In Memory Of Lieutenant David Vaughn,
Who was killed at the battle of Wilson Creek
A Poem Titled, 'The Blue And The Gray'

By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass
quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Under the one, the Blue,
Under the other, the Gray
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement-day
Under the laurel, the Blue,
Under the willow, the Gray.

From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement-day;
Under the roses, the Blue,
Under the lilies, the Gray.

So with an equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Broidered with gold, the Blue,
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.

So, when the summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment -day,
Wet with the rain, the Blue
Wet with the rain, the Gray.

Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done,
In the storm of the years that are fading
No braver battle was won:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under the garlands, the Gray

No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.

By Francis Miles Finch (1827-1907)
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August 10,1861
Battle of Wilson's Creek/ Wilson's Creek/Oak Hills, Missouri

The Battle of Wilson's Creek, aka Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Western Theater and is often called the "Bull Run of the West."

While battlefields in the east would involve far more soldiers and claim many more lives, the Wilson's Creek battle reflected not only the beginning of the Civil War in the West, but the conclusion of a border war between Missouri and Kansas, that had been bloodying both states for years. Its verocity would rank the battle of Wilsons Creek as one of the bloodiest battle's during the entire war......
Of the 223 Union soldiers killed at Wilson's Creek, 151 of these were exhumed and relocated to the National Cemetery in nearby Springfield.

Source: Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek(Battle of Oak Hills)Online~Added to this memorial on December 20, 2012
by Janet Milburn #47529757.
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