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1.
I was raised in Mississippi then I headed north to school,
proud graduate of West Point, I loved those army rules.
Went west to fight Apaches and then the war began,
what side would I fight for? towards the blue I ran.
I became a captain, with troopers I called mine,
never called me captain, used my nickname all the time.
We fought bravely for McClellan, doing proud our name,
but an incident was coming, when I'd get my fame.
Chorus
Mississippi, to you I can't stay true,
the blood now flowing through me - it's not gray it's blue.
2.
In '62 I find myself here at Harpers Ferry,
some wanted to surrender but for me I will not tarry.
I gathered up my troopers to find a winding trail,
quietly we headed out - our mission did not fail.
While on the road to freedom, a wagon train I see,
it's dark and I am thinking, t'would be a victory.
I walked up and I offered, with my "southern way",
that we would be their escort until the light of day.
Chorus
Mississippi, if you could only see,
when morning came, how shocked to find, they faced their enemy!!!
Questions
1. Who Am I?
2. What was his nickname?
3. The captured wagon train was a reserved artillery unit was under the command of what Confederate Major General?
credit: @DBF
bonus: I was born in Virginia in 1846. I tried to join the Confederate Army and was twice refused for my age, but was allowed to serve as a courier at the headquarters of the Virginia Militia under Major General John B. Floyd. Because of my youth and knowledge of the countryside I became known as the "Boy Scout of the Confederacy". I later achieved fame out West and acquired a nickname that included the name of a state, but not Virginia. Who am I?
credit: @sjw83071
I was raised in Mississippi then I headed north to school,
proud graduate of West Point, I loved those army rules.
Went west to fight Apaches and then the war began,
what side would I fight for? towards the blue I ran.
I became a captain, with troopers I called mine,
never called me captain, used my nickname all the time.
We fought bravely for McClellan, doing proud our name,
but an incident was coming, when I'd get my fame.
Chorus
Mississippi, to you I can't stay true,
the blood now flowing through me - it's not gray it's blue.
2.
In '62 I find myself here at Harpers Ferry,
some wanted to surrender but for me I will not tarry.
I gathered up my troopers to find a winding trail,
quietly we headed out - our mission did not fail.
While on the road to freedom, a wagon train I see,
it's dark and I am thinking, t'would be a victory.
I walked up and I offered, with my "southern way",
that we would be their escort until the light of day.
Chorus
Mississippi, if you could only see,
when morning came, how shocked to find, they faced their enemy!!!
Questions
1. Who Am I?
2. What was his nickname?
3. The captured wagon train was a reserved artillery unit was under the command of what Confederate Major General?
credit: @DBF
bonus: I was born in Virginia in 1846. I tried to join the Confederate Army and was twice refused for my age, but was allowed to serve as a courier at the headquarters of the Virginia Militia under Major General John B. Floyd. Because of my youth and knowledge of the countryside I became known as the "Boy Scout of the Confederacy". I later achieved fame out West and acquired a nickname that included the name of a state, but not Virginia. Who am I?
credit: @sjw83071
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