Brig. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, CSA

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 “First in the fight and first in the arms

Of the white-winged angel of glory,

With the heart of the South at the feet of God

And his wounds to tell the story.

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For the blood that flowed from his hero heart

On the spot where he nobly perished

Was drunk by the earth as a sacrament

In the holy cause he cherished.

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But a handful of dust in the land of his choice

And a name in song and story,

And fame to shout with a trumpet voice –

He died on the field of glory.”

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From: Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, April, 1910