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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."

Illustrated four verse religious-themed song and chorus.

Four verse campaign song for John Riley Tanner. Tanner was Governor of Illinois from 1897-1901.

Nine verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Bow Wow" satirizing women you use tobacco.

Illustrated four verse sentimental song about a man's memories of childhood hours spent playing around an old oak tree.

Illustrated eight verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Irishman's Shanty."

Four verse drinking song sung to the tune of "Ben Bolt."

Illustarted four verse song about the joys and challenges of life at sea.

Pro-slavery eight verse song and chorus denoucing John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus about nostalgia for boyhood home and life.

Usually enitiled "Maryland, My Maryland," this illustrated nine stanza poem was set to music and became one of the most popular pro-Confederate songs of the Civil War. "Maryland, My Maryland, became the state song of Maryland in 1938.

Illustrated four verse pro-Union song mocking the Confederacy.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus about a woman's hope that her shoemaker sweetheart, who became a sailor, will soon become a sea capatian.

Illustrated eight verse song and chorus about the oil drilling craze of the 1860s.

Illustrated six verse song in which two Irish Americans talk about the war and praise the Union.

Illustrated seven verse song about two young men fighting for the love of a woman.

Illustrated three verse song about a mother hoping for her son's safe return from war but willing to accept his death as a sacrifice for the Union.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus based on a French revolutionary song of 1848. Verses are in French and English.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a woman whose sweetheart is fighting for the Union.

Illustrated sheet containing two songs. The first, "My Maryland," is satirically attributed to "Stone-Wall Jackson" and decrys and ridicules the Rebel general's march into Maryland. The song is a satire of the pro-Confederate anthem, "Maryland, My…

Illustrated four verse song and chorus praising the New York Seventh Infantry Regiment sung to the tune of the "Star Spangled Banner." Officially the New York 7th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the regiment served in the eastern theatre of the Civil…

Illustrated five verse song and chorus praising the patriotism and sacrifice of Union volunteers from New York.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus lamenting the loss of loved ones.

Illustrated six verse song calling on Union volunteers from Brooklyn, New York.

Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "After the Battle." A woman support her sweetheart going off to war, even if he must die.