September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Printed songsheet "ROOT HOG OR DIE." 1pp. quarto, "Written on board U.S. Gunboat Com. Barney, after the Battle at Newbern, N.C. - by a Blue-Jacket" published by H. De Marsan, of New York, with nice boarder including Negress at top left and soldier at bottom right. With good content on the Burnside Expedition, it reads in part: "...We've whipped the Southern Chivalry, blowed their forts sky-high; Colonel Hawkins and his red caps made 'em sing: Root, Hog, or Die!...Now, we are safely moored at Newbern, and I guess we are going to stay,/ 'Till we take a trip to Raleigh: there's some Rebels there they say..." Fine condition.
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