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  • Collection: Civil War Song Sheets Collection

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict wounded soldier telling his mother of the victorious battle he fought in and how he was shot. Color cover image depicts soldier pointing with his sword while holding a wounded soldier in front of…

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Three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict soldier's final thoughts and goodbyes to mother before going into a battle he may not survive. Color cover image depicts Union and Confederate lines during battle with the Confederate troops in the…

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

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Illiustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

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Illiustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about prisoners of war longing for liberation.

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The National Anthem of France. Illustrated six verse song and chorus.

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Four verse song and chorus adopted for the Union cause from the Frech national anthem, La Marseillaise.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Marseilles Hymn."

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus sung to the tune of the "Marseilles Hymn."

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Illustrated seven verse song and chorus. "Composed and sung by Miss Anne Rush, the Philadelphia Vocalist." Lyrics depict female singer maintaining a positive attitude despite political upheaval in the United States. Color cover image depicts woman…

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Illustrated song sheet for two verse song with chorus sung to the tune of "Wait for the Wagon."

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about a dying soldier wondering who will care for his sick and elderly mother.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus "In reply to 'Rock me to Sleep.'" Lyrics depict death with decedent trying to offer comfort to loved ones.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. A wounded soldier sings of how his mother would comfort him, if she were with him.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus about reuniting the country and soldiers from North and South returning home to their loved ones.

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Three verse song and chorus about reuniting the country and soldiers from North and South returning home to their loved ones.

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus about a woman longing for an end to war and her sweetheart's return from battle.

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Illustrated four verse song and chorus about a woman longing for an end to war and her sweetheart's return from battle.

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Three verse song and chorus about a dying soldier wondering who will care for his sick and elderly mother.

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Three verse song and chorus about a dying soldier wondering who will care for his sick and elderly mother.Sheet note: "See the answer to this song, 'Kind friends are near her."

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Illustrated six verse song and chorus based on Jefferson Davis' capture on May 10, 1865. The scene depicts a popular myth that Davis tried to elude his captors by dressing as a woman.

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

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

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Eight verse song sung to the tune of "The Raging Canal." Lyrics depict a woman's story of falling in love and being rejected by her lover, leading her to commit suicide.
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