American

Will Henry Thompson

1848–1918


Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918) is represented in this archive by verse from Burton E. Stevenson's anthology Poems of American History (1908; revised 1922).

Poems of American History gathers verse on events from the Norse voyages to the Spanish-American War, arranged by historical chapter. The poem here is “The High Tide at Gettysburg”; Stevenson's editorial headnotes are not reproduced.

  1. The High Tide at Gettysburg
  2. Come Love or Death

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