The Massachusetts boys on their way to Dixie

by J. Ward Childs, of the Washington Guards, 53d Massachusetts Vol. Militia. Caption title. Without tune or music. Printed in two columns divided by double rule; within border of type ornaments. At end of text below border: Harrison's Steam Presses for Cheap Printing, 80 and 82 Duane street. Mention in poem of the actor Ed Forrest at Niblo's Gardens in New York and Laura Keene suggests possible imprint date. Both Keene and Forrest were in New York at the same time in the fall season of 1861/62.