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Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Here's to the Maiden of Bashfull Fifteen." Lyrics depict support for soldiers, military leaders, and nurses in battle. Color cover image depicts soldiers drinking around a punch bowl.

Illustrated five verse song and chorus formatted as a letter to be mailed. Handwritten details of letter coming from "Camp Brighten Co. G 10th Regiment Mass." Lyrics depict letter written from a soldier detailing patriotism and importance of fighting…

Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict mourning for death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth.

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 four verse song and chorus. Love song about a woman named "Evelina".

Illustrated three verse song and chorus satrizing the conscription of Irishmen into the Union Army.Sheet note: "A parody on 'Who will care for mother now?'."

Illustrated three verse song and chorus satrizing the conscription of Irishmen into the Union Army.Sheet note: "A parody on 'Who will care for mother now?'."

Illustrated three verse song and chorus praising men fighting for the Union. Note on sheet: Subject: "Sung with great applause by Miss Fannie Denham."

Two versions of the same pro-Union song. The first, a four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon." The second, a five verse song, is sung to the tune of "Bow-wow-wow."

Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Marshal Ney." The song hails the expoits of the 69th New York Infantry Regiment, one of the regiments of the Army of the Potomac's Irish Brigade.

Illustrated song sheet for two verse song with chorus sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon."

Four verse song sung to the tune of "Hark! The soft Bugle." Authorship is attributed to Horace Greeley in "The Wide Awake Vocalist or Rail Splitters' Song Book."

Illustrated eight verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Wait For The Wagon"

Illustrated six verse song and chorus.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus.

Illustrated four verse song and chorus.

Four verse song and chorus adopted for the Union cause from the Frech national anthem, La Marseillaise.

Illustrated six verse song sung to the tune of "My Normandy." A pro-Union version of the pro-Confederate anthem, "Maryland, My Maryland." The original "Maryland, My Maryland," became the state song of Maryland.

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.

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.

Three verse song sung to the tune of "The Captain with his whiskers." The lines consist of popular songs of the period (1860-1865).

Five verse song sung to the tune of "The Captain with his Whiskers." The song consists of titles of other popular songs of the period (1860-1865).

Illustrated eleven verse pro-Union song and chorus sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon.Sheet note: "As sung by Tony Pastor."

Illustrated seven verse pro-Confederate song sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon". The sheet was printed on a blank promissory note to be drawn on Bank of Virginia, Richmond.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a soldier's death.