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CIVIL WAR SHEET MUSIC

1. Lieutenant General Grant’s Grand March.
   Composed by E. Mack. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1865.
   Cover leaf +4 pp;  decorative lithographed cover with engraved portrait of Grant; foxing and removed from bound volume. Dedicated to Ulysses S. Grant, with scrolls listing battle honors.
2. Gen. Sigel’s Grand March.
   By T.J. Martin. Cleveland: S. Brainard & Co., [1860s].
   Cover leaf +4 pp. Printed in red and blue with an American flag motif; clean with minor edgewear. Celebrating German-American Union General Franz Sigel.
3. Hope On—Hope Ever!: Brilliant Variations on Henry Tucker’s Song “When This Cruel War Is Over.” By Charles Grobe, Op. 1470. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker; Brooklyn: Sawyer & Thompson, [ca. 1863].
   Cover leaf +6 pp. Minor stains, removed from bound volume. Dedicated to General Winfield Scott; based on one of the most popular sentimental war songs.

Condition: Each sheet removed from a bound volume, generally showing scattered foxing, minor edgewear. Sound examples of patriotic and sentimental music linked to Civil War figures.

Keywords: Civil War sheet music, U.S. Grant, Franz Sigel, Winfield Scott, Union generals, patriotic marches, 1860s music, E. Mack, Charles Grobe.

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