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Submissions from 1863
[The] Men of the West, B. A. Whaples, Edward Willett, and Blelock & Co
He’s Gone to the Arms of Abraham, Sep. Winner and Lee & Walker
He’s Gone to the Arms of Abraham, Sep. Winner and Oliver Ditson & Co.
He’s Gone to the Arms of Abraham, Sep. Winner and Sep. Winner
Daisy Deane, T. F. Winthrop, Jas. R. Murray, and Root & Cady
Where is my Boy Tonight?, J. Henry Wittemore, Herman L. Ladies' Repository, and J. Henry Whittemore
Guard of Land and Sea, F. Woolcott, T. E. Garrett, and W. M. Harlow
Marching Through Georgia, Henry Clay Work and Root & Cady
Babylon Is Fallen, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Kingdom Coming, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Little Major, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Sleeping for the Flag, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Song of a Thousand Years, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
We’ll Go Down Ourselves, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Kingdom Coming, Henry C. Work and S. Brainard's Sons
Contraband Schottish, Charles Young and A. E. Blackmar
Submissions from 1862
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Three Hundred Thousand More, S. J. Adams, New York Evening Post, and Henry Tolman & Co
We Are Coming Father Abram; Six Hundred Thousand More, A Volunteer and S. Brainard & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Six Hundred Thousand More, B. F. Baker and Henry Tolman & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abram; Six Hundred Thousand More, Nathan Barker, Wm. Cullen Bryant, and A. C. Peters & Bro
Here’s Your Mule, C. D. Benson and C. D. Benson
Here’s Your Mule, C. D. Benson and John Church, Jr.
[The] Southern Marseillaise, A. C. Blackmar and Blackmar & Bro.
Jonathan to John, F. Boott, Hosea Bigelow, and Henry Tolman & Co
Hold On Abraham, Uncle Sam’s Boys are Coming Right Along, William B. Bradbury and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Marching Along, Wm. B. Bradbury; Mrs. M. A. Kidder; and Firth, Pond & Co.
Oh! Massa’s Gwine To Washington, C. S. Brainard, Edmund Kirke, and S. Brainard & Co.
To Canaan, C. S. Brainard and S. Brainard & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abra’am; Six Hundred Thousand More, E. M. Bruce and J. W. Lawton & Co.
O Sing to Me Those Dear Old Songs, Frederick Buckley, Charles Sturtevant, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Charge Bayonets, Spencer W. Cone, William Dressler, and S. Brainard & Co.
Can I Go, Dearest Mother?, Bernard Covert and Henry Tolman & Co.
Thou Still Art Near Me, John Summers Cox and Lee & Walker
[The] Pickett Guard, H. Coyle and Lee & Walker
Brave McClellan is Our Leader Now; Glory Hallelujah and John Brown’s Song, A. Cull, M. A. Kidder, and Horace Waters
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Six Hundred Thousand More, A. Cull, New York Evening Post, and Horace Waters
Raw Recruit, Quadrille, Harvey B. Dodworth and H. B. Dodworth
I Can’t Help Dat, Taint My Fault, D. P. Faulds
Violetta; I’m Thinking of a Flower, Edward O. Eaton, Morgan C. Kennedy, and Blackmar & Bro.
We Are Coming Father Abra’am; Three Hundred Thousand More, L. O. Emerson and Wm. Cullen Bryant
We Are Coming Father Abra’am; Three Hundred Thousand More, L. O. Emerson, Wm. Cullen Bryant, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
[The] President’s Emancipation March, Geo. E. Fawcett and Root & Cady
Raw Recruits, Charley Fox; W. L. Hobbs; and Firth, Pond & Co.
Raw Recruits, Charley Fox; W. L. Hobbs; and Firth, Son & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Three Hundred Thousand More, J. A. Getze and Lee & Walker
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Three Hundred Thousand More, J. A. Getze and Lee & Walker
Save Our Flag!, J. A. Getze, Mrs. Sara Wolverton, and J. Henry Whittemore
We Are Coming Father Abraam; Three Hundred Thousand More, P. S. Gilmore and Russell & Patee
Fort Henry Battle March, C. W. Glover and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Goff’s Address (to the Army & Navy of the United States of America), Washington Goff
Ever of thee, Charles Grobe and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Battle of Port Royal (Bombardment of Forts Walker and Beauregard), Ch. Grobe and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Confederate Grand March, W. H. Hartwell and Blackmar & Bro.
No One to Love, William B. Harvey, A. H. G. Richardson, and J. C. Schreiner and Son
What is Home Without a Mother?, Alice Hawthorne and Blackmar & Bro.
Mule Schottisch, E. Heinemann and P. P. Werlein & Halsey
Parade March of the 22nd Regiment NYSM, F. B. Helmsmuller and Firth, Son & Co.
President Lincoln’s Grand March, F. B. Helmsmuller and Hamilton S. Gordon
President Lincoln’s Grand March, F. B. Helmsmuller and Horace Waters
[The] Old Chieftain, Edwin Henry and Lee & Walker
We Are Coming Father Abraham; Three Hundred Thousand More, A. B. Irving and H. M. Higgins
[The] Mudsills Are Coming, G. L. J., E. Bowers, and Russell & Patee
Pro Patria; A National Song for the Fourth of July, 1862, Pilgrim John and D. S. Holmes
Farewell to the Star Spangled Banner, J. W. Davies & Sons
To Canaan, Eben A. Kelly and Clap & Cory
[IL] Bacio, Eugene Ketterer and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[La] Norvegienne, Eugene Ketterer and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Maryland! My Maryland!, Lady of Baltimore, Jas. R. Randall, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Uncle Abraham, Bully For You, G. R. Lampard and H. M. Higgins
To Canaan, Ernest Leslie and Russell & Patee
We Are Marching Down to Dixie’s Land, E. W. Locke, Gustave Ascher, and S. T. Gordon
We Are Marching on to Richmond, E. W. Locke, Gustave Ascher, and S. T. Gordon
Our Flag, Harry Macarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
General Grant’s Grand March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
Governor’s Sprague’s Grand March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
Monitor Grand March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
General Grant’s Grand March, E. Mack and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Sons of Those Noble Sires, L. Marshall, R. Thayer, and Russell & Patee
General Sigel’s Grand March, T. J. Martin and D. S. Critchley & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abraam; Three Hundred Thousand More, Ferdinand Mayer and Henry Tolman & Co.
Funeral Anthem; I Heard A Voice From Heaven, George Washbourn Morgan and Firth, Pond & Co.
General Burnside’s Victory March, Oliver Ditson & Co.
Major General McClellan’s Grand March, Oliver Ditson & Co.
To Canaan, Oliver Ditson & Co.
Major General Hampton’s Quickstep, Lizzie C. Orchard and Gray & Valory
Three Hundred Thousand More, George R. Poulton, William Cullen Bryant, and Joseph P. Shaw
There’s Life in the Old Land Yet, Jas. R. Randall and Edward O. Eaton
There’s Life in the Old Land Yet, Jas. R. Randall, Edward O. Eaton, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Our National Union March, Charles Rehm and Charles Rehm
[The] Flag with Thirty Four Stars, C. S. Root, W. H. Hayward, and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[The] Battle Cry of Freedom, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
[The] Battle Cry of Freedom, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
[The] Battle Cry of Freedom, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
[The] Battle Cry of Freedom, George F. Root and Root & Cady
Year of Jubilee; Kingdom Has Come, "Sambo" and H. M. Higgins
General Lee’s Grand March, Hermann L. Schreiner and John C. Schreiner & Son
Beauregard’s Retreat From Shiloh, Skedaddles and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Prices Retreat From Corinth, Skedaddles and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Floyd’s Retreat from Fort Donelson, Skeddadles and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[The] Soldier’s Dream Home, C. Hatch Smith, Mrs. E. O. Perrin, and Sawyer & Thompson
