Adm'l Porter's Fleet And The Army Of The James.
Tune - The Goose Hangs High.
(Pictorial Letter Sheet)
Hardwick, George P.
Words By Geo. P.
Hardwick. Pictorial Letter Sheet. Single leaf with blank verso and conjugate
leaf. Fine. Washington, D. C. (c1863). 20-1/2 x 13-1/4 cm. (8.1 x 5.2 inches). -
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Printed in red and blue and surrounded by a red ruled border, it is
illustrated at top with a large cut of Union soldier to left and Union sailor
to right.
There are five stanzas, each of four lines, and a chorus. The words
read in part: "Come all you brave and gallant men who sport the Stripes
and Stars, I'll sing to you of daring deeds done by our Yankee Tars . . . Those
gallant Tars of Porter's fleet and the Army of the James . . ." Wolf, #15.
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