Leaving Tennessee (traditional folk song)
Mama made my uniform
Soldier stripes on the shoulder
Papa wanted my company flag
Bring it back when its over
Jenny came to say goodbye
And she said she would wait for me
On a stallion I set high
Joining Robert E. Lee
This is the last time
You'll see Jenny
That's what the cotton woods
Keep singing to me
'Cause the last time
You'll see Jenny
Will be the last time
You'll see Tennessee
The American Civil War Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) put an end to General Lee's 1862 incursion into the North, gave President Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the crucial Emancipation Proclamation, and probably doomed the Confederacy's hopes for European recognition and support.
Wednesday, September 17, 1862
The single bloodiest day in American history