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Illustrated four verse pro-Union song sung to the tune of "The Sword of Bunker Hill."Sheet Note: "Exhibited at the Capitol February 22, 1862."

Also known as "Or That's Just So," eleven verse song and chorus rallying Pennsylvanians and the North to defeat the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863.Sheet Note: "Composed, published and sung by James D. Gay of Philadelphia,…

Illustrated three verse pro-Union song and chorus written in Gothic German script.

Illustrated three verse campaign song supporting the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin in 1860.

Five verse song and chorus in support of Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency in 1860.

Four verse requiem and chorus sung to the tune of "Old Hundred." According to the date on the sheet, the composer wrote the requiem on April 19, 1865, only four days after Lincoln's death.

Illustrated two verse song and chorus about a homesick soldier.

Five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Rosin The Bow." This campaign song suports the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket in the 1860 presidential election.

Seven verse song celebrating American victories over the British, "Root, Hog, or Die" was a common American catch phrase dating before 1834. It can be an expression for self-reliance. There are many variations of the song and both North and South…

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

Illustrated four verse religious-themed song and chorus.

Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "On the Ranks of Allan Water." The song celebrates General Phillip H. Sheridan's victory over Confederate general Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, August-December 1864.

Illustrated reproduction of the famous Thomas Buchanan Read poem celebarting the victories of Union general Philip H. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864.

Illustrated fifteen verse song sung to the tune of "The Irish Volunteer" celebrates Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's victorious 1864 campaign in Georgia. Sheet Note: Subtitle: "Composed by P. A. Smith, Battery I, 2nd Illinois."

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

Three verse illustrated song and chorus also known as "She Was Such A Charmer."

Nine verse song and chorus praising Abraham Lincoln and and the Union cause. There is a handwritten verse on back of the song sheet.

Illustrated five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Teddy The Tiler", or "Cannibal Islands." The song celebrates the sinking of the Confederate raider C.S.S. Alabama off the coast of France. Description on sheet: "New Patriotic And Comic Song…

Six verse campaign song for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin in the election of 1860.

Illustrated song sheet containing two songs. Each song is two verses; however the second song also has a chorus.

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

Illustrated three verse song in honor of soldiers who died fighting for the Union.

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

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.

Illustrated six verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "When this cruel war is over."