Charles G. Halpine

Charles Graham Halpine (pseudonym Miles O'Reilly; 20 November 1829 – 3 August 1868) was an Irish author and journalist, and a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Quotes

• When asked what State he hails from,
     Our sole reply shall be,
  He comes from Appomattox,
     And its famous apple-tree.
  • Lines ascribed to "Miles O'Reilly", in Alfred R. Conkling (ed.) Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, vol. 2 (New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889), p. 596
  • Variants: "Charter Song of the Grant Club", in The Grant Songster (New York: Haney & Co., 1867), p. 6

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Charles G. Halpine on Wikipedia