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Colonel Baker's Funeral March
- Creator:
- Oliver Ditson & Co., J. W. Turner
- Location:
- Massachusetts, Boston
- Origin Date:
- 1861
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0233
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, “Colonel Baker’s Funeral March.” The cover is plain with an illustration at the center of Colonel Edward Baker. The illustration is surrounded by a decorative oval frame. “In Memoriam” is printed above the illustration. The title and publishing information is printed below the illustration. Friend and political associate of Abraham Lincoln, Colonel Baker died at the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 22, 1861. 5 p. of music. For piano. Lithograph by J.H. Bufford. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.