Title: The sleeping sentinel
Description: "The incidents here woven into verse relate to William Scott, a young soldier from the state of Vermont, who, while on duty as a sentinel at night, fell asleep, and, having been condemned to die, was pardoned by the President"--Publisher's preface.
Subjects: Relations with soldiers, Poetry, United States, United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865), Soldiers, History
People: William Scott (1840?-1862)