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- "Six Military and Patriotic Illustrated Songs Elaborately Colored," circa 1863 - During the Civil War, Charles Magnus, a New York City printer and publisher, sold patriotic envelopes, song sheets and songbooks. This songbook with "elaborately colored" images contains new lyrics to six popular military and patriotic songs. This illustrated works include "The Captain With His Whiskers," "Want--A Substitute," and "Dixie's Land," (with new verses based on the well-known "Dixie").
- circa 1863
- Collections - Artifact
"Six Military and Patriotic Illustrated Songs Elaborately Colored," circa 1863
During the Civil War, Charles Magnus, a New York City printer and publisher, sold patriotic envelopes, song sheets and songbooks. This songbook with "elaborately colored" images contains new lyrics to six popular military and patriotic songs. This illustrated works include "The Captain With His Whiskers," "Want--A Substitute," and "Dixie's Land," (with new verses based on the well-known "Dixie").
- "The Nation Mourns," 1865 - President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied -- the Union and Emancipation -- touched admirers and detractors alike. This broadside pays tribute to Lincoln through images and a poem expressing the nation's mourning.
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
"The Nation Mourns," 1865
President Lincoln's assassination produced an outpouring of grief. His death linked him with the hundreds of thousands of Union soldiers that had sacrificed their lives during the Civil War. His life and the causes he embodied -- the Union and Emancipation -- touched admirers and detractors alike. This broadside pays tribute to Lincoln through images and a poem expressing the nation's mourning.