Memorial Rolls

Memorial Rolls Title

Extracted from
The Military Annals of Tennessee
Confederate
By John Berrien Lindsley
(Published 1886)

THE FADED GRAY JACKET

'Tis only a faded gray jacket
That a sainted mother made,
And with each stitch a teardrop fell
As she silently stitched and prayed.

Only a faded gray jacket
That covered a soldier-boy's breast;
Ah, the hands that lovingly made it
Are now folded forever at rest.

Only a faded gray jacket,
Yet a story it can tell
Of the brave men of our Southland
Who fought so long and so well.

Only a soldier's old jacket,
Now faded and worn and gray,
Yet it tells a sad, sad story
Of an eventful day.

When were heard the sounds of battle
And the boom of the deadly gun,
And a mother watched vainly the coming
Of her boy -- her only son.

A messenger came from the battlefield
And to her he tenderly said:
'Keep sacred this this faded gray jacket,
For your boy who wore it is dead.'

The Tennessee and the Civil War Project wishes to thank the following individuals
for donating their time to type parts of the Memorial Roll: Flo Blevins, Sue Bowers,
Angela Cifaldi, Linda Rives, and Kay Shaw. For without their help, this database
would not have been possible.

Please Note: This database is NOT yet complete. There are additional names
currently being typed. Once completed, additional names will be added to the
database.

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