The Civil One

From Charleston to Appomattox,
Manassas on to Vicksburg,
and all points in between -
'minimal blood' they said,
it was the 'Anaconda Plan'

620,000 dead, all told
...can't even begin to tabulate the injured,
the maimed and distressed

sabots the size of a man's thumb...
heavy of lead, both conical and round -
devastating damage done when bullet hits bone

saber thrust thru the heart of man;
bloodletting on friendly fields -
as family and friends choose sides
...The Civil War

poem©GW Crow 2008. all rights reserved.