By Abraham Lincoln Gen. Lees invasion of the North written by himself— In eighteen sixty three, with pomp, and mighty swell, Me and Jeff’s Confederacy, went forth to sack Phil-del, The Yankees the got arter us, and giv us particular hell, And we skedaddled back again, And didn’t sack Phil-del. This poem is in the public domain. About the poem: The poem is a humorous and satirical take on Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s failed invasion of the North during the Civil War. The poem uses colloquial language and a sing-song rhythm to convey the speaker’s mocking tone. About the poet: Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, and grew up with little formal schooling. Self-educated, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, and served from 1834 to 1842. Admitted to the bar in 1836, he used law as a gateway into politics. He was elected the 16th President of the United States in 1860, serving from 1861 until his assassination on April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was first exposed to poetry as a boy, through his step-mother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln. His favorite poet was William Shakespeare, and his second favorite was Robert Burns. His favorite poem was William Knox’s “Mortality”. In addition to the poem above, Lincoln also wrote “My Childhood-Home I see Again”, “Chronicles of Reuben”, and “The Bear Hunt”.Verse On Lee’s Invasion Of The North