Lines for the paroled prisoners lately from Danville [electronic resource].

Author: DeWolfe, George G. B. (George Gordon Byron), 1835-1873
Published: [Annapolis, Md.] : [publisher not identified], [1865]
Physical Description: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 45 x 16 cm

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American broadsides and ephemera. Series 1 ; no. 12002

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Danville Prison
Prisoners of war—Virginia—Danville—Poetry
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Prisoners and prisons—Poetry

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Verse in eleven stanzas; first line: Did the soldier dream of plenty, on a Danville prison floor?
Another issue held by Brown University has title "Lines for the paroled prisoner lately from Danville," and note at end of text, "The lines above were composed by the Wandering Poet of New-Hampshire" (i.e., George G.B. DeWolfe). See also his "Lines for the paroled prisoners lately from Salisbury, N.C."
Dated: Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 24, 1865.
Printed area measures 35.5 x 11.2 cm.
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 12002).

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