Onward from the forts

We started a new course

Set our tired sights

On the mighty Tennessee

Grant camped us that night

But by the early light

Was the familiar sound

Of shouts and musketry

Sherman hurried toward the fire

But the scene soon turned dire

As Cleburne's men let loose their unforgiving shell

With a fiery attack

The Rebs pushed us back

Our lines gave way to cannonade

We tried to repel

Out by the church

The scene looked worse

As fallen men cried out

For an end to their hurt

Soldiers made a charge

A dreadful discharge

No place for peace

On God's forsaken earth

Ben Prentiss did his best

With a dozen guns or less

His rookies pounced

Quickly trounced

Gladden's riposte

But it wasn't enough

Grant saw things were tough

His right flank broke

Back to the oaks

Back to Corinth Road

Out by the nest

Tuttle's men gave contest

As fallen men laid broken

With holes in their chests

Soldiers made a charge

A dreadful discharge

No place for peace

On God's forsaken earth

Down by the bank

Morale had almost sank

But we cried with joy

When Buell deployed

His freshly formed ranks

We didn't know it then

That Johnston met his end

But it mattered not

Hell was wrought

On that rebel men

Out by the church

The scene looked worse

As fallen men cried out

For an end to their hurt

Soldiers made a charge

A dreadful discharge

No place for peace

On God's forsaken earth

Bory chose to flee

Withdrew his men with speed

To avoid more death

And take time to reset

Twas a shallow victory

That birthed epiphany

Of a war hard fought, heavy loss

With such a brutal cost

Their bodies left behind

Lied motionless in time

Their still gazes longing

For another chance at life.

They had made their charge

Dreadful by and large

No place for peace

On God's forsaken earth

No place for peace

On this forsaken earth