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Lyrics depict grief over the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth. Cover image depicts portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth with soldiers standing on either side, one waving a flag while standing above a grave. "Tribute to Ellsworth"

"As sung by Mr. Phillips at the request of President Lincoln." Page contains four lines of music with six verses and explanatory text. Fascimile of note by Abraham Lincoln rquesting that this song be sung, followed by a short account of the singing,…

Subtitle: "Oh, Whar Will I Go IF Dis War Breaks De Country Up." Minstrel song depicting a slave's anxiety about civil war.

Subtitle "Answer to Young Eph's Lament." A minstrel song celebrating emancipation and Union victory over the South. Edwin Kelly and Francis Leon led one of the most successful and popular minstrel troupes in the United States during the 1860s and…

Or "Kingdom has come" by 'Sambo'." The song celebrates a former slave's newly found freedom under the Union. Sambo was a commonly used English langauage term for a person of mixed African and European descent. By the early twentieth century, however,…

"Dedicated to the Republican Presidential Canidate. Hon. Abrm. Lincoln." Cover depicts Abraham Lincoln in a frame that includes the words "Washington" and "Illinois" as well as dipictions of Lincoln as "The Railsplitter" and as a circuit riding…

Subtitled "A Battle Scene," a song sung in honor of the men of the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry regiment and Union soldiers who died at the Second Battle of Murfreesboro or the Battle of Stones River from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863.

Dedicated to "To D.B. Hopkins Esq." Song depicts slaves denouncing secession and celebrating emancipation.

Cover information: "Plantation Song and Chorus, Sung with great success by C. Petten Gill, at the concerts of the Buckley Serenaders,." Song in praise of fighting for the Union and Abraham Lincoln. Arranged by Fred Buckley

In French, "Saule-Pleureur, March fun`ebre du President Lincoln" (Funeral march for President Abraham Lincoln). Cover depicts two figures (angels?) at top of cover with a picture of Abraham Lincoln in a circle of flowers with American Flags. "Il…

Or "When this Cruel War is Over," a patriotic Union song about a sweetheart fighting in the war.

A song honoring Lincoln in death.

Presidential campaign song praising the qualities of Abraham Lincoln and the strength of his supporters.

The cover presents "2 Lincoln Republican Songs": "We see the break of day" and "Freedom's Call"; however, only the first song is contained in this copy of sheet music.

A "National Funeral March," composed in mourning of the loss of President James A. Garfield, who was shot on July 2, 1881, and died on September 19, 1881. He was the second president to be assassinated. The cover depicts Columbia mourning the fallen…

Subtitle and dedication on cover: "Marcia Funerale, In memory of our late President Abraham Lincoln, composed and respectufully dedicated to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln."

"Quick Step" no words, music only. The music honors Abraham Lincoln's call for more Union soldiers.

Song honoring Abraham Lincoln's call for more Union soldiers. Poetry credit is at times given to William Cullen Bryant; however, the poem was originally published in the New York Evening Post July, 16, 1862 by James Sloan Gibbons.

"Inscribed to our volunteers." Song honors Abraham Lincoln's call for for more Union soldiers. Poetry credit is often attributed to William Cullen Bryant; however, the poem was originally published in the New York Evening Post July, 16, 1862 by James…

Often attributed to a poem by William Cullen Bryant, the song honors Abraham Lincoln in support of his call for more Union soldiers. The poem was originally published in the New York Evening Post on July, 16, 1862 by James Sloan Gibbons.

Song honoring Abraham Lincoln's call for more Union soldiers. The cover, which depicts Union cavalry, is entitled "Our National War Songs" and contains an index of American martial music.

Song honoring Abraham Lincoln's call for more Union soldiers.

Song honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's wartime leadership and devotion to the United States.

This "Campaign song of 64" urges "all true lovers of our common county" to vote for Lincoln in his bid for reelection.

March to honor Andrew Johnson, Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1865-April 15, 1865. Cover depicts picture of Vice President Johnson