| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | May 10 | | Stonewall Jackson | | By Herman Melville (1819–1891) |
| | | | Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men while reconnoitring at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. He died on May 10. |
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THE MAN who fiercest charged in fight, | |
| Whose sword and prayer were long— | |
| Stonewall! | |
| Even him who stoutly stood for Wrong, | |
| How can we praise? Yet coming days | 5 |
| Shall not forget him with this song. | |
| Dead is the Man whose Cause is dead, | |
| Vainly he died and set his seal— | |
| Stonewall! | |
| Earnest in error, as we feel; | 10 |
| True to the thing he deemed was due, | |
| True as John Brown or steel. | |
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| Relentlessly he routed us; | |
| But we relent, for he is low— | |
| Stonewall! | 15 |
| Justly his fame we outlaw; so | |
| We drop a tear on the bold Virginian’s bier, | |
| Because no wreath we owe. | | | |
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