Song of the Shoddy
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A satirical four-part poem from Vanity Fair, September 1861, protesting the poor-quality shoddy cloth uniforms supplied to Union soldiers by army contractors early in the Civil War. Three speakers (a lieutenant-colonel, a quartermaster and a tailor) testify to badly made coats, missing buttons and worthless materials, and the final stanza demands that the guilty contractor be named and shamed.
- Type
- Other
- Date
- September 21, 1861
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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