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 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?'."
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.
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."