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Lines to the memory of Major General O.M. Mitchell [i.e., Mitchel], who died at Beaufort, S.C., Oct. 30, 1862
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Lines to the memory of Major General O.M. Mitchell [i.e., Mitchel], who died at Beaufort, S.C., Oct. 30, 1862. [electronic resource] / By Lieut. Col. G. Douglas Brewerton.
Published
[Beaufort, S.C. : s.n., 1862]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p. ; 29 x 11 cm.
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Verse in seventeen stanzas on the death of Major Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel from yellow fever; first line: The fever pall hangs o'er the land.
Dated: Beaufort, Nov. 1, 1862.
The American Antiquarian Society copy has ms. annotation: The funeral of Gen. O.M. Mitchell took place, Nov. 3rd, 1862. And our 47th Pa. Regt. acted as escort during the solemn services. W.D.C. Rodrock, chaplain of the 47th Pa. Regt. Beaufort, S.C.
Printed on gold paper.
Printed area measures 25.4 x 5.5 cm.
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. 11157).
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Language
English
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June 16, 2008
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Broadsides.
Poems - 1862.
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