Yo ho, yo ho - A Pirate's Life for Me


From page 18, the Life of Billy Yank (my italics):

Nowhere was the war spirit more rampant than in the classrooms. At Bowdoin College the students on hearing of Sumter's fall rang the chapel bell, displayed the national colors, defiantly waved a skull-and-crossbones banner and shortly began daily drills on the campus.

(My thanks to the 15th New Jersey for this interesting little bit of information. - Jonah)


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