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The Battle of Morris' Island, A Cheerful Tragedy.

Anonymous. "The Battle of Morris' Island, A Cheerful Tragedy." Vanity Fair. 27 Apr. 1861: 204.
Type: 
magazine
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

Poem turning the Morris Island battle into a bit of a joke. The closing concession is that there will be actual bloodshed and soon.