The representation of black children as alligator bait was perpetuated in motion pictures and popular song, such as the not-so-sweet lullaby Mammys Little Alligator Bait, composed by Henry Wise and Sidney Perrin in 1899, according to the Library of Congress.
Robert E. Lee was directing Confederate movements from Lewisburg, Va. Confederate Gens. John Floyd and Henry Wise had been reinforced and were to attack Gen. Cox at Gauley Bridge. Accumulating supplies at Gauley Bridge, ammunition was harder to procure; Cox was reinforced with more troops. On Aug.