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 1865
Somebody’s Darling, Mrs. E. K. Crawford and S. Brainard & Co.
Oh! Speak to Me Once More, Henri Cromwell, W. Dexter Smith Jr., and G. D. Russell & Company
Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. C. Davis and Balmer & Weber
Funeral March; or Marche Funebre, Donizetti and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Sunny South Polka, Gustave Duvernoy and A. E. Blackmar
Striking Ile, Dan D. Emmett and William A. Pond & Co.
Jack on the Green, Dan D. Emmett and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, C. Everest and Lee & Walker
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, C. Everest and Lee & Walker
Toll the Bell of Mourning, C. Everest and Lee & Walker
[The] National Funeral March, C. Everest and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, C. Everest and Oliver Ditson Company
[The] Death Knell is Tolling, J. F. Fargo, H. H. Cody, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Lincoln’s Funeral March, Ch. Jos. Fischer and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Requiem March; In Honor of President’s Lincoln, W. O. Fiske and Oliver Ditson & Co.
In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, Karl Formes and Root & Cady
Ole Mose, Edwy Wells Foster and Henry Tolman & Co.
Lincoln In Memorium, Wm. P. Fox, Francis Woolcott, and John Church Jr.
Lincoln’s Grave, Isaiah W. Gougler and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Rest, Martyr, Rest, Geo. P. Graff, Jas. E. Glass, and H. M. Higgins
[The] Star Spangled Banner with Variations, Charles Grobe and Oliver Ditson & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, J. W. Groschel and Theodore Hagen
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, Louis Grube and Grube & Metz
Funeral March, F. Haase and Oliver Ditson & Co.
They Sleep in the Far Sunny Southland, Mrs. O. N. Haskins and H. M. Higgins
Weep Not For the Slain, O Columbia, Mrs. O. N. Haskins and H. M. Higgins
How it Marches! The Flag of the Union, H. H. Hawley, Geo. F. Root, and Root & Cady
Drummer Boys of Shiloh, Will S. Hays
[The] Unhappy Contraband, Will S. Hays and D. P. Faulds
Milwaukee Light Guard Quickstep, H. N. Hempsted and H. N. Hempsted
Our Flag Shall Wave There, Robert Hervey and W. R. Smith
Lincoln’s Funeral March, Charles Hess and A. C. Peters & Bro.
General Sherman and His Boys in Blue, H. M. Higgins and H. M. Higgins
Rest, Spirit, Rest; Grand Requiem March, E. Hoffman and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, T. Jacobs and John F. Ellis
[The] Corinthian Waltz, J. Church Jr.
Jasmine Waltz, Lottie J. Johnson and H. M. Higgins
May Rose Waltz, Lottie J. Johnson and H. M. Higgins
[The} Union Wagon, Judson, Asa, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Requiem, M. Keller and S. Brainard's Sons
Lincoln’s Dying Refrain, M. B. Ladd and S. T. Gordon
Lincoln’s Dying Refrain, M. B. Ladd and W. R. Smith
We Mourn Our Fallen Chieftain, M. B. Ladd and W. R. Smith
Our Martyr President, Oscar Linden, W. Dexter Smith, and G. D. Russell & Company
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
Dirge, E. Mack, O. Wheelock, and Lee & Walker
Captain Jinks, T. Maclagan and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Funeral March, Henry Mayer and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
How Can I Bear to Part from Thee, Julius C. Meininger, Thomas B. Long, and A. C. Peters & Bro
In Memoriam, H. T. Merrill, Mrs. E. J. Bugbee, and H. T. Merrill & Co
In Memoriam, H. T. Merrill, Mrs. E. J. Bugbee, and Merrill & Brennan
In Memoriam, H. T. Merrill, Mrs. E. J. Bugbee, and Root & Cady
Funeral March, Karl Merz and John Church, Jr.
For God & Liberty, H. Millard and Firth, Son & Co.
Under the Daisies, H. Millard and S. T. Gordan
[The] President’s Grave, L. B. Miller, Edwin S. Babbitt, and S. Brainard's Sons
[The] Twilight, Eugent Moniot and A. C. Peters & Bro.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, Francis Mueller and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Abraham’s Daughter, F. H. H. Oldfield and M. Gray
Funeral March, John K. Paine and Beer & Schirmer
Funeral March, Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst and Horace Waters
Oh, Send Me One Flower From His Grave, Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst, Mrs. M. A. Kidder, and Horace Waters
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, Geo. C. Pearson and H. M. Higgins
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, Geo. C. Pearson and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, Geo. C. Pearson and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Funeral March, W. E. M. Pettee and J. R. Cory
Mournful Sounds, Louis Piket and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Savior of our Country, James W. Porter and J. J. Dobmeyer & Co
[The] Martyred Patriot, James W. Porter and J. Marsh
[The] Savior of our Country, James W. Porter and J. Marsh
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
Funeral March, Charles E. Rogers and S. Brainard's Sons
Farewell Father, Friend, and Guardian, Geo. F. Root, L. M. Dawn, and Root & Cady
Farewell Father, Friend, and Guardian, Geo. F. Root, L. M. Dawn, and S. Brainard's Sons
Farewell Father, Friend, and Guardian, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
Glory! Glory! Or the Little Octoroon, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
On, On, On, The Boys Came Marching, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
Starved in Prison, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
That’s What the N*****s then Will Do, Tom Russell, Geo. H. Barton, and Lyon & Healy
That’s What the N*****s then Will Do, Tom Russell, Geo. H. Barton, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral Dirge, Rose Rynder and J. Marsh
National Funeral March, J. E. Schonacker and John Church, Jr.
National Funeral March, J. E. Schonacker and John Church, Jr.
A Gloom is Cast o’er All the Land, Henry Schroeder and Horace Waters
Enjolras; The Song of the Patriot, Edmundus Scotus and D. P. Faulds
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud, A. Sedgwick and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Jeff’s Race for the Last Ditch, W. Dexter Smith Jr., Fritz Eustance, and G. D. Russell & Company
I Have No Mother Now, Franz Staab and H. M. Higgins
Let the President Sleep, James M. Stewart, Geo. A. Brown, and J. R. Cory
Funeral March; or March Funebre, W. S. and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Our Noble Chief Has Passed Away, J. R. Thomas, Geo. Cooper, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
[The] Nation Mourns Her Chief, H. S. Thompson and Balmer & Weber
Old Abe; The Battle Eagle, T. Martin Towne, L. J. Bates, and H. N. Hempsted
[The] Nation In Tears, Konrad Treuer and R. C.
[The] Nation In Tears, Konrad Treuer, R. C., and Wm. Jennings Demorest
Nation’s Honored Dead, J. W. Turner, Miss M. J. Bishop, and C. C. Clapp & Co
Live but One Moment, J. W. Turner and Henry Tolman & Co.
[The] Assassin’s Vision, J. W. Turner and Henry Tolman & Co.
