Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 Sherman's in Savannah!
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01218 Author/Creator: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 5 January 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 17.7 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy
Four stanza poem glorifying General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea." Was originally three stanzas and then the date and the word "Postscript" was crossed out and a fourth stanza added. Makes a correction in pencil in the second line of the fourth stanza. First stanza: Like the tribes of Israel / Fed on quails and Manna / Sherman and his glorious band / Journeyed through the rebel land, / Fed from Heaven's all bountious hand, / Marching on Savannah!
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