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Submissions from 1862
We Are Coming Father Abra’am, N. J. Sporle and Oliver Ditson & Co.
[The] Defenders, Fr. Werner Steinbrecher, Thomas Buchanan Read, and John Church Jr.
Benton Barracks Parade March, Julius Tenzler and Jacob Endres
We Are Coming Father Abra’am; Six Hundred Thousand More, The Wife of a Volunteer and John Church, Jr.
Abraham’s Covenant: A New Battle Song, A. Bert Tobey and H.M. Higgins
Weeping, Sad and Lonely; When the Cruel War is Over, Henry Tucker, Charles Carroll Sawyer, and Sawyer & Thompson
Abraham’s Draft 600,000 More, J. W. Turner and Oliver Ditson
[The] Star Spangled Banner, Charles Voss and G. Andre & Co.
We Are Coming Father Abra’am, David A. Warden, J. Cullen Bryant, and David A. Warden
Zula Song, J. P. Webster, C. M. Ballard, and H. M. Higgins
Brave Men Behold Your Fallen Chief, J. P. Webster, H. C. Ballard, and H. M. Higgins
Old Abe Has Gone and Did It Boys, J. P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett, and H. M. Higgins
[The] Negro Emancipation Song, J. P. Webster, S. Fillmore Bennett, and H. M. Higgins
Old Abe Has Gone and Did It Boys, J. P. Webster, Rudolf De Roode, and H. M. Higgins
Hattie Bell, J. P. Webster, Frank D. Hatfield, and H. M. Higgins
Our Country’s in Danger & Calls For You Now, J. P. Webster and H. M. Higgins
Magruder’s March, J. Willard and George Willig
To Canaan, W. Williams, W. E. Thayer, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Rebellion’s Weak Back, F. Wilmarth and Russell & Patee
Give Us Back Our Commander, Sep. Winner and Wm. R. Smith
Kingdom Coming, Henry C. Work, Charles Grobe, and Root & Cady
Grafted Into the Army, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Kingdom Coming, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Little Major, Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Uncle Joe’s ‘Hail Columbia!', Henry C. Work and Root & Cady
Little Major, Henry C. Work and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
De Day ob Liberty’s Comin’, G. F. Wurzel and Root & Cady
Submissions from 1861
Castles in the Air, Robert Adams, J. Ballantine, and John C. Schreiner and Son
[Les] Trompettes Du Regiment; Polka Militaire, J. Ascher and A. C. Peters & Bro.
The Abe – Iad, F. Bartenstein and J. R. McRebel
Our Union Forever, J. C. Beckel, Miss Harriet L. Castle, and Marsh
Die Zigeunerin; or Bohemian Girl, F. Beyer and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Darling Little Blue-Eyed Nell, Frederick Buckley, B. F. Woolf, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Adieu to the Star Spangled Banner Forever, Ella D. Clark, J. R. Boulcott, and P. P. Werlein & Halsey
Ellsworth’s Avengers, S. L. Coe and A. Lora Hudson
General Beauregard’s Grand March, Mrs. V G. Cowdin and Blackmar & Bro.
Madmen Spare That Flag, Augustus Cull, Mrs. Lena Drake, and Horace Waters
[The] Beauregard or Fort Sumter Polka, Victoria C. and A. E. Blackmar
[The] Garibaldi Galop, Charles D'Albert and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Tom, If You Love Me, Say So, H. P. Danks and H.P. Danks
[Le] Chant Du Berger, M. De Colas and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Every Star- Thirty Four, Charles G. Degenhard, G. Simcoe Lee, and Blodgett & Bradford
Maryland Guard Gallop, Charles Denstedt and Miller & Beacham
[The] American Flag, J. R. Drake, Bellini, and Lee & Walker
[The] Southern Cross, Charles Ellerbrock and Henry McCaffrey
God Save the South, Charles W. A. Ellerbrock, Earnest Halphin, and Blackmar & Bro.
Dixie for the Union!, Dan D. Emmett, Frances J. Crosby, and S. Lasar
Secession Polka, D. F. Geutbruck and John W. Burke
[The] Voice of a Departing Soul, P. S. Gilmore and S. Brainard's Sons
[The] Southron’s Watchword, Stephen Glover, M. F. Bigney, and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Southron’s Watchword, Stephen Glover, M. F. Bigney, and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Southron’s Watchword, Stephen Glover, M. F. Bigney, and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Good Bye at the Door, Stephen Glover, T. E. Carpenter, and Blackmar & Bro.
General Scott’s Grand Review March, Stephen Glover and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Fort Sumpter Grand March, Stephen Glover and S. T. Gordon
God Save the South, Earnest Halphin and Miller & Beacham
Ole Shady, B. R. Hanby and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Ole Shady, B. R. Hanby and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Confederate Grand March, W. H. Hartwell and A. E. Blackmar.
No One to Love, William B. Harvey, A. H. G. Richardson, and Geo. Dunn & Company
No One to Love, William B. Harvey, A. H. G. Richardson, and Lee & Walker
Let Us Have Peace, Will S. Hayes and Tripp & Cragg
[The] Union Forever, Will S. Hays and Tripp & Cragg
Down with the Traitors Serpent Flag, A. J. Higgins, C. C. Flint, and A. Judson Higgins
Mabel Clare, A. J. Higgins, Rosetta Lunt, and A. Judson Higgins
To Triumph Forever Lead On, Lead On; Union Triumph Song, Bertrand J. Hoffacker and B. J. Hoffacker
Hail Columbia, Judge Hopkinson, G. J. Webb, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Heimweh, A. Jungmann and A. C. Peters & Bro.
General Lyon’s Funeral March, G. J. Kredel and G. Andre & Co.
Chaunt of Defiance, Lady of Kentucky, A. E. Blackmar, and Blackmar & Bro.
God Will Defend the Right, Lady of Richmond, VA and Blackmar & Bro.
Yes! The Die is Cast/ Rest Troubled Heart, J. R. Ling and A. C. Peters & Bro.
Our Country’s Flag Alto or Bariton, F. Losse, G. Gumpert, and G. Andre & Co.
Our Country’s Flag Tenor or Soprano, F. Losse, G. Gumpert, and G. Andre & Co.
Missouri, Harry Macarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Volunteer; It is my Country’s Call, Harry Macarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Volunteer; It is my Country’s Call, Harry Macarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Volunteer; It is my Country’s Call, Harry Macarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
General McClellan’s Grand March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
National Beauties; The Star Spangled Banner, Red White and Blue, Yankee Doodle, and Hail Columbia, E. Mack and Marsh
God Save the Flag of Our Native Land, George Martyn, Mary R. T. McAboy, and Wm. McCarrell
[The] Bonnie Blue Flag, Harry McCarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
[The] Bonnie Blue Flag: A Southern Patriotic Song, Harry McCarthy and Blackmar & Bro.
Land of the South, Julius E. Muller, A. F. Leonard, and George Willig
Nelly Was Bright and Happy, Jas. H. Newman, Amelia, and P. P. Werlein & Halsey
Beauregard’s Manassas Quickstep, A. Noir and A. E. Blackmar
[The] Beauregard Manassas Quickstep, A. Noir and Blackmar & Bro.
Rock Me to Sleep Mother, Florence Percy, A. Von Smit, and A. C. Peters & Bro.
"Our Banner of Glory" & "Hail Glorious Banner of Our Land”, W. C. Peters, G. W. Cutter, C. Warren, and A. C. Peters & Bro
We Conquer, or Die!, James Pierpont and John C. Schreiner & Son
Where Liberty Dwells There is my Country, G. S. Plumley and Horace Waters
Pearl River Polka, P. Rivinac and A. E. Blackmar & Bro.
Union, God, and Liberty, Alvin Robinson, S. Wesley Martin, and H. M. Higgins
[The] Palmetto State Song, George O. Robinson and Henry Siegling, Cor
Mother Is the Battle Over?, Benedict E. Roefs and Blackmar & Bro.
Mother Is the Battle Over?, Benedict E. Roefs and Oliver Ditson & Co.
[The] John Brown Song; or Glory Hallelujah with new & revised words, Root & Cady
[The] First Gun is Fired (May God Protect the Right), Geo. F. Root
Father Abraham’s Reply to the 600,000, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
Kitty Ryder: or Kneeling by the Stream, Geo. F. Root and Root & Cady
