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Primary Sources and Picture Books: Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War by Debbie Levy

Album Description

A collection of Civil War related primary sources connected to the book A Soldier Song by Debbie Levy

Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia

Reference note

Summary: Inflation of the balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter the Battle of Fair Oaks; Lowe, not visible in this image, is standing to the right of the balloon.
Contributor Names: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer
Created / Published: [photographed 1862 June 1, printed between 1880 and 1889]
Subject Headings: -  Lowe, T. S. C.--(Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt),--1832-1913
-  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Air operations
-  Balloons (Aircraft)--Virginia--1860-1870
-  United States--Virginia
Notes: -  Title from item.
-  No. 2350.
-  Inscribed on item: Copyright 1910 by Patriot Publishing Company.
-  No copyright renewal 3/23/61.
-  Copyright J148523 Feb. 5, 1910.
-  Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
-  No digital image for LC-USZ62-3338-A.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 33091 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.33091
cph 3g07995 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g07995
cph 3a06845 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a06845

First emancipation proclamation, [Facsimile.]

Reference note

Contributor Names: Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
Seward, William (Author)
Created / Published: January 4, 1864
Subject Headings: -  Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
-  Emancipation Proclamation
-  fundraising
-  Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
-  Correspondence
-  Manuscripts
-  Broadsides
-  United States -- New York -- Albany -- Albany
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Broadsides
Notes: -  This original and draft of the first Emancipation Proclamation as described below by the Assistant Secretary of State was presented to the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in Feb. 1864, and brought the sum of $1,000 for its funds. It became the property of Gerrit Smith, who presented it to the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865, it was purchased by vote of the Legislature of the Commission for $1,000, and ordered to be deposited in the State Library. Albany, 1865.
Repository: Rare Book And Special Collections Division
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0921

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock

Reference note

Contributor Names: Gardner, James, b. 1832, photographer
Created / Published: 1864 May 20.
Subject Headings: -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
-  United States
Notes: -  Stereo filed in LOT 4175.
-  Caption from negative sleeve: Pontoon Bridge across Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, May 20, 1864.
-  Two plates form left (LC-B811-715A) and right (LC-B811-715B) halves of a stereograph pair.
-  Corresponding print is in LOT 4176.
-  Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: cwpb 01180 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01180
cwpb 01181 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.01181

Henry Frank Babcock Letter

Teaching Notes

Corresponds with letter on page 4 of book.

Wounded soldiers at hospital in Fredericksburg, Va.

Reference note

Created / Published: [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed between 1880 and 1889]
Subject Headings: -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg
Notes: -  No. B462.
-  Title from item.
-  Hand written on verso: "Reproduced in Miller, Hist. of Civil War, vol. 7, page 252-3".
-  Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: ppmsca 33651 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.33651

Reveille

Teaching Notes

1902 recording

Reveille is the second recording on the record and is announced before played.

Letter from William Thompson Lusk to His Mother

Recording of the Battle Cry of Freedom

Teaching Notes

1901 Recording

God save the south!

Reference note

Contributor Names: Halphin, Earnest (composer)
Halphin, Earnest (lyricist)
Created / Published: Miller & Beacham, Baltimore, 1861.
Subject Headings: -  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music
-  Confederate States of America -- Songs and music
-  Songs (Medium voice) with piano
-  Popular Songs of the Day
-  Songs and Music
-  War and Conflict
-  Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Notes: -  Music associated with the Confederate side

Home Sweet Home

Teaching Notes

Recorded 1906-1909

Lyrics may not completely match those in book