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We Are Coming Father Abraham, 600,000 More
- Creator:
- The Wife of a Volunteer, John Church Jr.
- Location:
- Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati
- Origin Date:
- 1861-1865
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0059
- 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, "We Are Coming Father Abraham, 600,000 More." The cover is plain with the title printed across it in black lettering. "600,000" is in bold with "We Are Coming Father Abraham" printed above it in smaller lettering, surrounded by decorative scroll detailing. This song was composed by "The Wife of a Volunteer." Publishing information is printed near the bottom of the cover. 1 score (5 p.) For voice and piano, with choral refrain. Poem originally published in 1862 as "We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong," by James Sloan Gibbons. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.
