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 1874
[The] Rose Song, M. W. Balfe, Arthur Mattihson, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Lincoln Park March, Chas. Breytspraak and John Molter
Vain Desire, Karl Collan, Marie A. Brown, and Louis Meyer
Galop Rondo, Ferdinand Gumbert and G. Schirmer
Si E Ver; If It’s True, Tito Mattei and G. Schirmer
Lincoln Medley Quadrille, Jas. W. Porter and W. R. Smith
Heaven, Have Pity!, Verdi, George W. Tryon Jr., and Lee & Walker
Lincoln Boy’s March, Mrs. A. H. Whitney and Lee & Walker
Submissions from 1873
L’Incontro (The Meeting), L. Arditi, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
When the Tides Come In, Harrison Millard, H. Ashland Kean, and G. D. Russell & Co.
Who’s at my Window, G. A. Osborne, H. B. Farnie, and Lee & Walker
Sleep On, Salvatore Scuderi, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
Submissions from 1872
Hope of Spring, Franz Abt. and G. Schirmer
In Mid-Winter, Franz Abt. and G. Schirmer
Do Not Forget Me, Hamilton Aide and F. A. North & Co
Love May Come Tomorrow, Albert W. Berg, George Cooper, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Oh Horace, Harry Birch and White, Smith & Company
Grant Is the Man, Harry Birch and White, Smith & Perry
Do Not Leave Me Mother Darling, Frank M. Davis, Robert B. Johnson, and H. W. Coon
Dear Little Heart, Harrison Millard and White & Goullard
Fleur des Alpes, J. B. Wekerlin, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
Submissions from 1871
Ninth Regiment Quick Step, D. L. Downing and C. H. Ditson & Co
[The] Last Rose of Summer; Qui Sola Virgin Rosa, Flotow and Lee & Walker
Senza Te!, Charles Gounod and G. Schirmer
Milwaukee Light Guard Quickstep, H. N. Hempsted and H. N. Hempsted
Could I But See My Child To-Night, C. C. Hunting and W. W. Whitney
Submissions from 1870
Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, A. Adam, K. A. Ritter, and E. Ferrett & Company
[The] Dark Séance Polka, J. H. Addison and Metzler & Co.
God is Love, Anonymous
Carry the News We are all Surrounded, Walter Bray, Charley Howard, Eddie Fox, and Lee & Walker
Union Pacific Gallop, Albert H. Fernald and Oliver Ditson & Co.
President Lincoln’s Grand March, F. B. Helmsmuller and S. T. Gordon & Son
[The] Patchwork Song, S. Nielson, W. Dexter Smith Jr., and S. Brainard's Sons
Could I but Claim that Heart’s Embrace, H. D. Sofge and J. E. McCaullay
Submissions from 1869
Flower of the Hearth, Franz Abt., E. W. M., and G. Andre & Co.
[The] Lover and the Bird, Cesar Baladi, P. D. Gugliemlo, and J. L. Peters
[The] Western Refuge, B. F. Burnham and White, Smith & Perry
You and I!, Claribel and William A. Pond & Co.
Sweet Genevieve, George Cooper and Henry Tucker
Ah So True, G. Estabrook and John L. Peters
President’s March, Federico Gennari and John F. Ellis & Co
Young Folks at Home, Miss Hattie Livingston, Frank Spencer, and Gould & Berry
General Lee’s Quick March, Charles Young and J. L. Peters
Submissions from 1868
Our Brutus, E. B. Armand, La Grosse Democrat, and A. E. Blackmar
Laus Deo, F. Boott, J. G. Whittier, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Ring On, Sweet Angelus!, Ch. Gounod, Henry B. Farnie, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Grant and Colfax Campaign March, G. W. Lovejoy and Lyon & Healy, Clark & Washington Sts.
Ulysses is His Name, Dexter Smith and S. Brainard & Sons
Let Women Vote, T. Martin Towne, Mrs. E. L. Kellogg, and Root & Cady
Northmen Awake, J. P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett, and Root & Cady
There’s a Cottage on the Hillside of the Noble Prairie State; The Dying Volunteer, J. P. Webster, Minnie Moore, and H. M. Higgins
Submissions from 1867
[The] President’s March; Hail Columbia, Balmer & Weber
Washington et Lincoln, Joseph Comellas and G. Schirmer
Nella Calma; In the Calmness, William Dressler, H. Millard, and J. L. Peters
Vive L’Union, J. Remington Fairlamb and Chas. W. A. Trumpler
Lincoln’s Grand March, J. J. Dodmyer & Co
Old Roger The Tin-Maker Man, W. B. Richardson, C. C. Haskins, and Henry Tolman & Co
Dreams of Home, Ira C. Stockbridge, C. C. Haskins, and G. D. Russell & Company
Submissions from 1866
Monody on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, J. C. Beckel and Marsh & Bubna
Young Eph’s Jubilee, W. H. Brockway, J. B. Murphy, and Root & Cady
[The] American Volunteers Triumphal March, Edward Clapman and H. M. Higgins
[The] Soldier’s Suit of Grey, E. Clarke Isley, Miss Carrie Bell Sinclair, and Blackmar & Bro.
In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln, M. Keller, W. Dexter Smith Jr., and Wm. Hall & Son
Heaven Hath Shed a Tear, Fr. Kucken, Thomas Becket Jr., Mrs. C. R. Corson, and G. Andre & Co
"In Memoriam” A. Lincoln, Getrude I. Ladd and C. M. Tremaine
[The] Freedman’s Lament, M. B. Ladd, E. A. Parkhurst, and Horace Waters
Ave Maria, Luigi Luzzi, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
Requiem, Jules C. Meininger and McCarrell & Meininger
[The] Veto Galop, Make Peace and McCarrell & Meininger
President Lincoln’s Funeral Dirge, Rose Rynder and Marsh & Bubna
Here’s Your Mule Galop, Charles Stein and S. Brainard's Sons
God Save the President National Song, Charles E. White, E. N. Lamont, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
[The] Warriors Return, Ch. Ph. Winkler and Jas. A. McClure
Darky Sam, J. Young and D. S. Holmes
Submissions from 1865
Tread Lightly Ye Comrades: The Volunteers' Grave, Annie, Miss Sadie Crane, Mrs. F.L. Bowen, and Root & Cady
Rest, Noble Chieftain, C. Archer and Lee & Walker
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral March, C. H. Bach
Grand Inaugural; Polonaise, Charles H. Bach and Root & Cady
Funeral March, C. H. Bach and S. Brainard's Sons
I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, M. W. Balfe and John C. Schreiner & Son
Monody on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, J. C. Beckel and J. J. Dobmeyer & Co
Lincoln’s Dead March, J. C. Beckel and J. Marsh
Monody on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, J. C. Beckel and J. Marsh
Wearing of the Green, S. Behrens and Chas. W. A. Trumpler
[La] Sonnambula, Bellini and Mme. Vve. Launer
Goodbye, Jeff!, P. P. Bliss and Root & Cady
Pat Malloy, Dion Bourcicault, John P. Cooke, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Lincoln’s Requiem, Irene Boynton, J. A. Butterfield, and H. M. Higgins
Ivy Leaf Waltz, H. M. Brainard and S. Brainard & Son
[A] Tribute to the Memory of President Lincoln, T. M. Brown and Endres & Compton
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, T. M. Brown and Endres & Lompton
We Mourn Our Country’s Loss; Marcia Funerale, Augustus Buechel and P. A. Wundermann
When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea, Adjutant Byers, E. Mack, and Lee & Walker
When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea, Adjutant Byers, E. Mack, and S. Brainard & Co.
[The] Martyr of Liberty, James G. Clark and Horace Waters
[The] Death of President Lincoln, William Clifton and Thos. Birch & Son
Peace, E. K. Cole, Mrs. C. Edmonston, and C. Edmonston
How Sleep the Brave, William Collins, Carlo Bardetti, and Endres & Compton
[The] Nation’s Purest Man, John H. Cook, William B. Bradbury, and Louis Tripp
Jeff in Petticoats, George Cooper, Henry Tucker, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
