civil war poems
DESCRIPTION
In 1860, when South Carolina was the first to secede from the Union, Oliver Wendell Holmes published "Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline" in the Atlantic magazine. "Caroline" later published another poem in response. Both poems were excerpted from "Poetry: Lyrical, Narrative, and Satirical of the Civil War," edited by Richard Grant White, published in 1866.TRANSCRIPT
Both poems (originally published during the Civil War) were excerpted from
Poetry: Lyrical, Narrative, and Satirical of the Civil War, edited by
Richard Grant White, published in 1866.
This poetry sheet was printed by Dana Gagnon of the
Western Female Seminary Living History Society.