Brave sentry, on your lonely beat,
May these blue stockings warm your feet;
And when from war and camps you part,
May some fair knitter warm your heart.
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A pair of stockings, sent by the ladies' committee for the use of some gallant volunteer, was accompanied by the following verse:
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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