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Thread #157370 Message #4131636
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
09-Jan-22 - 03:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: 'Shenandoah' in the U.S. army
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Shenandoah' in the U.S. army

Sorry, I was ignorant of the fact that Tommy Tompkins was a noted colonel of the 7th Cavalry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah_H._R._Tompkins

With that in mind, the verse about him sounds to me more like it could have been standardized rather than personal. I withdraw my suspicion of the texts influencing each other on that basis.