(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Southern Chivalry The Adventures of

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Southern Chivalry: The Adventures of G. Whillikens, C.S.A., Knight of the Golden Circle and of Guinea Pete, His Negro Squire, an Epic Doggerel in Six Books. By a Citizen of the Cotton Country. 78 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, moderate wear including partial loss of backstrip; minor staining to contents; inked library stamp on page [3] (apparently a duplicate). Philadelphia, [1861]

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A satire of Southern planter culture and the new Confederacy, told in verse. No date or publisher is given, but its arrival is noted in the Delaware State Journal of 4 October 1861, attributing its publication to "the Petersons." Sabin 88322. None traced at auction since 1922.