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- # Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.
## Overview
This is a segment of text labeled "Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.", extracted from a text file and included in the poetry collection [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9) The segment consists of a title and a poem. It was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
The segment is part of the [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9) poetry collection, which is contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The source of the text is the file [battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8). This segment appears after [An Epitaph.](arke:01KG8AJQP3JFYY50SX1JJREQPB) and before [The Mound by the Lake.](arke:01KG8AJRAZEB3WHKB7PX6B5P8E)
## Contents
The segment contains a title, "Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.", followed by a poem. The poem is a dedication to those who fought and died at Marye's Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War. It speaks of soldiers who crossed the Rappahannock River and climbed the hill, focused on the "heavenly flag," and who died in the "deathful tumult." The poem describes a stone erected as a monument to their sacrifice, representing "more than victory."
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- Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.
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- Inscription
for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.
To them who crossed the flood
And climbed the hill, with eyes
Upon the heavenly flag intent,
And through the deathful tumult went
Even unto death: to them this Stone--
Erect, where they were overthrown--
Of more than victory the monument.
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- Inscription for Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg.