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Civil War Diary of Freeman ColbyΒ (continued):
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Β Franz Sigel was a German revolutionary who rose to command a corps largely composed of pro-Unionist German immigrants.Β This songsheet shows howΒ Sigel’s corps was portrayed in the comedic dialect popular at the time of the war…

