ABSTRACT
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard ’round the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Concord Hymn,” 1837 As soon as a man Enlists, Scour him up, Shave his face, put a new Suit of Cloaths on him, powder his head, and make Gentlemen of them … it would be a great Inducement for their Inlisting and I am Confidant there would not be half so many Desertions. … Col. J. Gunby to Lt. Col. Uriah Forrest 1
