Title
Tell Mother, I Die Happy
Subject
Song sheet
Broadsides
Soldiers--Death
War--Songs and music
Mothers and sons
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Salem Church, Battle of (Virginia : 1863)
Crosby, Franklin Butler, 1841-1863
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
Charles Magnus
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1864-1867
Format
pdf
Language
en
Identifier
301450
37540000506966
Coverage
New York
Original Format
1
20.5 x 12.5 cm