Knowlt Hoheimer + 

I was the first fruits of the battle of Missionary Ridge. + 

When I felt the bullet enter my heart + 

I wished I had stayed at home and gone to jail + 

For stealing the hogs of Curl Trenary, + 

Instead of running away and joining the army. + 

Rather a thousand times the county jail + 

Than to lie under this marble figure with wings, + 

And this granite pedestal + 

Bearing the words, “Pro Patria.” + 

What do they mean, anyway? + 