Francis Alexander Durivage

Francis Alexander Durivage (1814–1881) was a Boston journalist and humorist who wrote verse and stories for newspapers and magazines.

The poems here are taken from American War Ballads and Lyrics, edited by George Cary Eggleston (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889), where it is printed under his or her name: The Cavalry Charge.