chest-nut

Updated: February 14, 2026

On the eastern side of the fort two or three dozen negroes were engaged in filling canvas bags with sand, to be used in forming temporary embrasures. One lad of eighteen, a dark mulatto, presented the very remarkable peculiarity of chest-nut hair, only slightly curling.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861