The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Gone to the War

Anonymous. "Gone to the War." Vanity Fair, December 21, 1861, 275-276.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
journalism
Abstract

Essay in which a younger brother tells the story of his relation, Joe, who joins the army for the sake of a woman. In the process, he engenders heights of uncleanliness and starvation.