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.
For some of the sheet music the publishing date is unknown. The year the submission is under might be an estimate of when it was released. It is specified in the abstract the known publishing date.
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Submissions from 1928
Lincoln Song, Cyrus Simmons and Cyrus Simmons
Submissions from 1927
Children, Don’t Get Weary and Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, Edward Boatner and A. M. Townsend
Lincoln We’re Proud of You, Paul Merry, Dave Hanger, and United Artists Music Co.
Lincoln the Pride of Springfield, Illinois, William T. Rice, F. Berneker, and Wm. T. Rice
Submissions from 1926
What Does Old Glory Say, Fred L. Hakel, Jas. B. Gaughen, and James B. Gaughen
Submissions from 1925
[The] Name of Abraham, Howard Johnson, Irving Bibo, Lew Klein, and Ager. Yellen & Bornstein Inc.
Submissions from 1923
Lincoln, Robert Braine; Edwin Liebfreed; and Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc
Submissions from 1921
[The] Lincoln Who Lives, Alma Stanley, Ruth Mason Rice, and The Ladies Home Journal
Submissions from 1920
[The] Turkey & the Pilgrim, Alice Terhune and Ladies Home Journal
Submissions from 1918
We’re Bound to Win With Boys Like You, Kendis, Brockman, Nat Vincent, and Kendis-Brockman Music Co. Inc
Allegiance, Julia Smith, Arrow Music Publication Co., and D.W. Cooper Publication Co.
Submissions from 1917
It’s Time For Every Boy to be a Soldier, Alfred Bryan, Harry Tierney, and Jerome H. Remick & Co
Mighty America March, A. L. Maresh and Maresh Music Co.
I’m All Bound ‘Round With the Mason Dixon Line, Jean Schwartz, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, and Waterson-Berlin & Snyder Co
Submissions from 1916
Our Lincoln, The Hero of the Nation, T. Francis Burke, Mrs. Ella M. Ellis, and Mrs. Ella M. Ellis
Submissions from 1914
I Love You Like Lincoln Loved the Old Red, White & Blue, William Jerome, Joe Young, Jean Schwartz, and Happy Williams Music Co
Submissions from 1913
Grand Old Gettysburg Boys, W. A. Webb, Mrs. Findley Braden, and Braden Publishing Company
Submissions from 1912
Everybody Laughs, I. H. Harper and I. H. Harper
Lincoln’s College Flag, Will A. Heelan, J. Fred Helf, and J. Fred Helf
Submissions from 1910
[The] School Where Lincoln Went, Will Hardy and Bostonia Publishing Co.
Appalachee Sunny Tennessee, Ole Bull Jones and S. B. Newman & Co.
[The] Appalachian March Militaire, Ole Bull Jones and S. B. Newman & Co.
Submissions from 1909
Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. C. Davis and Leo Feist
In the Woods of Old Kentucky Long Ago, To the Memory of Lincoln, George W. Hall, Carrie Rainey, and Geo. W. Hall
Honest Abe March, Bert Lowe and New England Music Co
Abraham Lincoln Jones, Cecil Mack and Chris Smith
Lincoln Centennial Grand March, E. T. Paull and E. T. Paull Music Co.
Lincoln Centennial Grand March, E. T. Paull and E. T. Paull Music Co.
Submissions from 1906
National Echoes, J. Henry Ellis and The Empire Music Co.
Submissions from 1905
Boys In Blue, Anthony L. Maresh and Maresh Music Co.
Submissions from 1903
Lincoln, Grant and Lee; or the War is Over Many Years, Paul Dresser and Howley, Haviland & Co.
You Can’t Fool All the People All the Time, Shepard N. Edmonds and Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Submissions from 1901
Give the Black Man a Chance, John Allen and Bowen & Co.
[The] Shooting of Our Presidents, Seth A. Cook, F. S. Watson, and Cook Publishing Co
[The] Old Flag Never Touched the Ground, Rosamond Johnson, J. W. Johnson, Bob Cole, and Jos. W. Stern & Co
Submissions from 1900
Give Us Just Another Lincoln, Paul Dressler and Howley, Haviland & Co.
Please Mr. Lincoln, Robert F. Roden, Max S. Witt, and Jos. W. Stern & Co
Submissions from 1899
Unfurl the Grand Old Stars and Stripes; the Boy who Wore the Blue, Erwin McElroy and The S. Brainard’s Sons Co
Submissions from 1898
[The] President’s March, Victor Herbert and Edward Schuberth & Co
[The] Flower From Lincoln’s Grave, James Holberton, Burton Lawrence, and Lawrence & Holberton
Submissions from 1896
[The] Favorite McKinley March, Richardson Caldwell and White-Smith Music Publishing Co.
Submissions from 1895
Frederick Douglass Funeral March, N. Clark Smithe and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
Lincoln Park March, Henry Wannemacher and Harry Coleman
Washington and Lincoln, Henry C. Work and S. Brainard's Sons
Submissions from 1893
We’ve Drunk From the Same Canteen, James G. Clark, Miles O'Reilly, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. Mack and Oliver Ditson Company
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. Mack and Oliver Ditson Company
Requiem, George William Warren and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Submissions from 1890
Old Shady, Hamilton S. Gordon
Washington and Lincoln, Henry C. Work and The S. Brainard’s Sons Co
Submissions from 1889
Ole Shady, B. R. Hanby and Oliver Ditson Company
Submissions from 1888
Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. C. Davis and Balmer & Weber Music House Co.
Slavery’s Passed Away, Edward Harrigan, Dave Braham, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Massa Linkum’s Boy, H. Parker, J. Woollett, and W. P. Dunn & Co
Submissions from 1887
Lincoln’s Grove March, E. C. Davis and Balmer & Weber Music House Co.
[The] Right Men in the Right Place, E. F. Morse and Charles D. Blake & Co.
Submissions from 1886
Grant Is Gone, Chalres McK Trimmer and White, Smith & Co
Submissions from 1885
Goodnight My Child, Franz Abt. and G. Schirmer
General U. S. Grant’s Victory March, J. B. Denning and J. D. Barnitz
Ah Tell Me Why, Mme. Rothschild, C. Renney, and Oliver Ditson
Marching Through Georgia, Henry C. Work and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
Submissions from 1884
Emancipation March (Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln), Thomas J. Martie and S. Brainard's Sons Co.
Massa Linkum’s Boy, H. Parker, Malcolm S. Gordon, and John Church & Co
Marching Through Georgia, H. C. Work, E. Mack, and S. Brainard's Sons
Submissions from 1883
Lincoln Club March, Anna T. Cramer and John Church & Co
I’m a Dude, Harry Kennedy, Lew Dockstader, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Submissions from 1881
We Mourn Our Country’s Loss; National Funeral March, Augustus Buechel and P. A. Wundermann
President Garfield’s Funeral March, E. Gilmore and R. A. Saalfield
Funeral March, Theo. H. Klein and W. A. Evans & Bro.
Submissions from 1880
Hymn to America, Fernando Andrillon, Theodore T. Barker, and C. H. Ditson & Co
Old Abe Polka, B. Leidersdorf & Co
Good bye, Sweetheart, Good bye, John L. Hatton and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Brave Garfield Is Our Man, John Church & Co.
General Winfield S. Hancock’s Cincinnati Grand March, E. Mack and Lee & Walker
Dey’s All Put on de Blue, Thomas P. Westendorf and W. E. Shaw
Submissions from 1879
Lincoln Park Grand March, Sebastian Semonsen and S. Brainard's Sons
Submissions from 1878
Let the President Sleep, James M. Stewart, Geo. A. Brown, and Thompson & Odell
Let the President Sleep, James M. Stewart, Geo. A. Brown, and W. F. Shaw
Submissions from 1877
Emancipation Day, Harry Hunter and Francis Bros & Day
Lincoln Pavilion Souvenir, Geo. Schleiffarth and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Submissions from 1876
Emancipation Day, Dave Braham, C. L. Stout, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, T. M. Brown and Balmer & Weber
Hayes’ Grand March, True Coin and H. S. Mackie
Clear the Way For Hayes and Wheeler, S. B. Dean and G. D. Russell & Co.
[The] Union Forever, Charles Fradel and E. Schuberth & Co.
Centennial Chorus (For God and Home and Library), Harrison Milard and J. E. Ditson & Co.
Let Me Dream Again, Arthur Sullivan, B. C. Stephenson, and Balmer & Weber
Vote As You Shot Boys, Thos. P. Westendorf and S. Brainard's Sons
Submissions from 1875
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, T. M. Brown and Balmer & Weber
Wishes; Sehnsucht, Henry Cooper and G. Schirmer
Lincoln’s Funeral March, E. C. Davis and Balmer & Weber Music House Co.
There Is A Green Hill Far Away, Ch. Gounod, W. D. Dutton, and W. H. Boner & Co.
One More River to Cross, L. L. D. J. and John Church & Co
[The] Whole Hog or None, E. W. Mackney, W. G. Ware, H. H. Howard, and Hopwood & Crew
Hearest Thou?, Tito Mattei, H. Millard, and G. Schirmer
[La] Serenade, F. Schubert and Lee & Walker
Spirit Love; A Cradle Song, Edgar H. Sherwood, Charles S. L. Sterk, and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Emancipation Day, C. St. John and White, Smith & Company
President Lincoln’s Funeral March, J. T. Wamelink and Knake & McGinn
Uncle Sam’s Hotel, Frank Wilder and S. T. Gordon
