The Vault at Pfaff's

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

Mother Carey's Chickens

Anonymous. "Mother Carey's Chickens." Vanity Fair, May 3, 1862, 218.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
commentary
Abstract

The paucity of Southern bodies to fill the duties of war--both fighting and administration--has created a few interesting anecdotes, one of which is recounted here.