Poem by Edgar Lee Masters

Lydia Puckett

Knowlt Hoheimer ran away to the war
The day before Curl Trenary
Swore out a warrant through Justice Arnett
For stealing hogs.
But that’s not the reason he turned a soldier.
He caught me running with Lucius Atherton.
We quarreled and I told him never again
To cross my path.
Then he stole the hogs and went to the war --
Back of every soldier is a woman.

1. Many Soldiers
2. Jefferson Howard
3. Mrs. Benjamin Painter
4. Rev. Abner Peet
5. Shack Dye

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