Comparing them to the venomous snake, Republicans coined the word "Copperhead" in denunciation of those Northern Democrats who opposed the war and favored peace with the South.]]>
The first Union martyr of the Civil War, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth accompanied Lincoln on his inaugural train trip to Washington, D.C.. After the war began, he organized the 11th New York Infantry, a regiment which Ellsworth outfitted in the distinctive outfit of the French North African Zouaves.

Ellsworth was killed on May 24, 1861, during the Union's occupation of Alexandria, Virginia, where James W. Jackson, a diehard secessionist, shot Ellsworth as the later had just removed a Confederate from the top of Jackson's inn.

President and Mrs. Lincoln grieved over Ellsworth, whose body lay in state at the White House. Ellsworth's death became a rallying symbol for the Union.  Several songs and poems were written in his memory.]]>
Comparing them to the venomous snake, Republicans coined the word "Copperhead" in denunciation of those Northern Democrats who opposed the war and favored peace with the South.]]>
Henry Clay was Lincoln's political hero. Clay was a founder, leader, and presidential nominee of the Whig party. He was born in Kentucky and served that state as a U.S. senator.]]>
This song was written in honor of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Cover depicts man (Uncle Sam?) riding an ironclad ram on the Mississippi River and includes the following lines:

"Thus we ramble along thro' cycles of time,
Find History's rampage is rather sublime,
But the Ram of all Rams is the Ram of our day,
Which is shaking the world with a rampart dismay!
Iron harnessed, steam driven, it sweeps o'er the sea, Our American Rampart, the shield of the free!"]]>
The song calls on the people of the North to fulfill Lincoln's call for volunteers.]]>
The song may have been written to encourage patriotism as the United States entered World War I. Belle Baker was one of the most popular singers and actresses of her day.]]>