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Burnside

Burnside, Burnside, whither doth thou wander?
Up stream, down stream, like a crazy gander?

Notes

Ambrose Burnside, whose army was thrashed by Lee, Jackson, and James Longstreet at Fredericksburg along the banks of the Rappahannock River. American Civil War.

From Collected Material by Lizzie Cary Daniel

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