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- # On the Slain at Chickamauga.
## Overview
This is a segment of poetry titled "On the Slain at Chickamauga." It is extracted from lines 3516 to 3537 of the text file [battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8). The segment was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
This segment is part of the poetry collection [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9), which is contained within the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by the segment [The Mound by the Lake.](arke:01KG8AJRAZEB3WHKB7PX6B5P8E) and followed by [An uninscribed Monument on one of the Battle-fields of the Wilderness.](arke:01KG8AJRAZP47RKDQ58J76ND4B).
## Contents
The segment contains the poem "On the Slain at Chickamauga," which reflects on the honorable nature of both victory and sacrifice in war, specifically referencing the Battle of Chickamauga. The poem praises those who survive war unscathed, while also honoring those who die in battle, emphasizing the will and aim that survive even in defeat.
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- On the Slain at Chickamauga.
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- On the Slain at Chickamauga.
Happy are they and charmed in life
Who through long wars arrive unscarred
At peace. To such the wreath be given,
If they unfalteringly have striven--
In honor, as in limb, unmarred.
Let cheerful praise be rife,
And let them live their years at ease,
Musing on brothers who victorious died--
Loved mates whose memory shall ever please.
And yet mischance is honorable too--
Seeming defeat in conflict justified
Whose end to closing eyes is his from view.
The will, that never can relent--
The aim, survivor of the bafflement,
Make this memorial due.
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- On the Slain at Chickamauga.