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An interesting little ditty for you fans of John A. Logan, published in the National Tribune on July 24, 1884:
"Fifteenth Corps Song.
The following copy of the song sung by the boys of the Fifteenth Corps the last year of the war, and published in many Northern papers in 1865, is sent to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE by Comrade John D. Simmons, Adjutant of John Wood Post, Quincy, Ill., who thinks its publication now would be timely:
Logan and the Fifteenth Army Corps
Tune.—'The Kingdom am a Coming.'
Oh! Did you see the flying Johnnies,
Anywhere about this place;
They took their guns and they left very sudden,
When the blue coats gave them chase.
The rebs have heard of Johnny Logan,
With the mustache on his face,
There’s not a rebel in Dixie nation
But quickly gives him place.
Chorus—The Johnnies run, aha!
They’ll fight us soon no more;
They must have heard that Logan is a coming
With the Fifteenth Army Corps.
Who has not heard of Johnny Logan,
And his Bonny Boys in Blue;
It does not need any stars to know ‘em,
They’re known by what they do.
They don’t go much on bread and butter,
For 'hard-tack’s' all the go;
They’ve been all thro’ this land of cotton,
And going to Richmond, too.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Our Generals are all good at fighting,
Brave Smith and Walcott, too;
And when they see Pete Osterhaus coming
The rebs look mighty blue.
There’s Gen. Woods and Gen. Hazen,
And gallant Gen. Corse,
Better fighting men never went in battle
Or whip’d the rebels worse.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Down South in Mississippi Valley,
We cleaned the rebels out;
We took their niggers and lots of cotton
And put the rebs to rout.
We marched across to Chattanooga,
And put old Bragg to flight,
He found there was no use in trying
The Fifteenth Corps to fight.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Joe Johnston tried to stand at Dallas,
But found it would not do,
He could not cope with Johnny Logan
And the Bonny Boys in Blue.
Oh, did you see our Johnny Logan
As he rode along the line?
He waved his hat as he rode on a gallop
And looked so mighty fine.
The Johnnies run, aha!
On the twenty-eighth of last July
The Johnnies made a charge;
The Fifteenth Corps boys gave ‘em a fanning,
The rebel loss was large.
Our flanking soon gave us Atlanta,
And Johnny Hood looked blue;
Says he, 'I’ll flank Old Billy Sherman,'
But Thomas put him through.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Then we made a strike thro’ Georgia,
Down to the Atlantic shore;
Gen. Osterhaus took the place of Logan
In the Fifteenth Army Corps.
A lively time we had near Macon,
It was at Griswoldville,
The rebs there were slain by thousands,
For Walcott fought to kill.
The Johnnies run, aha!
You have heard of Gen. Hazen,
And Fort McAlister;
He took it with his Second Division
Of the Fifteenth Army Corps.
In the Oyster beds we found good living,
And we enjoyed it fine;
And then, oh, what a jollification
When we opened the 'cracker line.'
The Johnnies run, aha!
Old Hardee left Savannah City,
The Mayor asked us in;
We got thirty thousand bales of cotton,
Tobacco, Rum and Gin.
Gen. Sherman having got Savannah
And the ocean for his base,
Now, Johnnies, look out for South Carolina
And Yankees on the chase.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Soon we’ll be to the rear of Charleston,
And knocking at the door,
Then look out for brave Johnny Logan
And the Fifteenth Army Corps.
The Fifteenth Corps is bound for Richmond,
To put the Rebellion down,
And then they’ll put us on Provost duty
In that old rebel town.
The Johnnies run, aha!
They’ll fight us soon no more;
They must have heard that Logan is a coming
With the Fifteenth Army Corps."
Jeff Patrick
"Fifteenth Corps Song.
The following copy of the song sung by the boys of the Fifteenth Corps the last year of the war, and published in many Northern papers in 1865, is sent to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE by Comrade John D. Simmons, Adjutant of John Wood Post, Quincy, Ill., who thinks its publication now would be timely:
Logan and the Fifteenth Army Corps
Tune.—'The Kingdom am a Coming.'
Oh! Did you see the flying Johnnies,
Anywhere about this place;
They took their guns and they left very sudden,
When the blue coats gave them chase.
The rebs have heard of Johnny Logan,
With the mustache on his face,
There’s not a rebel in Dixie nation
But quickly gives him place.
Chorus—The Johnnies run, aha!
They’ll fight us soon no more;
They must have heard that Logan is a coming
With the Fifteenth Army Corps.
Who has not heard of Johnny Logan,
And his Bonny Boys in Blue;
It does not need any stars to know ‘em,
They’re known by what they do.
They don’t go much on bread and butter,
For 'hard-tack’s' all the go;
They’ve been all thro’ this land of cotton,
And going to Richmond, too.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Our Generals are all good at fighting,
Brave Smith and Walcott, too;
And when they see Pete Osterhaus coming
The rebs look mighty blue.
There’s Gen. Woods and Gen. Hazen,
And gallant Gen. Corse,
Better fighting men never went in battle
Or whip’d the rebels worse.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Down South in Mississippi Valley,
We cleaned the rebels out;
We took their niggers and lots of cotton
And put the rebs to rout.
We marched across to Chattanooga,
And put old Bragg to flight,
He found there was no use in trying
The Fifteenth Corps to fight.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Joe Johnston tried to stand at Dallas,
But found it would not do,
He could not cope with Johnny Logan
And the Bonny Boys in Blue.
Oh, did you see our Johnny Logan
As he rode along the line?
He waved his hat as he rode on a gallop
And looked so mighty fine.
The Johnnies run, aha!
On the twenty-eighth of last July
The Johnnies made a charge;
The Fifteenth Corps boys gave ‘em a fanning,
The rebel loss was large.
Our flanking soon gave us Atlanta,
And Johnny Hood looked blue;
Says he, 'I’ll flank Old Billy Sherman,'
But Thomas put him through.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Then we made a strike thro’ Georgia,
Down to the Atlantic shore;
Gen. Osterhaus took the place of Logan
In the Fifteenth Army Corps.
A lively time we had near Macon,
It was at Griswoldville,
The rebs there were slain by thousands,
For Walcott fought to kill.
The Johnnies run, aha!
You have heard of Gen. Hazen,
And Fort McAlister;
He took it with his Second Division
Of the Fifteenth Army Corps.
In the Oyster beds we found good living,
And we enjoyed it fine;
And then, oh, what a jollification
When we opened the 'cracker line.'
The Johnnies run, aha!
Old Hardee left Savannah City,
The Mayor asked us in;
We got thirty thousand bales of cotton,
Tobacco, Rum and Gin.
Gen. Sherman having got Savannah
And the ocean for his base,
Now, Johnnies, look out for South Carolina
And Yankees on the chase.
The Johnnies run, aha!
Soon we’ll be to the rear of Charleston,
And knocking at the door,
Then look out for brave Johnny Logan
And the Fifteenth Army Corps.
The Fifteenth Corps is bound for Richmond,
To put the Rebellion down,
And then they’ll put us on Provost duty
In that old rebel town.
The Johnnies run, aha!
They’ll fight us soon no more;
They must have heard that Logan is a coming
With the Fifteenth Army Corps."
Jeff Patrick
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