Question of the Week: What’s your favorite Civil War-era poem? by Emerging Civil War Posted on April 20, 2026 What is your favorite poem from the Civil War era? Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like this:Like Loading... 7 Responses to Question of the Week: What’s your favorite Civil War-era poem? JOHN BROWN’S BODY by Stephen Vincent Benet. Not from the era but about the era. Wonderful piece of art and history Loading... Reply O Captain, my Captain by Walt Whitman. I am sure that Meg would like my choice! Loading... Reply Shiloh by Herman Melville. Loading... Reply “We Are Coming, Father Abra’am” by James S. Gibbons. Loading... Reply “The Portent” by Herman Melville “Cavalry Crossing the Ford” by Walt Whitman “Lines on a Confederate Note” by Major Sidney Alroy Jones Loading... Reply The Black Regiment by George Henry Boker, 1863. Loading... Reply Among my favorites are those by James Madison Bell, an African-American activist who fought through poetry. Check out “The Black Man’s Wrongs” and “The Day and the War.” Loading... Reply Please leave a comment and join the discussion!Cancel reply
JOHN BROWN’S BODY by Stephen Vincent Benet. Not from the era but about the era. Wonderful piece of art and history Loading... Reply
“The Portent” by Herman Melville “Cavalry Crossing the Ford” by Walt Whitman “Lines on a Confederate Note” by Major Sidney Alroy Jones Loading... Reply
Among my favorites are those by James Madison Bell, an African-American activist who fought through poetry. Check out “The Black Man’s Wrongs” and “The Day and the War.” Loading... Reply
JOHN BROWN’S BODY by Stephen Vincent Benet. Not from the era but about the era. Wonderful piece of art and history
O Captain, my Captain by Walt Whitman. I am sure that Meg would like my choice!
Shiloh by Herman Melville.
“We Are Coming, Father Abra’am” by James S. Gibbons.
“The Portent” by Herman Melville
“Cavalry Crossing the Ford” by Walt Whitman
“Lines on a Confederate Note” by Major Sidney Alroy Jones
The Black Regiment by George Henry Boker, 1863.
Among my favorites are those by James Madison Bell, an African-American activist who fought through poetry. Check out “The Black Man’s Wrongs” and “The Day and the War.”