1860\'s ILLUSTRATED CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE SONGSHEET By MAGNUS UNION WINFIELD SCOTT
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1860\'s ILLUSTRATED CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE SONGSHEET By MAGNUS UNION WINFIELD SCOTT:
$31.41
Very rare, original, 1860\'s Hand Colored Illustrated Civil War Broadside Song Sheet / Letter Sheet titled \"The Banner of the Free\" published by Charles Magnus. This very rare, Song Sheet Broadside / Lettersheet measures approx. 5\" by 8\". It features a fantastic, hand colored illustration at the top of Union Army General in Chief Winfield Scott flanked by American Flags
The text of this Civil War Patriotic Union Song was written by Eugene Johnston around 1861. The Text of the Song Sheet / Letter Sheet reads:
\"The Banner of the Free.
He lay upon the battle field,
Near the Chickomony’s tide,
His life blood flowing on the ground,
From a deep wound in his side;
He cried, comrades, I’m getting cold.
My eyes can scarcely see,
Before I die let me behold,
The Banner of the Free.
His comrades gathered round him,
And tears from their eyes fell,
As they gazed upon the ghastly face,
Of him they loved so well:
He cried, oh comrades do not weep,
Why shed those tears for me,
I can like a soldier die,
‘Neath the Banner of the Free.
They raised him from the ground,
To see his Flag once more;
In triumph waving o’er the field,
Now covered with human gore,
But see, he starts, his eyes grow bright,
He sees the foemen flee,
Before the steel of freemen bold,
With the Banner of the Feee.
A smile o’er spread his palid face,
He feebly gasped for breath,
And fell back in his comrades arms,
In the embrace of death;
They buried him on the bloody field,
‘Neath a drooping willow tree,
And planted o’er his resting place,
The Banner of the Free.\"
The back of the Broadside Song Sheet features a blank, lined page and other similar sheets were marketed by Magnus as an \"Illustrated Song on Notepaper\" - surely meant to be marketed to Civil War Soldiers as stationary for writing letters home.
This fantastic Patriotic, Civil War Broadsided Songsheet / Lettersheet is in excellent - clean and crisp and exceptionally well preserved. The color is strong and bright and the sheet is clean and crisp on both the front and back.
A very rare, and attractive 1860\'s Hand colored Civil War Illustrated Broadside Song Sheet / Letter Sheet titled \"The Banner of the Free\" published by Charles Magnus and a fantastic addition to any collection!!!
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1860\'s ILLUSTRATED CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE SONGSHEET By MAGNUS UNION WINFIELD SCOTT:
$31.41