31. THE HERO OF THE GUN. By Margaret Junkin Preston.

Margaret Junkin Preston, a poet and prose writer who, though a

native of the North (born in Philadelphia, in 1825), has always

been identified with the South. She wrote many fine ballads. She

died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 28, 1897.

An incident of the Civil War which, though probably true, the son of the

author is not able to identify.

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