{"id":"01KG8AJNCG9KQ8HPTAVBQB2VAM","cid":"bafkreifzur2fom3khir5sjlcmasonjx3ns5qdzwi6ojbdgwmyimc7cuxqq","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# The Frenzy in the Wake.\n## Overview\nThis is a segment extracted from the text file [battle_pieces_and_aspects_of_the_war.txt](arke:01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8), representing a section of poetry titled \"The Frenzy in the Wake.\" It is part of the [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9) poetry collection. The segment includes three poems: \"The Frenzy in the Wake,\" \"The Fall of Richmond,\" and \"The Surrender at Appomattox,\" all related to the American Civil War. The segment spans lines 2741-2840 of the source file.\n\n## Context\nThis segment is part of a larger collection, [Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.](arke:01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9), which is contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows the segment titled [The March to the Sea.](arke:01KG8AJNCE7PVRVVQ30YDZ2BQ3) and precedes [A Canticle:](arke:01KG8AJNCGFDZA4RN9ADXG3JZE) within the poetry collection.\n\n## Contents\nThe segment contains three poems reflecting on events during and immediately after the American Civil War:\n\n1.  **The Frenzy in the Wake:** A poem reflecting on Sherman's march through the Carolinas in February 1865, expressing resentment and a desire for revenge against the North.\n2.  **The Fall of Richmond:** A poem about the reaction in the North to the fall of Richmond in April 1865, celebrating the victory and praising General Grant.\n3.  **The Surrender at Appomattox:** A poem commemorating the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox in April 1865, celebrating the end of the war and the triumph of freedom.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:30.037Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"The Frenzy in the Wake.","end_line":2840,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:35.910Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"The Frenzy in the Wake.","source_file":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","start_line":2741,"text":"The Frenzy in the Wake.[14]\r\nSherman’s advance through the Carolinas.\r\n(February, 1865.)\r\n\r\n\r\nSo strong to suffer, shall we be\r\n  Weak to contend, and break\r\nThe sinews of the Oppressor’s knee\r\n  That grinds upon the neck?\r\n    O, the garments rolled in blood\r\n      Scorch in cities wrapped in flame,\r\n    And the African--the imp!\r\n      He gibbers, imputing shame.\r\n\r\nShall Time, avenging every woe,\r\n  To us that joy allot\r\nWhich Israel thrilled when Sisera’s brow\r\n  Showed gaunt and showed the clot?\r\n    Curse on their foreheads, cheeks, and eyes--\r\n      The Northern faces--true\r\n    To the flag we hate, the flag whose stars\r\n      Like planets strike us through.\r\n\r\nFrom frozen Maine they come,\r\n  Far Minnesota too;\r\nThey come to a sun whose rays disown--\r\n  May it wither them as the dew!\r\n    The ghosts of our slain appeal:\r\n      “Vain shall our victories be”\r\n    But back from its ebb the flood recoils--\r\n      Back in a whelming sea.\r\n\r\nWith burning woods our skies are brass,\r\n  The pillars of dust are seen;\r\nThe live-long day their cavalry pass--\r\n  No crossing the road between.\r\n    We were sore deceived--an awful host!\r\n      They move like a roaring wind.\r\n    Have we gamed and lost? but even despair\r\n      Shall never our hate rescind.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Fall of Richmond.\r\nThe tidings received in the Northern Metropolis.\r\n(April, 1865.)\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat mean these peals from every tower,\r\n  And crowds like seas that sway?\r\nThe cannon reply; they speak the heart\r\n  Of the People impassioned, and say--\r\nA city in flags for a city in flames,\r\n  Richmond goes Babylon’s way--\r\n        _Sing and pray._\r\n\r\nO weary years and woeful wars,\r\n  And armies in the grave;\r\nBut hearts unquelled at last deter\r\nThe helmed dilated Lucifer--\r\n  Honor to Grant the brave,\r\nWhose three stars now like Orion’s rise\r\n  When wreck is on the wave--\r\n        _Bless his glaive._\r\n\r\nWell that the faith we firmly kept,\r\n  And never our aim forswore\r\nFor the Terrors that trooped from each recess\r\nWhen fainting we fought in the Wilderness,\r\n  And Hell made loud hurrah;\r\nBut God is in Heaven, and Grant in the Town,\r\n  And Right through might is Law--\r\n        _God’s way adore._\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Surrender at Appomattox.\r\n(April, 1865.)\r\n\r\n\r\nAs billows upon billows roll,\r\n  On victory victory breaks;\r\nEre yet seven days from Richmond’s fall\r\n  And crowning triumph wakes\r\nThe loud joy-gun, whose thunders run\r\n  By sea-shore, streams, and lakes.\r\n    The hope and great event agree\r\n    In the sword that Grant received from Lee.\r\n\r\nThe warring eagles fold the wing,\r\n  But not in Cæsar’s sway;\r\nNot Rome o’ercome by Roman arms we sing,\r\n  As on Pharsalia’s day,\r\nBut Treason thrown, though a giant grown,\r\n  And Freedom’s larger play.\r\n    All human tribes glad token see\r\n    In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"The Frenzy in the Wake."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ6FNQ0XKWBY52P8DRPC9","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1G8S4TRWXNCBRKCRKS8","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJNCE7PVRVVQ30YDZ2BQ3","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJNCGFDZA4RN9ADXG3JZE","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:38.896Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:30.267Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}