(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) BOKER GEORGE H The Second Louisiana Ma

Sale 2408 - Lot 353

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) BOKER, GEORGE H. The Second Louisiana, May 27th, 1863. Small broadside, 8-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches; tiny sprinkle of tea or coffee to the upper right margin, not affecting the text. Np [Philadelphia?], 1863

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A rare broadside poem dedicated to the Second Louisiana, the Black Regiment. "Arm to Arm, knee to knee, Waiting the great event, Stands the Black Regiment." In the fall of 1862 the earliest black regiments to enter the war were formed in New Orleans from the First, Second, and Third Louisiana Native Guard. These units later became the First, Second, and Third Infantry, Corps d'Afrique. Here they are praised by George H. Boker (1823-1890), writer, poet and diplomat. Boker was an early advocate for colored troops.