Unknown Peter Butternut

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GLC#
GLC03131.15.09-View header record
Type
Letters & documents
Date
1890
Author/Creator
Unknown
Title
Peter Butternut
Place Written
Michigan
Pagination
4 p. ;
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

One poem about Peter Butternut. "My Name is Peter Butternut, I live in Tennessee, a man of wealth and consequence, at least I used to be." "Butternut" was a name given to confederate soldiers describing the colour of their uniforms.

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