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
[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
[The] Assassin’s Vision, J. W. Turner and S. Brainard's Sons
Lay Him to Rest, J. W. Turner and W. Dexter Smith Jr.
She Had Such Wheedling Ways, S. Tute and Henry Tolman & Co.
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.
Saule- Pleureur; Weeping Willow, B. A. Whaples and Blelock & 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.
[The] Union Restored, Wm. 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.
Ring the Bell, Watchman, Henry Clay Work and Root & Cady
Tis Finished; Sing Hallelujah, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
[The] Vermont Volunteers’ March, D. B. Worley and H. L. Story
Submissions from 1864
You Can Never Win Us Back, A Lady of Kentucky, J. E. Smith, and J. W. Davies & Sons
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.
“Richmond on the 'James'” and “Bingen on the Rhine”, T. E. Bayley, Exile, Mrs. Norton, and Blackmar & Bro.
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
We’ll Go Marching, T. Brigham Bishop and John Church, Jr.
Washington Artillery Polka March, A. E. Blackmar and Blackmar & Bro.
Three Cheers For Abe & Andy, Chas. B. Brigham and H. M. Higgins
Tell Me of My Darling Boy, Harry Buckline and W. W. Whitney
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
When E’er the Stars Come Forth at Eve, C. M. Currier, B. R. Briscoe, and John Church Jr.
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
Vice President Johnson’s March, L. W. Eastman and J. Church, Jr.
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.
U. S. G.; National Walk Round, Dan D. Emmett and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
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.
Star of My Future Life, Asa Hartz and A. C. Peters & Bro.
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
We’s a G’Wine to Fight, 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
Somebody’s Darling, John H. Hewitt and J. C. Schreiner & Son
When Upon the Field of Glory; Answer to 'When This Cruel War is Over', John Hewitt, Herman L. Schreiner, 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
Yes, We Think of Thee at Home; Answer to ‘Do They Think of Me at Home’, E. Clarke Ilsey, J. H. Hewitt, and Blackmar & Bro.
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.
Whisperings of Love, Charles Kinkel and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Walter Kittredge, M. F. H. Smith, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
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
[The] Volunteer; It is my Country’s Call, Harry Macarthy and A. E. Blackmar
[The] Tripple Hued Banner, Mrs. C.A. Mason, Asa B. Hutchinson, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Abraham’s Tea Party, J. H. McNaughton and Firth, Son & Co.
Star Spangled Banner, C. Merkley and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[The] Swords Were Thirty-Seven, H. Millard, Miles O'Reilly, and Wm. Hall & Son
Our Battle Flag, H. Millard, W. Dexter Smith Jr., and G. D. Russell & Company
Brave Boys Are They, Paul Mordaunt and Blackmar & Bro.
Wait till the War, Love, is Over, Paul Mordaunt and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Sanitary Polka, Mrs. Parkhurst and Horace & Waters
[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.
Snolly-Goster Ebenezer, J. B. Murphy and Endres & Compton
Emancipation, Oliver Ditson & Co.
When We All March Home, S. W. Paine and J. Henry Whittemore
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
