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Title: Col. Ellsworth's requiem march / as performed by the Light Guard Band at the Ellsworth Obsequies, Bryan Hall, Chicago, June 2, 1861 ; A. J. Vaas
Creator: Vaas, A. J., composer
Contributor: Root & Cady, publisher
Mendel, Edward, 1827-1884, lithographer
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: For piano. ; Caption title. ; "To the memory of Col. E. E. Ellsworth who fell at Alexandria, Va. May 24th 1861" -- On cover. ; "I am perfectly content to accept whatever my fortune may be confident that He who noteth even the fall of the sparrow, will have some purpose even in the fate of one like me" -- On cover. ; "Sadly the bells toll the death of the hero published by A. Judson Higgins, Chicago song by A. B. Tobey" -- On cover. ; "Ed. Mendel. Lith, Chicago."
Extent: 1 score (7 pages) ; 34 cm.
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T13
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/9343
Language: English
Subject: Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861
Songs with piano
Marches (Piano)
Civil war
Death
War songs--United States
Popular music--To 1901
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Art and the war
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sheet music. (aat)
Songs. (rbgenr)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Military
1861-1865: Officers: Union A-K
T13
20
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.

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