Project Gutenberg 2025-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 162 Scollard, Clinton 1860 1932 Scollard, Clifton 00003762 Ballads of American bravery $aNew York :$bSilver, Burdett and Company, $c1900. Jamie Brydone-Jack, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Ballads of American bravery by Clinton Scollard is a collection of patriotic poems and ballads written in the early 20th century. It showcases acts of American heroism on land and sea, drawing from episodes in the Revolution, frontier wars, the War of 1812, Texas independence, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Aimed at students of American history and general readers, it blends celebrated names with lesser-known figures to honor courage, sacrifice, and national memory. The opening of the collection presents a prefatory note explaining the editor’s aim to gather largely historically verified poems of valor, with a few exceptions for breadth, followed by acknowledgments and a contents list signaling wide historical scope. The first section, “In Time of Strife,” begins with Revolutionary scenes (Paul Revere’s ride, Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, Montgomery at Quebec), moves through early naval exploits and frontier heroics (Decatur burning the Philadelphia, privateers, swamp fighters), then to Texas and the Mexican War (the Alamo, San Jacinto, Monterey), and onward to pre–Civil War Kansas and Civil War vignettes from both sides (Bethel, Hampton Roads, Shiloh, New Orleans, Seven Pines). These ballads emphasize individual bravery—men and women, soldiers and sailors, even a drummer boy—told in stirring, narrative verse that frames history through memorable deeds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/balladsofamerica00scol/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater 20240621230852scollard 1900 US Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American poetry Courage Ballads, English -- United States -- Texts PS Text Category: Poetry Category: American Literature 511286 2025-09-30T08:40:08.745132 text/html 483359 2025-08-10T09:09:16 text/html 1001689 2025-09-30T08:40:28.694064 application/epub+zip 1005434 2025-09-30T08:40:14.233111 application/epub+zip 223890 2025-09-30T08:40:11.521147 application/epub+zip 1485253 2025-09-30T08:40:34.037095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1438267 2025-09-30T08:40:24.214124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329022 2025-09-30T08:40:06.171234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309075 2025-08-10T09:09:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16590 2025-09-30T08:40:34.204108 application/rdf+xml 15222 2025-09-30T08:40:11.740139 image/jpeg 2361 2025-09-30T08:40:11.632120 image/jpeg 901689 2025-09-30T08:40:08.792137 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia