Articles Include Josh Billings, By Henry Wheeler Shaw; Major Jack Downing, By Seabee Smith; Orphans C. Kerri By R. H. Newell; Petroleum V. Nasty, By David Ross
In Civil War Humor, author Cameron C. Nickels examines the various forms of comedic popular artifacts produced in America from 1861 to 1865, and looks at how wa
Representative samples of jokes, stories, and tall tales told by both sides to keep spirits up under the horrifying conditions of war. Demonstrates similarity b
Articles Include Josh Billings, By Henry Wheeler Shaw; Major Jack Downing, By Seabee Smith; Orphans C. Kerri By R. H. Newell; Petroleum V. Nasty, By David Ross