The Blue and the Gray, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Francis Miles Finch was an American judge, poet, and academic associated with the early years of Cornell University. One of his poems, "The Blue and the Gray", is frequently reprinted to this day. Wikipedia

The Blue and the Gray, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).