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Construction on dome of the United States Capitol building progresses to the upper tier of the structure. The construction of a new cast iron dome to replace the original wooden dome began in 1855, taking nearly eleven years, including a one year…

Howard Woodward sits for a portrait.. On photo: "My mother's brother, soldier boy, Galesburg, IL." Mother referenced is Mary Elizabeth Woodward Townley.

President Abraham Lincoln places an order for J.T. Headley's two volume The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States. A salesman for Hartford publisher Hurlbut & Williams took this specimen volume -- contents,…

Song depicts 600,000 Union soldiers going to fight for the army. Extended title information: "Song and Chorus: Being a response of Uncle Sam's boys to the call for 'Three Hundred Thousand More,' ("Uncle Sam's Boys Are Coming Right Along.")" and …

Mixed-chorus song depicts slave recounting life on plantation in anticipation of freedom while his master flees from approching Union troops.

A dedication reads, "Respectfully dedicated to the Union Army." Cover depicts color image of peace and war surrounding flag-draped portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Instrumental music. "Go ring the bells, and fire the guns, And fling the starry banner out; Shout 'Freedom' till your lisping ones give back their cradle shout. Whittier" "Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln a Foe to Tyrants, and my Country's Friend"

"Raw Recruits" lyrics depict Union Army recruits volunteering to fight. "Abraham's Daughter" depicts possible English role in supporting the Confederate States of America. "As sung with great applause by Bryant's Minstrels of New York," Cover depicts…

Lyrics depict United States Army fighting victoriously against the Confederate States of America Army. "As sung by Billy Morris at Morris Bros. Pell and Trowbridge"

Lyrics depict 600,000 men leaving their daily lives to join United States military during the Civil War.

Lyrics depict United States flag as a rallying point for soldiers and inspiration for courage while in battle.

Lyrics depict influx of 300,000 new troop for the United States army. "To Father Abraham"

Subtitled "A New Battle Song," the song depicts Lincoln encouraging his Union troops: "We're going to fight in earnest boys." It emphasizes the Union resolve to recover from the failed campaign in Virginia in early 1862 and to take the war to the…

After June 1862, in respose to the failure of the Union campaign to take Richmond, President Lincoln called on the states to provide a total of 600,000 volunteers to fill the Union ranks. The song calls on the people of the North to fulfill Lincoln's…

"Wurzel's Liberty Song" Song depicts slaves looking forward to their liberation.

"I welcome you, my gallant boys, Six hundred Thousand more". "Words by the author of 'Sybelle'.

"Maryland, My Maryland," has been the state song of Maryland since 1939. Based on "Maryland. My Maryland," an 1861 poem James Ryder Randall, the song decries Lincoln's use of Union troops in Maryland and calls on the state, one of the four border…

A mudsill is a sill or timber placed on or buried under the ground to support a structure. Southerners sometimes referred to Northerners as "mudsills," in derision of what they saw as the lowly social status of most Northern men. During the Civil…

Satirical song about Union policies towards slaves.