gave you the blood of braves;

Dishonored shame would brand their brows

Bore ye the yoke of slaves.

Uprise ye, then, in freedom’s might,

Resistless as the waves,

Vanquish the foes of Southern rights,

Or sleep in Southern graves.

[Transcibed by Sharon Strout]