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Title

Handwritten poem entitled: "Air Root Hog or Die", author unknown, written during the Civil War. Patterned after a pre-Civil War poem of the 1850's. Typed transcription included in the folder.

Authors

Files

Collection

0703: Rosanna Blake Collection

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Description

Handwritten poem entitled: "Air Root Hog or Die", author unknown, written during the Civil War. Patterned after a pre-Civil War poem of the 1850's. Typed transcription included in the folder. There were several versions of a poem entitled "Root Hog or Die" published in the 1850's, all by anonymous authors. "Root hog, or die" is a common American catch-phrase dating from well before 1834. Coming from the early colonial practice of turning pigs loose in the woods to fend for themselves, the term is an idiomatic expression for self-reliance.

Subject

Subject Terms: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Poetry
People: Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall"

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

2001.0703.229

Recommended Citation

"Handwritten poem entitled: "Air Root Hog or Die", author unknown, written during the Civil War. Patterned after a pre-Civil War poem of the 1850's. Typed transcription included in the folder." (2021). 0703: Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000. 229.
https://mds.marshall.edu/blake_collection/229