This collection is comprised of sheet music from the mid to late 19th century, as well as music about the American Civil War from the first half of the twentieth century.
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Submissions from 1927
Children, Don’t Get Weary and Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, Edward Boatner and A. M. Townsend
Submissions from 1918
Allegiance, Julia Smith, Arrow Music Publication Co., and D.W. Cooper Publication Co.
Submissions from 1910
Appalachee Sunny Tennessee, Ole Bull Jones and S. B. Newman & Co.
[The] Appalachian March Militaire, Ole Bull Jones and S. B. Newman & Co.
Submissions from 1909
Abraham Lincoln Jones, Cecil Mack and Chris Smith
Submissions from 1905
Boys In Blue, Anthony L. Maresh and Maresh Music Co.
Submissions from 1885
Ah Tell Me Why, Mme. Rothschild, C. Renney, and Oliver Ditson
Submissions from 1880
Brave Garfield Is Our Man, John Church & Co.
Dey’s All Put on de Blue, Thomas P. Westendorf and W. E. Shaw
Submissions from 1877
Emancipation Day, Harry Hunter and Francis Bros & Day
Submissions from 1876
Emancipation Day, Dave Braham, C. L. Stout, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Clear the Way For Hayes and Wheeler, S. B. Dean and G. D. Russell & Co.
Centennial Chorus (For God and Home and Library), Harrison Milard and J. E. Ditson & Co.
Submissions from 1875
Emancipation Day, C. St. John and White, Smith & Company
Submissions from 1872
Do Not Forget Me, Hamilton Aide and F. A. North & Co
Do Not Leave Me Mother Darling, Frank M. Davis, Robert B. Johnson, and H. W. Coon
Dear Little Heart, Harrison Millard and White & Goullard
Submissions from 1871
Could I But See My Child To-Night, C. C. Hunting and W. W. Whitney
Submissions from 1870
[The] Dark Séance Polka, J. H. Addison and Metzler & Co.
Carry the News We are all Surrounded, Walter Bray, Charley Howard, Eddie Fox, and Lee & Walker
Could I but Claim that Heart’s Embrace, H. D. Sofge and J. E. McCaullay
Submissions from 1869
Ah So True, G. Estabrook and John L. Peters
Submissions from 1867
Dreams of Home, Ira C. Stockbridge, C. C. Haskins, and G. D. Russell & Company
Submissions from 1866
[The] American Volunteers Triumphal March, Edward Clapman and H. M. Higgins
Ave Maria, Luigi Luzzi, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
Darky Sam, J. Young and D. S. Holmes
Submissions from 1865
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral March, C. H. Bach
[The] Death of President Lincoln, William Clifton and Thos. Birch & Son
[The] Death Knell is Tolling, J. F. Fargo, H. H. Cody, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Drummer Boys of Shiloh, Will S. Hays
[The] Corinthian Waltz, J. Church Jr.
Dirge, E. Mack, O. Wheelock, and Lee & Walker
Captain Jinks, T. Maclagan and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Abraham’s Daughter, F. H. H. Oldfield and M. Gray
Antony and Cleopatra, Jas. W. Porter, WM. H. Lytle, and Chas. W. A. Trumpler
Come Home Oh! Come Home, Edgar Reed and Emily P. Williams
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral March, W. J. Robjohn
[The] Assassin’s Vision, J. W. Turner and Henry Tolman & Co.
Carry Me Back to Tennessee; or Ellie Rhee, Sep. Winner and Sep. Winner & Co.
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral March, William Wolsieffer
Submissions from 1864
Campaign March, Adolph Baumbach and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight, Ethel Lynn Beers, John Hill Hewitt, and Lamar Fontaine
Abraham the Great and General Grant His Mate, T. Brigham Bishop
Clay’s Four Steps Polka, A. Cardona and Louis Grunewald
Brise Du Sud, E. Chassaignac, P. Canonge, and Bronze Pen Print
[The] Copperhead of 1864, James G. Clark, John Holland, and Horace Waters
[The] Chicago Copperhead, James G. Clark and Horace Waters
[The] Children of the Battlefield, James G. Clark and Lee & Walker
The 199 Broad Street Polka, Edward O. Eaton
Childhood, E. O. Eaton, Thomas F. Walker, and Blackmar & Bro.
Beautiful Dreamer, Stephen C. Foster and Wm. Pond & Co.
Campaign Song for Abraham Lincoln, James Edward Haynes and H. M. Higgins
[The] Battle in the Clouds, William D. Howells and M. Keller
Brother’s Fainting at the Door and Titus March, P. B. Isaacs; C. Bowers; Napoleon W. Gould; Firth, Son & Co.; and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Aura Lea, Joseph Kelp and Geo. Dunn & Company
Chaunt of Defiance, Lady of Kentucky, A. E. Blackmar, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Brother, When Will You Come Back, E. W. Locke and S. Brainard & Co.
Abraham’s Tea Party, J. H. McNaughton and Firth, Son & Co.
Brave Boys Are They, Paul Mordaunt and Blackmar & Bro.
Emancipation, Oliver Ditson & Co.
Dey Said We Wouldn’t Fight, Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. M. A. Kidder, and Horace Waters
Beside the Sea, W. C. Peters, W. Winter, and A. C. Peters & Bro
Can the Soldier Forget?, Geo. F. Root, Charles Boynton, and Root & Cady
Black Key Mazurka, Carl Sack and John Church, Jr.
[The] Battle Cry of Freedom, Hermann L. Schreiner, William H. Barnes, and J. C. Schreiner and Son
Bird of Beauty, M. B. Scott, Ella of Woodlawn, and Blackmar & Bro.
Abraham Our Abraham, W. F. S. and W. F. Sherwin
[The] Campaign Polka, Mary E. Walsh and J. Marsh
Come Home, Father, Henry Clay Work and Root & Cady
Corporal Schnapps, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
[The] Brave Veteran Boys, Richard Zellner, William M. Cook, and H. M. Higgins
Submissions from 1863
De United States Hotel, M. G. Bisbee and Chas. W. A. Trumpler
Dirge; Sung at the Consecration of Soldiers’ Cemetery at Gettysburg (Nov. 19th, 1863), Alfred Delaney and Jas. G. Percival
Child of Regiment, Donizetti, J. W. Glover, C. Jeffrys, and John C. Schreiner and Son
[The] Black Brigade; Plantation Song and Dance, Dan D. Emmett and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
[The] Bonnie Flag with the Stripes and Stars, J. L. Geddes and Balmer & Weber
Come Back Massa, Come Back!, Gomez and I. W. Lucas
Captain Shepherd’s Quick Step, C. S. Grafulla and S. T. Gordon
’63 is the Jubilee, J. L. Greene and D. A. French
Drummer Boys of Shiloh, Will S. Hays and D. P. Faulds
[The] American Flag, Will S. Hays and D. P. Faulds
Drums & Trumpets, or A Parade In Broadway, F. B. Helmsmuller and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Dixie, the Land of King Cotton, John H. Hewitt, Capt. Hughes, and John C. Schreiner and Son
Dreams, Faustina Hasse Hodges, H. C. L., and John C. Schreiner and Son
Drummer Boys of Shiloh, E. Clarke Ilsley and Blackmar & Bro.
De Darkies Rallying Song, J. P. Jones, J. O'Conner, and H. M. Higgins
Boys Keep Your Powder Dry, Fr. C. Mayer and Blackmar & Bro.
Battery Wagner, Edmond Newmann and B. Duncan & Company
Abraham My Abraham, William K. O’Donoughue, Charles G. Degenhard, and Sheppard & Cottier
[The] Darkies Rally, W. W. Partridge and S. Brainard & Co.
Awake! A Southern War Song, C. L. Peticolas, J. M. Kilgour, and Oliver Ditson
All Quiet! Hark, No Cannons Roar, J. S. Reed Mrs.
Christmas and New Year: “Fairies Have Broken their Wands”, “The Lover’s Wish”, “I Know a Maiden Fair to See”, F. W. R., Thomas Hood, F. W. Rosier, Longfellow, and Geo. Dunn & Compy.
Beauregard’s Charleston Quickstep, J. C. Schreiner and Schreiner and Son
Away Goes Cuffee, L. B. Starkweather and Oliver Ditson and Company
Cuffee’s War Song, L. B. Starkweather and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Dear Mother I’ve Come Home to Die”, Henry Tucker; E. Bowers; and Firth, Son & Co
Dear Mother, I’ve Come Home to Die, Henry Tucker, E. Bowers, and Geo. Dunn & Co.
Call Me Not Back from the Echoless Shore, Henry Tucker, Charles C. Sawyer, and Geo. Dunn & Co.
Call Me Not Back from the Echoless Shore, Henry Tucker, Charles C. Sawyer, and J. C. Schreiner and Son
