=Line 10.= =Lee=, Robert Edward, the Commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces during the Civil War, was born at Stratford House in Virginia, the home of the Lees, on January 19, 1807. Like Jackson he was a West Point graduate, and like him served with distinguished bravery in the war with Mexico. At the close of the Rebellion, he was chosen president of Washington College, at Lexington, Virginia. His death occurred on October 12, 1870. 27. THE EAGLE OF CORINTH. By Henry Howard Brownell. Henry Howard Brownell. See note on “The River Fight.” The battle of Corinth was fought October 3d and 4th, 1862. The famous war-eagle of the poem was taken from a nest in Chippeway County, Wisconsin, by a Chippeway Indian, in July, 1861, and given by him to a farmer living near. A citizen of Eau Claire purchased the bird, and presented him to Company C, of the Eighth Wisconsin, with which he remained until the regiment was mustered out of active service. He was present at all of the battles in which the troops were engaged, and would fly over the enemy during the hottest of the fight, returning after a time to his perch upon a pole borne by one especially appointed for that duty. Whenever there was any cheering his wings were instantly outspread. At the battle of Corinth, the rebel general Price gave orders to capture or kill the eagle, saying that he was worth more than the whole brigade. The name by which the bird was universally known, “Old Abe,” was given him by Captain Wolf, of Company C, of the Eighth Wisconsin. =Stanza 1. Price= (Stirling, 1809-1867), a Virginian who served the Confederate cause in the West and Southwest throughout the Civil War. =Van Dorn= (=Earl=, 1820-1863), a Mississippian who rose to the rank of major-general in the Confederate service. He was shot and killed by a physician named Peters on account of some private grievance. =Stanza 5.= =Robinett=, a fort erected by the Federal forces at Corinth. 28. READY. By Phœbe Cary. Phœbe Cary, the younger of the Cary sisters, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, September 4, 1824, and died in Newport, Rhode Island, July 31, 1873. Her best-known lyric is entitled “Nearer Home.” The incident described in this poem probably occurred some time during the first week in April, 1863, when there were several actions at Rodman’s Point. This point is a strip of land projecting into the Pimlico River about a mile and a half below Washington, North Carolina. 29. THE BATTLE OF CHARLESTON HARBOR. By Paul Hamilton Hayne. Paul Hamilton Hayne, a nephew of the noted Senator Hayne, of South Carolina, was born in Charleston, January 1, 1830. Most of his life was devoted to literature, his best work being lyrics descriptive of Southern scenery. He died at Copse Hill, Georgia, July 6, 1886. The attack by the Union fleet upon the defenses of Charleston harbor occurred April 7, 1863. The fort referred to in the fifth stanza is Moultrie.