Show I Famous Poem Written On Confederate Bill There is hardly a poem in the English En En- n gush glish language tho the authorship of ot which ha has been more more contested than the verses written on the reserve written side sl e of a a. Confederate bill the first lines of ot which are Representing nothing on Gods God's earth now And naught in the waters below it As a pledge of a a. nation that has passed away Keep It it dear friend f and anti show it As a consequence there are several several sev sev- eral oral conflicting stories extant The Theo latest history of f the bill 11 is that given o out ls bythe rrth rl Rev A A. W W. Lamar of Inverness Fla FIn According to Mr Lamar the bill was found on the lifeless lifeless life Ufe- less body of a Conte Confederate soldier on the field of Gettysburg by a Union soldier who later presented it to hl him But t the Confederate government did dd 4 not fall faIt until two years after the Battle Battlo of ot Gettysburg w which ch would leave no foundation n me e opening 1 lines of l the poem The original ig copy is said to be in the Confederate Hall of ot Fame at Richmond Va The war cost lives which is one reason why preparedness prepared prepared- I ness against wars pays Boston Boston Transcript |