Please help a crippled soldier

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Title

Please help a crippled soldier

Subject

Amputees
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Poetry
Mendicant literature
Broadsides

Description

Begins: Now bards have sung and poets wrote.

"Lost his leg at the battle of Fredricksburg, December 13, 1862, and his arm while firing a salute, February 22, 1869, at Harrisburg."

Abstract

Poem in 5 stanzas

Creator

Church, George H.

Date Created

1869?

Rights

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Access Rights

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Is Part Of

Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (E647 .C56 1869)

References

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Format

text

Language

English

Type

text

Identifier

DigID0002987
DigID0002988
Physical Item 32044115003568
BibID 009914057

Provenance

Part of the Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection

Files

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Citation

Church, George H., “Please help a crippled soldier,” OnView, accessed May 4, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13572.