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PVT. Frederick Buckmaster Poem written to his mother, Mary Ann,  on May 9, 1864                                         Clifton, Tenn. It is a calm still night Mother, the winds are lulled and still… The moon’s soft light is beaming bright on yonder sleeping hill… But this soft dreamy hour, Mother, no magic may impart… To check theContinue reading “Lines for My Mother”