1864
by SIMMONS, WILLIAM
1864. SIMMONS, WILLIAM. Capture of the Armstrong. Respectfully dedicated to the officers and crew of the U. S. R. R. Cuyler. By Wm. Simmons, marine. [N.p., 1864?] Broadside, 14 x 5 in. Light foxing, but very good. Account in song/rhymed verse of the capture of the blockade-running steamer Armstrong by the R. R. Cuyler off Wilmington, North Carolina, in late 1864. Thirteen four-line stanzas with a four-line chorus beginning "The Navy of the free, brave boys...." OCLC records only one copy, in the Harris Collection at Brown. (Inventory #: 14998)