Poem: "From Petty's Plain to Port Hudson" by Comrade J.B. Whitmore

Title

Poem: "From Petty's Plain to Port Hudson" by Comrade J.B. Whitmore

Subject

Poetry--1900s
Whitmore, J. B.

Description

Three page typed copy of poem chronicling the travels of the Mass. 52nd Regiment, from enlistment, to New Orleans, to the capture of Port Hudson and subsequent return to Massachusetts.
References in the poem indicate it was written about 1900.
The 52nd was a nine month regiment in which a number of Conway men had served.

Creator

J.B. Whitmore

Date

1900 ca.

Contributor

Unknown

Source

CHS.

Rights

CHS. Fair use.

Format

None

Type

Text

Identifier

FML-2014-006

Coverage

Conway, Mass.

Identifier

016

Citation

J.B. Whitmore , “Poem: "From Petty's Plain to Port Hudson" by Comrade J.B. Whitmore,” Conway Historical Society, accessed March 29, 2024, https://conwaymasshistory.org/items/show/1023.