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Song honors the memory of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, whose death on May 24, 1861, became a rallying cry for the Union cause. A good friend of the Lincolns, Ellsworth was the first prominent Union soldier to die in the Civil war.

This "Song and Chorus dedicated to all Lovers of Freedom"celebrates Emancipation and the fight to end slavery.

On cover: "To the Immortal Memory of the People's President, Abraham Lincoln. Is mournfilly inscribed this song by a soldier of the Republic". "Before everything but the republic he chastely dropped his eyes" "He was the marble lover of liberty" -…

"The wise saying of the immortal Abraham Lincoln: You can fool some of the people, some of the time; All of the people most of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time". Cover depicts a picture of Abraham Lincoln.

"Sung at the funeral ceremonies of President Lincoln Buried at Springfield, ILL, May 4, 1865". Song and chorus.

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

"To his excellency the President of the United States" " As a solo or quart". "Author of Viva L'America-Flag of the Free." Cover depicts a statue of a woman (Columbia?) surrounded by American Civil War era soldiers.

"To the Union League Council 24 Brooklyn, L. I." "As sung with great success by the Tremaine Brothers." There is a signature on cover: "Ollie H. Reifer, August 1, 1864."

A march composed to honor Abraham Lincoln.

"Composed and dedicated to the memory of the pure & noble patriot Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S." "As played at the funeral ceremonies at Springfield, Illinois". Cover displays a picture of Abraham Lincoln

Cover dedication: "The nation mourns. To the Memory of Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr President of the United States of America, who died April 15th, 1865, in the 57th year of his age"Composer, "Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst," was Susan McFarland Parkhurst, a…

Cover depicts a picture of Abraham Lincoln. Composer, "Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst," was Susan McFarland Parkhurst, a friend of Stephen Foster's and the author of several Civil War songs. She began composing after her husband died in the war in 1864.

Czech composer Wels wrote this funeral march in honor of Abraham Lincoln.

"Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln by BVT. Major Central J. C. Barnard. Played at the obsequies of the late president of the United States by the U. S. Marine Band."This is Donizetti's famous funeral march from his opera Dom Sebastian, which…

Cover says the piece was performed at Lincoln's funeral. Donizetti originally composed the "Marche Funebre" for his opera Dom Sebastian, which premiered in 1843.

Cover shows picture of Colonel Edward D.Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed during the Civil War. Baker was killed on October 21, 1861, at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in Virginia.

Cover depicts the American flag over a log cabin, a young Lincoln reading by a fire, and a portriat of President Lincoln. The song proclaims the unity of Americans.

"To the memory of Abraham Lincoln who died a martyr to the cause of Freedom." "Toll O mournfully the bell, Chant the dirge and ring the knell, Let it throb and rise and swell, Up to Heaven, up to the goal, Of our martyred patriot's soul."

"Composed and Dedicated to the Memory of the Pure and Noble Patriot Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the U.S."

"Dedicated to The Nation" and "Performed by Menter's Band," the cover shows a drawing of Abraham Lincoln.

Words and music mourn the death of Lincoln, condemns his assassin, and hails the plains of the "beautiful west" as a fitting resting place for the martyred president.

Requiem for Abraham Lincoln

Ballad. "Tad the pet name of President Lincoln's youngest son __He was a great favorite with his father, as may be inferred from the fact that Mrs. Lincoln while at the bedside of her dying husband, exclaimed, 'O bring our 'TAD' here for he loves…

Ballad dedicated to Mrs. Lincoln in memory of the death of her son, Willie, the thiird child of Abraham and Mary, who died, most likely of typhoid fever, at the White House on February 20, 1862.

"Live! Exclaimed the wife of our lamented President as she stood bending over his dying form, live but for one moment, to speak to me once more, to speak to our children"