In this poem, purportedly written by "a Virginian," Herman Melville found a means of expressing his true feelings about Confederate war hero Stonewall Jackson that would have been more acceptable to his Northern compatriots (cf. "Stonewall Jackson").
"Stonewall Jackson (Ascribed to a Virginian)"
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