Transcriber’s Notes: This e-book was created from two sources: (1) The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing—’61 to ’65 (1902); and (2) 19th-Century sheet music from The Civil War Songbook (Dover Publications, 1977) and the Civil War and Historic Sheet Music Collections of the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov). A [source list] and notes for the music can be found at the end of this e-book.

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The Good Old Songs

We Used to Sing—’61 to ’65

PRICE, TEN CENTS

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT
PHOTO FROM LIFE, 1864

O.H. OLDROYD
Washington, D.C.
Nineteen Hundred and Two