Title
Tell Mother, I Die Happy
Subject
Song sheet
Broadsides
Soldiers--Death
War--Songs and music
Mothers and sons
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Crosby, Franklin Butler, 1841-1863
Salem Church, Battle of (Virginia : 1863)
Description
Illustrated three verse song and chorus about the death of Lieutenant Franklin Butler Crosby. The sheet gives an incorrect date for Crosby's death. He died in battle on May 3, 1863, not May 2.
Sheet note: "The last words of Lieut. Crosby who was killed in his battery at Salem Heights in the fight of Sunday evening, May 2, 1863."
Sheet note: "The last words of Lieut. Crosby who was killed in his battery at Salem Heights in the fight of Sunday evening, May 2, 1863."
Creator
Vosburgh, C. A. and Burns, Jabez
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1863-1865
Contributor
Gordon, S. T.
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
301449
37540000517971
Coverage
New York
Original Format
1
21 x 14 cm