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.
Citation
J.B. Whitmore , “Poem: "From Petty's Plain to Port Hudson" by Comrade J.B. Whitmore,” Conway Historical Society, accessed January 9, 2025, https://conwaymasshistory.org/items/show/1023.