Civil War Sheet Music Collection
By Library of Congress
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Description
The Civil War Sheet Music Collection at the Library of Congress consists of over 2500 pieces culled from the Library's collections, all related to and published during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Many of the lyrics found within these pieces relay narratives of the time and thus provide a unique historical perspective to those researching the period. Additionally, many of the sheet music covers are noteworthy for their visual representations of historical figures and American sentiments during the war. This sampling from the Library's collection includes a selection of Union and Confederate sheet music, as well as 24 pieces by, about, and depicting the women and children left behind as soldiers braved the battlefields.
Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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1 |
Who'll Protect My Children Now | Union Side, 1865. Composed by Hubert P. Main. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
2 |
What Will They Tell Our Children When This Sad War is O'er | Union side, 1864. Composed by J.W. Hobbs. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
3 |
Wait Until the War is Over | Union side, 1864. Composed by T.M. Todd. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
4 |
The Young Patriots | Union side, 1862. Composed by E. Mack. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
5 |
The Soliders Loved Ones | Union side, 1864. Composed by J.H. Whittemore. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
6 |
The Soldier's Vision | Union side, 1862. Composed by C. Everest. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
7 |
The Soldier's Return Schottisch | Union side, 1864. Composed by T. Van Berg. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
8 |
The Knitting Song | Union side, 1862. Composed by Albert M. Hubbard. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
9 |
The House Far Away, or The Dream of the Soldier | Union side, 1863. Composed by H.T. Merrill. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
10 |
The Children of the Battlefield | Union side, 1864. Composed by James G. Clark. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
11 |
The Chelsea War Widow | Union side, 1865. Composed by Charlie Pettengill. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
12 |
Tenderly Bury the Fair Young Dead | Union side, 1866. Composed by William Cumming. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
13 |
Somebody's Darling | Union side, 1865. Composed by William Cumming. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
14 |
Pray, Maiden, Pray! | Confederate side, 1864. Composed by A.J. Turner. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
15 |
A Song for the Nameless Heroine | Union side, 1865. Composed by B.R. Hanby. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
16 |
My Wife and Child | Confederate side, 1863. Composed by F.W. Rosier. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
17 |
He Has Gone, and I Have Sent Him | Union side, 1863. Composed by Madame C. Rive. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
18 |
Dying Camille | Confederate side. Composed by Miss Julia Daly. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
19 |
Dear Wife I'm with You Once Again | Union side, 1865. Composed by Frank B. Ray. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
20 |
Cradle Song of the Soldier's Wife | Union side, 1864. Composed by Theodore T. Barker. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
21 |
American Banner March | Union side, 1861. Composed by A Union Lady. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
22 |
A Soldier is my Beau | Union side, 1862. Composed by John Mahon. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
23 |
The Soldier's Wife | Union side, 1863. Composed by William R. Dempster. | 8 7 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
24 |
Awake! A Southern War Song | Confederate side, 1863. Composed by C.L. Peticolas; Lyrics by J.M. Kilcour. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
25 |
Bonnie Blue Flag | Confederate side, 1861. Composed by Harry Macarthy. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
26 |
By the Camp-fire's Lonely Light, or I Dream of Thee | Confederate side, 1864. Composed by E.O. Eaton. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
27 |
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny | Confederate side. Composed by James Bland. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
28 |
Confederates' Grand March | Confederate side, 1862. Composed by Wm. H. Hartwell. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
29 |
Dear Mother I've Come Home to Die | Confederate side. Composed by Henry Tucker; Lyrics by E. Bowers. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
30 |
Farewell to the Star Spangled Banner | Confederate side. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
31 |
Flag of the Sunny South | Confederate side. Composed by J.H. Hewitt; Lyrics by E.V. Sharp. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
32 |
Gen. Lee's Quick March | Confederate side, 1865. Composed by Charles Young. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
33 |
God Save the South! | Confederate side, 1863. Composed by Chas. W.A. Ellerbrock; Lyrics by Earnest Halphin. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
34 |
I'm Going Home to Dixie | Confederate side, 1861. Composed by D.D. Emmett; Arranged by C.S. Grafulla; Lyrics by D.D. Emmett. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
35 |
Jefferson Davis Grand March | Confederate side, 1861. Composed by Wm. Herz. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
36 |
Listen to the Mocking Bird | Confederate side. Composed by Alice Hawthorne. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
37 |
Lorena | Confederate side, 1861. Composed by J.P. Webster; Lyrics by H.D.L. Webster. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
38 |
Maryland, My Maryland | Confederate side. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
39 |
Mother is the Battle Over? | Confederate side. Arranged by Jos. Hart Denck. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
40 |
My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night | Confederate side. Composed and Lyrics by Stephen Collins Foster. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
41 |
Never Surrender, Quick Step | Confederate side, 1863. Composed by Edward O. Eaton. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
42 |
Old Stonewall | Confederate side, 1868. Composed by F. Younker; Lyrics by C.D. Dasher. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
43 |
Requiem | Confederate side, 1866. Composed by Jules C. Meininger. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
44 |
Secession March | Confederate side, 1860. Composed by Caulfield. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
45 |
Stonewall Jackson's Last Words | Confederate side, 1866. Composed by Jules C. Meininger. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
46 |
The Beauregard Manassas Quickstep | Confederate side, 1861. Composed by A. Noir. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
47 |
The Conquered Banner | Confederate side, 1866. Composed by Teod. von La Hache. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
48 |
The Picket of the Potomac | Confederate side. Composed by Henri F. Hemy. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
49 |
The Southern Soldier Boy | Confederate side, 1882. Composed by W. Ludden; Lyrics by Father Ryan. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
50 |
The Star Spangled Cross and the Pure Field of White | Confederate side, 1864. Composed by Subaltern. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
51 |
The Vacant Chair, or We Shall Meet, But We Shall Miss Him | Confederate side. Composed by G.F. Root; Lyrics by H.S. W. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
52 |
The Yellow Rose of Texas | Confederate side. Composed by K.J. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
53 |
Wearin' of the Grey | Confederate side, 1866. Composed by Tar Heel. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
54 |
Col. Ellsworth Gallopade | Union side, 1861. Composed by Calixa Lavallee. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
55 |
Come at Your Country's Call, or Join Brave McClellan's Boys | Union side, 1862. Lyrics by Kate Moncrief. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
56 |
Down with the Traitors Serpent Flag | Union side, 1861. Composed by A.J. Higgins; Lyrics by C.C. Flint. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
57 |
Freedom, Truth, and Right, Grand March | Union side, 1862. Composed by Carl Heinemann. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
58 |
General Grant's Richmond March | Union side, 1866. Composed by Charles G. Degenhard. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
59 |
Glory Hallelujah | Union side, 1862. Composed by Wm. Dressler. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
60 |
In Splendor Advancing | Union side, 1865. Composed and Lyrics by F.B. Plimpton. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
61 |
Music of the Union, a medley on American national airs | Union side, 1861. Composed by Charles Grobe. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
62 |
Stand up for Uncle Sam, my boys! | Union side, 1861. Composed by Geo. F. Root. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
63 |
The American Flag | Union side, 1862. Composed by L.S.D. Rees; Lyrics by J.B. Dickson. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
64 |
The Bonnie Flag with 34 Stars | Union side, 1863. Composed by U. NION. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
65 |
The Boys in Blue of '62 | Union side, published 1913. Composed by Martha H. Marsh; Lyrics by Esther E. Marsh. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
66 |
The General, the Sargeant, and the Flag | Union side, 1863. Composed by Stephen C. Massett; Lyrics by C. Birch Bagster. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
67 |
The Good Old Union Wagon | Union side, 1863. Composed by S. Matthews. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
68 |
The Union Army March | Union side, 1861. Composed by George A. Mietzke. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
69 |
The Union Forever, For Me! | Union side, 1861. Composed and Lyrics by Will S. Hays. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
70 |
The Union March | Union side, 1860. Composed by Hans Krummache. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
71 |
The Union Must Stand! | Union side, 1862. Composed and Lyrics by C.M. Meriam. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
72 |
The War Song for '61 | Union side, 1861. Composed by John R. Mitchell. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
73 |
Uncle Sam | Union side. Composed by Howard Paul. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
74 |
Union Quadrille | Union side, 1863. Arranged by Thomas Baker. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
75 |
Union War Galop | Union side, 1861. Composed by William Dressler. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
76 |
Union and Liberty | Union side, 1862. Composed by John Seltzer; Arranged by Edmund Mattoon. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
77 |
Union, God and Liberty | Union side, 1861. Composed by S. Wesley Martyn; Lyrics by Alvin Robinson. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
78 |
Up with the Blue, Down with the Gray | Union side, 1868. Composed by A.C. Rose; Lyrics by James M. Dalzell. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
79 |
Victory March for the United States, 1865 | Union side, 1865. Composed by Michael Perabo. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
80 |
We Are Marching Down to Dixie's Land | Union side, 1862. Composed by E.W. Locke. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
81 |
Wearing of the Blue | Union side, 1866. Composed by H.E. Church. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
82 |
When the Boys in Blue Are Gone | Union side, published 1912. Composed by C.H. Adkins. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
83 |
Yankee Doodle Excited, a national medley | Union side, 1865. Composed by Yankee Doodle. | 31 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
84 |
Introduction | Introduction to the Collection. | 30 3 2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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