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POETRY AND INCIDENTS

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OF THE WAR:

NORTH AND SOUTH.

1860-1865.

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED

BY FRANK MOORE,

EDITOR OF "THE REBELLION RECORD," "DIARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK:
THE ARUNDEL PRINT.

1882.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRANY
SHELDON FUND

JULY 10, 1940

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by FRANK MOORE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

PREFACE.

In the preparation of this volume, it has been the design of the editor to preserve the most notable anecdotes and incidents of the late war, and such songs, ballads, and other pieces of versification as are worthy of perpetuation. The tragic incidents, humorous episodes, and brilliant and heroic adventures of the conflict, all lie buried in the columns of inaccessible newspapers; and it is not strange, therefore, that the editor should almost daily, for daily, for years past, have received letters requesting a re-issue of the work. present edition is published in response to that demand.

NEW YORK, 1882.

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