(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) DE KAY, DRAKE. Songs for the Union. 8vo page "song sheet," edges quite worn. New York: For the Union Congressional Committee, by John A Gray, [circa 1864]
signed by Drake De Kay, noted Union officer. Drake De Kay (1836-1886) Union officer, breveted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry. De Kay served on the staffs of Generals Mansfield, Pope, and Hooker during the Civil War. His typically huge signature appears at the top of this group of "Union" songs. However the lyrics to a couple of them are hardly supportive of the cause of the African American. How McLellan Took Manassas, for example: "Contrabands come flocking to him, 'Lo the enemy flies-pursue him,' No says George (McClellan) 'don't start a trigger, On the word of any nigger.' "
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