Miss Sally - Great Great Grandma Sara Kennedy Eakle
"Miss Sally of Shenandoah" In Shenandoah’s woods, where berries grow, Miss Sally climbed for nuts in trees so tall, With friends beside her, answering nature's call, Amid the hills where gentle rivers flow. She drove the cows, her father’s pride and joy, Milking and churning, hands so deft and true, Her laughter bright as skies of morning blue, A farmer’s daughter, filled with simple joy. Yet when the war’s dark winds began to blow, Her heart turned cold, a hatred took its place, For Lincoln’s name brought sorrow to her face, But still her love for home refused to go. In Shenandoah’s heart, she left her mark, A light that shines through history’s shadowed dark. "Miss Sally's War" Beneath a Southern sky where green once grew, The troops marched on, their boots a bitter song, Through fields now trampled, torn by battle's wrong, The land she loved was lost to Northern hue. Her childhood home, now haunted by...