Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Herman Melville
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"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is the first book of poems by the American author Herman Melville. Published in 1866, the volume is dedicated "To the Memory of the Three Hundred Thousand Who in the War For the Maintenance of the Union Fell Devotedly Under the Flag of Their Fathers" (Summary by Alan Mapstone) (3 hr 18 min)
Chapters
| Dedication | 2:55 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Misgivings | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Conflict of Convictions | 5:38 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Apathy and Enthusiasm | 2:24 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The March into Virginia | 2:59 | Read by nighthawks |
| Lyon | 4:12 | Read by earl |
| Ball's Bluff | 1:44 | Read by earl |
| Dupont's Round Fight | 1:16 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
| The Stone Fleet | 2:08 | Read by Agnes Robert Behr |
| Donelson | 26:47 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Cumberland | 2:00 | Read by Agnes Robert Behr |
| In the Turret | 2:24 | Read by George Banfield |
| The Temeraire | 2:48 | Read by George Banfield |
| A Utilitarian View of the Monitor's Fight | 2:18 | Read by nighthawks |
| Shiloh | 1:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The battle for the Mississippi | 3:19 | Read by jramd |
| Malvern Hill | 1:44 | Read by Megan |
| The Victor of Antietam | 4:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Battle of Stone River | 3:00 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Running the Batteries | 6:03 | Read by nighthawks |
| Stonewall Jackson | 1:34 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Stonewall Jackson (ascribed to a Virginian) | 4:00 | Read by nighthawks |
| Gettysburg | 2:00 | Read by Navya |
| The House-top | 1:49 | Read by Navya |
| Look-out Mountain | 1:30 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Chattanooga | 3:40 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| The Armies of the Wilderness | 11:39 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| On the Photograph of a Corps Commander | 1:31 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| The Swamp Angel | 2:45 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| The Battle for the Bay | 7:24 | Read by Adrian Stephens |
| Sheridan at Cedar Creek | 2:18 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| In the Prison Pen | 1:49 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
| The College Colonel | 1:51 | Read by KerrySL |
| The Eagle of the Blue | 1:19 | Read by KerrySL |
| A Dirge for McPherson | 1:25 | Read by Micky Ferguson |
| At the Cannon's Mouth | 1:53 | Read by Micky Ferguson |
| The March to the Sea | 3:30 | Read by Anthony Will |
| The Frenzy in the Wake | 1:33 | Read by Anthony Will |
| The Fall of Richmond | 1:18 | Read by Anthony Will |
| The Surrender at Appomattox | 1:37 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
| A Canticle | 2:55 | Read by Majenko |
| The Martyr | 1:46 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| "The Coming Storm" | 1:08 | Read by Stacey Malcolm |
| Rebel Color-bearers at Shiloh | 2:54 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Muster | 1:52 | Read by Heather McKee |
| Aurora-Borealis | 1:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Released Rebel Prisoner | 2:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia | 1:17 | Read by Heather McKee |
| "Formerly a Slave" | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Apparition | 1:04 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Magnanimity Baffled | 1:08 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| On the Slain Collegians | 2:54 | Read by BobbyBreadshower |
| America | 2:28 | Read by BobbyBreadshower |
| Verses Inscriptive and Memorial | 14:19 | Read by Sheridan Alistair |
| Presentation to the Authorities | 1:35 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| The Returned Volunteer to his Rifle | 0:53 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Lee in the Capitol | 15:16 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| A Meditation | 4:51 | Read by Alan Mapstone |