..."Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came;...at that woman's deed and word; "Who touches a hair on yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded...

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...tough. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came. Dulles? Casey? Bush? The nobler nature within him stirred, To life at that woman's deed and word. That prt comes just before sparing the old gray head. Hov/d I forget it? Stonewall Jackson was a fundamentalist...

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...But spare your country's flag . . . '" At that, Jackson's nobler nature stirred, and he commanded, '"Who touches a hair of yon gray head / Dies like a dog! March on!..."' Such songs as that give us the passion of the Civil War. Many others give us the sadness, and of these...

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..."Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came;...Sounded the tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tossed Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds...

...said. But the next stanzas, less often quoted, celebrated Jackson's forbearance: A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came;...yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. Whittier clearly meant the poem in part as a tribute to Jackson. It appeared in the Atlantic Monthly...