"While a battle is raging, one can see his enemy mowed down by the thousands, or ten
thousand, with great composure; but after the battle these scenes are distressing, and one
is naturally disposed to alleviate the sufferings of an enemy as a friend."
"Personal Memoirs"
-Ulysses S. Grant
Artist Unknown
Image courtesy/Warfare History Network
It was so many years ago
Up on Champion Hill
That I heard the cannon roar
I can hear it still.
I had pledged to go to war
I had vowed to give my all
And that's just what I did
Up on Champion...
Up on Champion...
Up on Champion Hill!
Grant and Sherman came to fight
With the Union's might
They spread terror, they spread strife
Through the days and nights
Oh my darling, I loved you
Oh my darling, I was true.
But my heart is buried still
Up on Champion Hill.
Blue-clad armies to our fore
To our left and right
We charged at them, they fell back
But they counter-attacked
Gallant men fell everywhere
Bullets filled the springtime air.
One sent me to eternity
Up on Champion Hill.
Now I roam this bloodied land
Longing for what I missed
The precious hours, the treasured years
Spent in your midst.
Oh my darling I love you
Yes my darling, I'm still true
And it's here I wait for you
Up on Champion Hill.
"The Ghost of Champion Hill"
By Herb Phillips
The Battle of Champion Hill, fought on May 16, 1863 was a pivotal battle in
the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union Army commander
Major General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of Tennessee pursued the retreating
Confederate States Army under Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, which led
to it's defeat twenty miles east of Vicksburg, Mississippi. This victory for the Union
led to the Siege of Vicksburg, and the eventual surrender of the Confederate forces there.
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