“The Black Regiment” commemorates the charge of the First and Third Louisiana Native Guards at Port Hudson, May 27, 1863. Of the bearing of the negro soldiers in that action General Banks spoke in the highest terms in reporting to General Halleck. “Their conduct,” he wrote, “was heroic. No troops could be more determined or more daring. They made, during the day, three charges upon the batteries of the enemy, suffering very heavy losses, and holding their position at nightfall with the other troops on the right of our line. The highest commendation is bestowed upon them by all the officers in command on the right.” In her “Camp-Fire and Memorial Poems,” Mrs. Kate Brownlee Sherwood (see note on “Thomas at Chickamauga”) has paid an eloquent tribute to the valor of the “Black Regiment.” 34. GREENCASTLE JENNY. By Helen Gray Cone. Helen Gray Cone, one of the most gifted of our women poets of to-day, was born in New York City, March 8, 1859. She is a member of the faculty of the Normal College of New York City. The story of “Greencastle Jenny” was told by Colonel William R. Aylett, who succeeded General Armistead (see “High Tide at Gettysburg”) as commander of his brigade, at a reunion of the Blue and Grey at Gettysburg, in 1887. Miss Cone believes that the girl’s name is not known. Greencastle is a small town in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, not far from the Maryland line. =Stanza 1.= =Longstreet= (James, 1821-), a prominent Confederate general, by some considered the hardest fighter in the rebel service. He served in Mexico, and was active all through the Rebellion. At Gettysburg it is said he endeavored to dissuade Lee from ordering Pickett’s famous charge. =Stanza 3.= =Pickett= (George Edward, 1825-1875), one of the most gallant Confederate generals. His charge at Gettysburg is historic, and was “the most brilliant feat of arms performed by the Confederates on any field.” 35. JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG. By (Francis) Bret Harte. (Francis) Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York, August 25, 1839. The years of his early manhood were passed in California. It was in San Francisco, while he was the editor of the _Overland_ _Monthly_ that the publication of “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Heathen Chinee” established his reputation. He has been United States Consul at Crefeld, Germany, and at Glasgow, Scotland. He resigned the latter post in 1885, since when he has resided in and near London.