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"Written for my dear friend Syler, at a time of great personal loss."
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A personal poem for my friend Mary in Dalla, about the loss of an ancestor in 1863.
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From information supplied by my friend Mur in Mobile
Both of the above poems are for Mur, based on the true story of Sarah, and Whit,
whom she saw shot to death before her eyes, on the morning of their proposed wedding.
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For SteveB, after he told me the story of the Army of Tennessee
freezing, with little or no equipment, in the winter of 64.
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"Inspired by a personal tragedy in 1968".