THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA a Civil War song lyrics 
by Joel Sattler

o George Henry Thomas was a Union general
even though he was a son of Virginia
he fought the Civil War in the Army of the North
first on the red battlefields of Old Dominion 

on the green hills of Georgia in September 63
General Bragg fought us Yankees who had crossed the Tennessee
he fought our cavalry and our mounted infantry
but the fighting wasn't over not as far as we could see

on the 19th we were facing Longstreet coming cross the bridge
so we had to be regrouping up upon the Horseshoe Ridge
Rosencrans gave up the field but we had a new promise
when the new right wing was formed under George Henry Thomas

o the Rock of Chickamauga
see it standing like a stone
o the Rock of Chickamauga
it will never stand alone
we are standing with you General
with you blood and guts
stand with the Rock of Chickamauga 

Jimmy Garfield was an officer in the Army Cumberland
and someday he would be serving as the US President
as he watched the Union Army take the thunder and the shock
he said "There stands General Thomas, standing like a rock"

he saved us all from dying maybe 40,000 men
men who went and saved the country and lived to fight again
we told the story front and backwards and everyone did talk
about George Henry Thomas, standing like a rock  

o the Rock of Chickamauga
see it standing like a stone
o the Rock of Chickamauga
it will never stand alone
we are standing with you General
with you blood and guts
stand with the Rock of Chickamauga 

well, we may have lost the battle but we didn't lose the war
even though the Southern Rebels dint know what they's fighting for
and we put an end to slavery and we sing of the saga
of the glory and the Rock of Chickamauga

o the Rock of Chickamauga
see it standing like a stone
o the Rock of Chickamauga
it will never stand alone
we are standing with you General
with you blood and guts
stand with the Rock of Chickamauga

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