Name/Title
Thompson, M. Jeff, Poem written by during Civil War, Photo, 1864Entry/Object ID
P1995.1H.531Description
Thompson, M. Jeff, Poem written by during Civil War, Photo, 1864. b/w Photo of a poem handwritten by Thompson, as Civil War Union Prisoner of War, Fort Delaware, MD, March 15, 1864. as below:
Last night my dreams were full of pain, my visions were of blood
If might my battles are again and mid dying soldiers stood.
My aching brain and bruised head brought horrors to my sleep
And gaping wounds and ghostly dead and bayonets thrust and sabers sweep
Came rushing through my brain.
Each time the sentinel at the moat called "who comes there", I'd wake
And find my pillow of my coat, had caused my head to ache.
An uneven knot my temples pressed, or twisted round my throat
And rifles crack and cannons roar were but the echoes of my snore
And the sentinel's challenge at the Moat
But now kind friend this pillow soft will soothe this aching pain
And visions of this horrid kind will never come again
I'll dream all night of pleasant scenes and home with all its charms
My babes shall greet me with their smiles, my dear wife with her arms
And wars and prisons shall be gone when ere I close my eyes
And dreams of peace shall only come and calm and sunlit skies
The storms may blow and lightnings flash and angry dash the billows
I'll dream of home and loved ones there and thank you for the pillow.
M. Jeff Thompson
Brig. Gen'l, C.S.A.
(at bottom of page printed "Saint Joseph historical Society')
Original digital scan located on History CD 06Made/Created
Date made
1864Place
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St. JosephState/Province
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Person or Organization
M. Jeff Thomspon