[Ads-l] doughboy, 1862

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jul 11 20:43:42 UTC 2023


Early:

1862 _Buffalo [N.Y.] Courrier_ (May 23) 4: This was Latham's battery, of
Alabama....Next came the "dough boys," or infantry.

JL

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