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  • Collection: Civil War Song Sheets Collection

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Illustrated four verse religious-themed song and chorus.

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

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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…

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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.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus about a homesick soldier.

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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.

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

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

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

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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,…

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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."

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Illustrated six verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Battle Cry of Freedom."

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Four verse song praising the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860, especially his winning Pennsylvania, the home state of outgoing president James Buchanan. Pennsylvania was also a state founded by Quakers, known pacifists, whom the…

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a lovesick soldier who promises to return to his sweetheart after the war.

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Illustrated four verse pro-Union song mocking the Confederacy.

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Illustrated fifteen verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Maryland, My Maryland." Sheet Note: "German Melody : O Tannebaum, O Tannebaum, wie grun sind deine Blatter"

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Five verse song and chorus praising Abraham Lincoln as a champion of the people and looking forward to his election as president.

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Four verse drinking song sung to the tune of "Ben Bolt."

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Illustrated four verse song about the glory of the flag of the United States.Sheet Note: "As sung by Miss Jennie Wilkinson at the Kossuth Concert Saloon."

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Illustrated six verse wartime parody of the original, popular 1856 song by composer John Rogers Thomas.

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Illustrated twelve verse song and chorus praising Union generals.

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Illustrated four verse song supporting the Union cause.

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "The Groves of Blarney," praising General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "The Groves of Blarney," praising General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "The Groves of Blarney," praising General Ulysses S. Grant.
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