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Illustrated two verse song and chorus about a homesick soldier.

Illustrated five verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict Union Army soldier's devotion to fighting for the United States. Color cover image depicts soldiers fighting on a hillside.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus: "As sung nightly, with tremendous applause, by Mrs. W. G. Jones in the drama of 'Fast Women' at the New Bowery Theatre, the music to be had of D. H. Biessenher" Lyrics depict the singer's belief in the…

Although the illustration shows a soldier leaving a battlefield, this three verse song about the return of a prodigal son to his mother does not mention war or soldiering.

Eight verse song and chorus, "Sung with immense success by Wood's Minstrels." Song celebrates the Union army's campaigns in the South.

Illustrated six verse song and chorus.

Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict singer's mourning for friends who have died and thoughts about their own mortality. Color cover image depicts woman on stage.

Five verse song and chorus sung to "The Hallelujah Chorus," an anti-slavery song used to recruit African American Soldiers.

Illustrated three verse song about love and courtship.

Five verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict Abraham Lincoln's 1860 campaign.

A five verse poem put to music in celebration of General William Tecumseh Sherman's victorious march through Georgia.

Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "Captain O'Kean." Lyrics depict Napoleon I going into exile from Napoleon's perspective. Cover image of border with battle scenes on land and on sea.

Illustrtaed song sheet containing two songs: a six verse song and a two verse song. Both songs describe a a soldier's longing for home and family.

Four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Carry me back to old Virginia."

Illustrated sheet displays two, two verse songs. The first, "Her Bright Smiles Haunt Me Still," depicts the singer's inability to forget a woman he met. Second song, "Thy Voice Hath a Charm," published at bottom of page, depicts memory of a singer's…

Fourteen verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Shady." The song ridicules the policies of President Andrew Johnson. Other copies of the song are alternatively entitled "Johnson On The Brain."

Ten verse song and chorus sung to the tune of '"The Gay and Happy.'" "Composed by J. S. Conklin, Company A, Engineer Reg't." Lyrics depict Illinois army Volunteers singing about pride and happiness to fight for the Union army under Henry Halleck and…

Illustrated three verse song written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict singer speaking as Topsy from "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a young soldier wounded in the Battle of Antietam (September 17, 1862) who relates a dream he had of his mother comforting him.

Illustrated three verse song about a son asking his mother if his father will ever return from the war, only to learn that his father died in battle.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a Union soldier dying on the battlefield of Manassas or Bull Run on July 22, 1861. The sheet includes an excerpt from a Union soldier's diary.

Illustrated three verse campaign song sung to the tune of "Pompey Moore." Former Union major general George B. McClellan was the Democratic nominee for president in 1864 againt Republican Abraham Lincoln.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Bonnie Blue Flag." The words depict a dying soldier thinking of his mother.The original "Bonnie Blue Flag" was one of the most popular Confederate songs of the Civil War.

Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "My Minstrel Boy." The song describes a Union soldier's death at the Battle of Antietam.

Four verse song sung to the tune of "The Girl I Left Behind Me." A Union soldier longs to return home to his family.