=Stanza 4.= =Grant= (Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885), the eighteenth president of the United States, and the most distinguished Federal general in the War of the Rebellion. Grant’s most celebrated battles were Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the conflicts in the Wilderness and before Richmond, which culminated in the surrender of Lee. See “Grant,” by H. C. Bunner (Complete Poems); “On the Death of an Invincible Soldier,” by E. C. Stedman (“Poems Now First Collected”); and “Great Captain, Glorious in Our Wars,” by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Complete Poems). 43. CRAVEN. By Henry Newbolt. Henry Newbolt, an English lawyer and poet, was born in Bilston, England, June 6, 1862. His best work is to be found in the volume entitled “Admirals All.” =Craven= (Tunis Augustus Macdonough), the “Sidney of the American navy,” was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in January, 1813. He entered the navy at sixteen, and was a commander at the opening of the Civil War. As captain of the monitor _Tecumseh_, which had been given the post of honor, and was leading the fleet, he met his death in Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. =Stanza 8.= =Sidney= (Sir Philip, poet, soldier, and statesman. 1554-1586.) The reference is to the well-known story of Sidney’s refusing a cup of water, when lying mortally wounded on the battle-field of Zutphen, in order to give it to a wounded soldier. =Nelson.= See “Fight of the _Armstrong_ Privateer.” The reference here is to the battle of the Nile, where Nelson was severely wounded. =Lucas=, a young English captain, who was captured and imprisoned by an Indian despot (Hyder Ali,) during the campaign of 1780. To relieve Captain Baird, a severely wounded comrade, he assumed two sets of chains, so that the wounded man might be left free. =Outram.= (Sir James, 1803-1863.) The reference is to his action at Cawnpore, in 1857, when, though superior in command, in admiration for the brilliant deeds of General Havelock, he conceded to that soldier the glory of relieving Lucknow, waiving his own rank, and tendering his services as a volunteer. 44. GRACIE OF ALABAMA. By Francis Orrery Ticknor. Francis Orrery Ticknor. See “Little Giffen.” Petersburg, the scene of this incident, a city which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War, is situated upon the southern bank of the Appomattox River, about twenty miles south of Richmond. The Gracie of the poem (Archibald,) was a Confederate brigadier-general who served with distinction at Knoxville and Chickamauga. =Stanza 3.= LEE. See “Barbara Frietchie.” 45. THE BALLAD OF A LITTLE FUN. By Maurice Thompson. Maurice Thompson. See note on “An Incident of War.” =Stanza 5.= Salliquoy. A tributary of the Coosawattee. (See below.) =Stanza 6.= Coosawattee. A stream that rises in Gilmer county, northern Georgia, and flows southwesterly through Gordon county, where it unites with the Canasauga to form the Oostanaula.