Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Connecticut Yankee” in article 24 of The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...d-so, and whom the enemy seized upon as a trophy of their brilliant exploits at Great Bethel. But it has since leaked out that this prisoner of war, over whom so much parade is made, is the veritable Connecticut Yankee tin pedlar, formerly a resident of this city, Major Titus O. Rice, of the late Virginia Militia, and who was at large upon a parole of honor granted by Picayune Butler. The Old Lady.
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