8/29/2007

Dickinson and Brady

Yes, Dickinson looked at Brady's photos. No, they could not be the sole source for her #639. Dickinson's family was steeped in the society that supplied young officers to the "Harvard Regiment." The inspiration for the poem is likely Ball's Bluff. There's even a clue in her line "More arduous than Balls."

And so I pick nits with Craig Warren.