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The new Yankee doodle

E. Jane Gay (1830–1919), 1868

Named on the pages for Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Stones River, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of Nashville.

machine-read Machine-read (OCR) from a scanned book at the Internet Archive: expect misread words and names. The scan itself is at the library.

draft Matched to the battles automatically; not yet reviewed.

Passages that name the battles; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.

11–15 December 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg

THE NEW YANKEE DOODLE. 101
Then Stonewall Jackson bold, sir,
A bird's-eye view took of the case,
" At Fredericksburg," quoth he,
" McDowell plans a southward race,
Mac wants his company.

31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863

Battle of Stones River

CHAPTER XXIII.
Our Httle game of Bragg. "
Up rose a hundred thousand men,'
"All ready, now are we," sir ;
The rebs to Murfreesboro run.
In Western Tennessee, sir.

THE NEW YANKEE DOODLE. 199
Aught has been better done,
Than at Anteitam, Gettysburg,
And Murfreesboro won.
Then, too, for ' Uncle Sam's web-feet,'^
Our praise must not be slack ;

8–21 May 1864

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

TEE NEW YANKEE BOODLE. 243
Their dead among the piaes.
A race to Spottsylvania next.
Where Sedgwick gives his life,
And many a weary patriot

15–16 December 1864

Battle of Nashville

CHAPTER X.
They are choke fuU of spunk, sir.
" From Nashville, sir, I come direct,
I left an awful panic.
Bull Eun was play, sir, I suspect

CHAPTER XXIII.
Cried Eosecrans, " What sliall we do ?"
" Alas ! we must make speed
To Nashville," said his officers ;
" And so you are agreed,"
Old Eosey said, " to make retreat ? "

THE NEW YANKEE DOODLE. 289
When Jefferson is wroth
And on a rampage, he designs
A visit to the North ;
Now, Thomas, back to Nashville go.
Keep everything there handy.

THE NEW YANKEE DOODLE. 293
And let him hang himself, sir.
Perhaps he 11 choose to run headlong
Into my Kon's mouth
At Nashville ! Well, all right, my boys.
Just point the colors South."

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