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  • Collection: Civil War Song Sheets Collection

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Annie of the Vale." A lonely soldier on picket duty longs for his sweatheart.

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "After the Battle." A woman support her sweetheart going off to war, even if he must die.

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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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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.

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "The Minstrel Boy." The song commemorates soldiers who died fighting for the Union.

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Illustrated three verse song in praise of General Ulysses S. Grant and sung to the tune of "The Groves of Blarney."

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Mother, Is the Battle Over?" Lyrics depict soldier returning home from war. Color cover image depicts soldier in woods with open book next to him.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict drummer boy's final words before dying on battlefield. Color cover image depicts battle with one soldier shooting another while on horseback.

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Illustrated five verse song sung to the tune of "Jeannette and Jeannot." Song depicts General Sheridan's victory in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864.

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Illustrated four verse song sung to the tune of "Lanagan's Ball." Lyrics depict Sherman's march to Atlanta and the city's capture by Union forces.

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Illustrated four verse song sung to the tune of "Lanagan's Ball." Lyrics depict Sherman's march to Atlanta and the city's capture by Union forces.

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Illustrated four verse song sung to the tune of "Lanagan's Ball." Lyrics depict Sherman's march to Atlanta and the city's capture by Union forces.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "I Was the Boy for Bewitching 'Em." Lyrics depict encouragement for Union soldiers and optimism for winning the Civil War. Color cover image depicts Union soldiers on horseback chasing…

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Illustrated three verse song sung to the tune of "The kiss dear Maid." Lyrics depict the death of a soldier and his final request to send his Bible to his mother. Color cover depicts soldiers on battlefield.

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Four verse song and chorus sung to "Nell Flaugherty's Drake." Lyrics bemoan the hard times broght on by Jefferson Davis and his Confederacy.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus based on a French revolutionary song of 1848. Verses are in French and English.

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Illustrated eight verse song and chorus about the oil drilling craze of the 1860s.

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Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict singer's affection for daisies. Color cover image depicts man and woman in a garden scene in upper left-hand corner with swan in a pond across the top.

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Illustrated two verse song. Lyrics depict singer's affection for daisies. Color cover image depicts large letter "D" with flowers hanging from and an angel with a harp in the upper left-hand corner.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a man asking what his brother did in the war. Sheet note: "By C. S. Foster, author of 'Old Dog Tray' and Willie we have missed you."

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Illustrated three verse Stephen Foster song about a family's longing for the return of a loved one.

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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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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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