2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Printed Broadside, 1p. quarto, “THE SOLDIER BOY”, though not dated or with place, this appears to be a war-date Confederate item. It reads in part: “...The soldiers life is a cruel one,/It robs the fair girls of their hearts delight,/It causes them to weep and to mourn/The loss of a dear soldier boy never to return...Go dig my grave both wide and deep, and place a marble stone at my head and feet ...” Some damp staining, else VG
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