"When I left my good home."
Dublin Core
Title
"When I left my good home."
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
Disabled veterans
Amputees
Abstract
This broadside poem is a variant on the idea of the disabled man's empty sleeve, and the final verse ("Strangers, pardon, if I ask you / to buy a one-arm Soldier's song") is common to other broadside poems of the era.
Creator
Thomas, James R.
Date Created
1862, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (E647 .T45 1862).
References
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Format
text
Extent
1 broadside
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0001642
Provenance
Purchased for the Library of Harvard Medical School, 2005
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
5.25" x 8.5"
Files
Collection
Citation
Thomas, James R., “"When I left my good home.",” OnView, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6097.