Rossiter Worthington Raymond

Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1840–1918) was an American mining engineer, Union soldier, editor and author who also wrote verse. Eggleston prints his Civil War songs under R. W. Raymond and Rossiter W. Raymond.

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 they are printed under his or her name: The Banner of the Stars; Cavalry Song.