At head of title: "A union of hearts and a union of hands, a union that none can sever, A union of hearts and a union of hands, and the flag of our Union forever!", Three illustrations: an eagle with the flag and a blank banner is flanked by two copies of a man nailing the U.S. flag to a pole., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 There (6)5777.F.101a (McAllister)
Poem written in 1864? by Marie Ravenel de Lacoste; later set to music by John Hill Hewitt., First line: Into a ward of the white-washed halls., Verse in five stanzas., Printed area measures 17 x 10 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
La Coste, Marie Ravenel de
Date
[1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm #Am 1864 La Coste 54304.O.4
Verse in thirty stanzas, printed in two columns; first line: Time sweeps along from shore to shore., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 37.3 x 20.3 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Carriers 5784.F (McAllister)
Verse in 18 stanzas., Printed in two columns, divided by a double rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.4 x 25.4 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Annual 9666.F (Rough- wood)
Verse in twelve stanzas., At foot of poem: David Gingry, Jr., A prose account of Gingry's service in the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War, precedes the poem; Gingry was severely wounded and sold the poem to support his family., At head of title: Price ten cents each side., Printed side-by-side with The Empty sleeve, then separated for sale., Printed in two columns separated by a vertical rule; the printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.2 x 12.2 cm., Library Company copy was pasted into a scrapbook, then removed; newspaper clippings of other poems are pasted to the verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Wounded 13924.Q
Verse in ten stanzas., At foot of poem: David Gingry, Jr., A prose account of Gingry's service in the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War, precedes the poem; Gingry was severely wounded and sold the poem to support his family., At head of title: Price ten cents each side., Printed side-by-side with The Wounded soldier's appeal, then separated for sale., Printed in two columns separated by a vertical rule; the printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.2 x 12.1 cm., Library Company copy was pasted into a scrapbook, then removed; newspaper clippings of other poems are pasted to the verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Empty 13925.Q
A four-line poem at head of title: A Union of lakes and a Union of lands, A Union of states none can sever, A Union of hearts and a Union of hands, And the flag of our Union for ever., A four-line poem printed vertically, flanking the title: The flag of our country, long may it wave, O'er the land of the free & home of the brave. No pent up Utica contracts our powers, But the whole boundless continent is ours., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 27.8 x 21.0 cm., The illustration shows an eagle with the flag and the banner: Our country our flag & liberty., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Library Company copy 5786.F.123a printed on yellow paper., Library Company copy 5786.F.124c printed on rose-colored paper., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Young, William S., publisher
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Young 5786.F.123a (McAllister), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Young 5786.F.124c (McAllister)
A carrier's Christmas and New Year address; verse in eight stanzas, printed in two columns; first line: Peace be unto you, dear patrons., Printed area, ruled border, measures 29.6 x 19.5 cm., The poem mentions several Civil War battles, including Gettysburg, from 1863., Printed in violet ink., The illustration is a spread eagle with the banner: E pluibus unum., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Daily 5784.F (McAllister)
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.6 x 7.7 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Foster 13944.Q (Stod- dard)
Printed in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 18.3 x 13.1 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1861 Fried 14030.Q (Rough- wood)
Caption title., Signed on p. 2: W.W.B. [i.e. Walter William Broom]., Text printed inside single-rule mourning borders., "In memoriam."--p. [3], verse, signed and dated: W.W.B. Brooklyn, April 30, 1865; first line: Gone! But still his spirit is here., Verse on p. [4] is a German translation of In memoriam; first line: Dahin! Sein Geist doch wallet ferner heir., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Broom, W. W. (Walter William)
Date
[1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Broom 5792.F.44a (McAllister)
A four-line poem at head of title: A Union of lakes and a Union of lands, A Union of states none can sever, A Union of hearts and a Union of hands, And the flag of our Union for ever., A four-line poem printed vertically, flanking the title: The flag of our country, long may it wave, O'er the land of the free & home of the brave. No pent up Utica contracts our powers, But the whole boundless continent is ours., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Gallagher, William J., shoemaker
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Gallagher (2)5786.F.168a (McAllister)
Verse in fifteen stanzas; first line: If the torpedoer's torpedes., Caption title., This poem appeared in Charles G. Halpine's The life and adventures, songs, services, and speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly (New York : Carleton, 1864), in a letter dated "In camp, Folly Island, S.C., April 25, 1863", under the title "An idyl of the iron-clads.", The First Battle of Charleston Harbor took place on April 7, 1863, and involved a fleet of ironclad ships for a naval assault on Charleston, S.C. Mentioned in the poem are Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, commander of the naval forces, and Alban C. Stimers, designer of ironclad vessels., Printed on p. [1]-[2] only., Library Company copy has a MS. stanza inserted following the second stanza on p. [1], and MS. correction in the text on p. [2]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Halpine, Charles G. (Charles Graham), 1829-1868
Date
[not before 1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Halpine 5782.F.16d
