Item description: This poem, printed as a broadside or handbill, was probably written just after North Carolina’s formal secession from the Union on May 20, 1861. Handbills such as this one were used to encourage new recruits to join the state militia. The author of this poem is unknown.
Item citation: Call number Cb811 N87c 1861, North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.