Raynors HCA 2017-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/7/2017
A rare, perhaps unique, war-date Union soldier's poem, ca. 1863, field printed, 1p. 12mo., entitled: "MY COUNTRY," penned by Pvt. Clark K. Brewer, Co. G, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, reading, in part: "My country, oh, my country! when will thy war be o'er? God grant peace may soon return…father, husband, son and brother, by carnage are laid low. Go gaze on the battle field…view the blood your folly's spilled, shed by a brother's hand…God in his great wisdom, will lay the blame on you. and you, ye Southern traitors, ye gave the first offense…which did commence the war. The North was slow to anger…she will maintain he Union and make secession yield…you vile Northern copperhead, you worse than rebels are; you prolong this bloody war by making discord…you shout…tyranny to every act that hurts the rebel cause…my country, oh, how changed thou art…where brother strives with brother to take each other's life." Born in 1820, Brewer was 41 when he enlisted to save the Union. He served for three years in the 1st Michigan Engineers as an artificer. He was present during the epic battle of Murfreesboro after which he penned this moving poem. Folds, else VG to near fine.
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