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JOHN BROWN'S BODY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET

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First Line: THEY CAME ON TO FISH-HOOK GETTYSBURG IN THIS WAY, AFTER THIS FASHION
Last Line: AND THE STRANGE SOUTH MOVED AGAINST YOU, LEAN MEMBERS LOST IN THE CORN
Subject(s): ABOLITIONISTS; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859); GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN (1863); LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865); PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES; SLAVERY; UNITED STATES - HISTORY; ANTI-SLAVERY; GETTYSBURG, BATTLE OF; SERFS;
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