Civil War Collections

Throughout the Civil War, music inspired and soothed the spirits of soldiers, families and friends left behind. Popular themes included mother love, wartime separation, bravery and heroism. Among the songs popular in the era were pre-war compositions which echoed these concepts. Often included in bound volumes of piano music donated by Kentuckians, these scores are representative of the sheet music collected by the Kentucky Library and Museum in the last seventy-five years.



"The Nation in Tears!"	"Why Can We Not Be Brothers"	"Wake Nicodemus!"	"Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!"


"The Vacant Chair"	"The Battle Cry of Freedom"	"General Morgan's Grand March"	"Babylon is Fallen!"


"Fort Sumter Quick Step"	"I Am Lonely To-night"	"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"	"Who Will Care for Mother Now?"


"Lorena"	"I Remember the Hour When Sadly We Parted"	"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"	"Weeping, Sad and Lonely"


"Ellsworth's Avengers"	"General Grant's Richmond March"	"Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March"	"Old Glory Grand March"