This song was written by Rory based on some letters that he read after joining the historic society
The letters were written by a solder called J.W. Roberson written in December 1861
His wife Josephine was at home and he was writing these letters from Hopkinsville Kentucky most of the song is straight out of the letters and the rest of the song wrote itself.
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