And showing how Thanksgiving-Day was kept by the Mackerels.
"The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3"
Robert H. Newell
Too often did the former General of the Mackerel Brigade make the mistake this high-minded conduct is intended to avoid; too often, after an interval of only a few months, did he lead the majestic Mackerels ahead of him into the field, and then hastily retire, upon finding that the Confederacies were too inferior in numbers to make their conquest worth while.
"The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3"
Robert H. Newell
Instantly there arose cheers so loud that they must have been heard by the cowardly Confederacies on the hills behind Paris, and several Mackerels became so enthusiastic to be led against the enemy, that they actually started on the war-path by themselves, and only turned back when they discovered that they happened to be going in the wrong direction.
"The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3"
Robert H. Newell