The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Our War Correspondence. Letter from McArone

McArone. "Our War Correspondence. Letter from McArone." Vanity Fair, April 5, 1862, 171.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
journalism
Abstract

A story of a very brave soldier of high rank who rode an artillery shell into enemy ranks and survived. McArone ends promising to take Richmond, while explaining he's stayed behind due to having found some pretty ladies.