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John Williamson Palmer

1825–1906


John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906) was a Baltimore physician, author and journalist, who wrote the Confederate marching song Stonewall Jackson’s Way during the Civil War.

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: Stonewall Jackson’s Way.

  1. Stonewall Jackson’s Way
  2. Ned Braddock
  3. The Maryland Battalion
  4. Reid at Fayal
  5. Theodosia Burr
  6. The Fight at San Jacinto
  7. For Charlie's Sake
  8. Thread and Song

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