Monday, February 20, 2012

A long, narrow stretch of land . . .

lying east of Roanoke Island bears the euphonious title of “Kill Devil Hills.”  They looked down approvingly upon the great triumph of our arms while Gen. Burnside was bruising the head of the secession serpent.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 22, 1862, p. 2

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