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
Funeral March, W. E. M. Pettee and J. R. Cory
Mournful Sounds, Louis Piket and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[The] Martyred Patriot, 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
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.
[A] Nation Weeps, J. W. Turner and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Little Tad, J. W. Turner and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Live but One Moment, J. W. Turner and S. Brainard's Sons
Lay Him to Rest, J. W. Turner and W. Dexter Smith Jr.
Jeff’s Last Proclamation, Union and H. L. Story
Requiem, George William Warren and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Funeral March, Charles Wels and Firth, Son & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, B. A. Whaples and E. A. Benson
My Darling Boy is Dead, J. H. Whittemore, A. Wanless, and J. Henry Whittemore
[The] Flag is at Half Mast, William Willing and Oliver Ditson & Co.
[A] Nation Mourns Her Martyr’d Son, Sep. Winner, Alice Hawthorne, and Lee & Walker
Carry Me Back to Tennessee; or Ellie Rhee, Sep. Winner and Sep. Winner & Co.
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral March, William Wolsieffer
Funeral March, William Wolsieffer and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Submissions from 1864
General Burbridge’s Victory March, E. Amende and John Church, Jr.
Prayer For Peace, A. Bagioli and Firth, Son & Co.
Campaign March, Adolph Baumbach and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
Monastery Bells, A. Baumbach and Henry Tolman & 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
God Save the Southern Land, Chaplain Cameron and Geo. Dunn & Company
Clay’s Four Steps Polka, A. Cardona and Louis Grunewald
Our Dress Parade, C. M. C. and J. Church, Jr.
How Are You John Morgan, C. D. Benson
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] People’s Advent, James G. Clark, Gerald Massy, and H. M. Higgins
Grant’s the Man, J. M. Darling, G. L. Abdill, and J. Marsh
[The] President’s Hymn, Dr. Muhlenberg, A. C. Cutterson, and H. M. Higgins
The 199 Broad Street Polka, Edward O. Eaton
Now That You Love Me, E. O. Eaton, J. A. Augustin, and Blackmar & Bro.
Childhood, E. O. Eaton, Thomas F. Walker, and Blackmar & Bro.
Hard Times In Dixie, Eugarps, M. K., and W. W. Whitney
[A] National Hymn, C. Everest, James Nicholson, and Lee & Walker
Beautiful Dreamer, Stephen C. Foster and Wm. Pond & Co.
Marche Funebre, Chas. Fradel and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
General Grant’s Grand March, Joser Gung'l and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Mount, Boys, Mount, Charles T. Hammond and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Our Nation’s Captain, Edward Haynes, Charles Haynes, and Root & Cady
Nomination Song, James Edward Haynes, Charles Haynes, and H. M. Higgins
Campaign Song for Abraham Lincoln, James Edward Haynes and H. M. Higgins
Make Old Massa Hum, J. E. Haynes, Chas. Haynes, and H. M. Higgins
Evangeline, Will S. Hays and S. Brainard & Sons
Freedom’s Muster Drum, John H. Hewitt and J. C. Schreiner & Son
O Give Me a Home By the Sea, E. A. Hosmer and Blackmar & Bro.
[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.
How Are You John Morgan, John L. Peters
Aura Lea, Joseph Kelp and Geo. Dunn & Company
Pearls of Dew, C. Kinkel and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Love’s Response Polka, Charles Kinkel and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Chaunt of Defiance, Lady of Kentucky, A. E. Blackmar, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Old Abe They Said Was An Honest Man, F. Lafayette; J. W. Jarboe; and Firth, Son & Co.
Morning Prayer, A. F. Little and Geo. Dunn & Company
Brother, When Will You Come Back, E. W. Locke and S. Brainard & Co.
Lincoln Union Victory March, C. O. Lundberg and H. M. Higgins
Abraham’s Tea Party, J. H. McNaughton and Firth, Son & Co.
Our Battle Flag, H. Millard, W. Dexter Smith Jr., and G. D. Russell & Company
Brave Boys Are They, Paul Mordaunt and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] President’s Hymn, Wm. A. Muhlenburg, Edward S. Cummings, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
[The] Monk’s Prayer, Julius E. Muller and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
[The] Hurrah For the Red, White & Blue, James E. Murdoch and John Church, Jr.
Emancipation, Oliver Ditson & Co.
Dey Said We Wouldn’t Fight, Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. M. A. Kidder, and Horace Waters
[The] New Emancipation Song, Mrs. Parkhurst, R. A. T., and Horace Waters
How Do You Like It Jefferson D?, Amos Patton and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Our Flag, Our Army & Our President, William H. Perry, James T. Dudley, and Horace Waters
Beside the Sea, W. C. Peters, W. Winter, and A. C. Peters & Bro
