North against South, hatred unbound
Grant versus Lee - our country aflame
Young men maimed on no neutral ground
A blood potpourri, our nation in shame
Lincoln insisted the states stay united
Secession he would not abide
The wrongs of slavery had to be righted
He resisted a North-South divide
Few wars are fought with such hate
America stained by its blood and its gore
Its name lacks credence or weight
As nothing was civil in this Civil War
Stanley Cooper
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/civil-war/
