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By E.W. Locke, army poet and balladist. To be sung to the tune: When Johnny comes marching home. Printed in two columns divided by single line. At head of title caricature of Andrew Jackson reading newspaper headlined: 10,000 Union Major. Text of song in nine eight-line stanzas. Publication date suggested because of discussion of elections during Johnson's presidency and his "trip out West" that occurred in 1866.
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