Antietam

Antietam

A devastating assault

Cast upon their left flank

Confederates at fault

Dispiriting their vast ranks

On a bridge they rode

Stampeding with full power

The Union army showed

Who stood tall that final hour

Brother, Brother

Shoot each other

For your country

For your own life

Father, Mother

Have Another

We are Dying

Stop your crying

This bloody day

Their hearts are still bleeding

But too much blood is lost

The dead wind is beating

From their own holocaust

Reinforcements come

And march on the field

Beating on their drums

For hours they never yield

Brother, Brother

Shoot each other

For your country

For your own life

Father, Mother

Have Another

We are dying

Stop your crying

This bloody day