The Clopton Chronicles
A Project of the Clopton Family Genealogical Society
THE BATTLE OF RICHMOND
By George Herbert Sass,
Charleston, South Carolina[1]
Now blessed be the Lord of Hosts
through all
our Southern Land,
And blessed be His holy name,
in whose
great might we stand;
For He who loves the voice of prayer
hath heard His people’s cry,
And with His own almighty arm
hath won the
victory;
Oh, tell it out through hearth and home,
from blue Potomac’s wave
To those far waters of the West
which hide De Soto’s grave.
Now let there be through all the land
one grand triumphant cry,
Wherever beats a Southern heart,
or glows a Southern sky;
For He who ruleth every fight
hath been with us today,
And the great God of battles
hath led the glorious fray;
Oh, then unto His holy name
ring out the joyful song,
The race hath not been to the swift,
the battle to the strong.
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[1] War Songs and Poems of the Southern
Confederacy, 1861-1865, A Collection of the Most Popular and Impressive Songs
and Poems of War Times, Dear to Every Southern Heart,
Collected and Retold with Personal Reminiscences of the War by H. M.
Wharton, D.D., p. 98