(CIVIL WAR MUSIC) Group of 13 song sheets relating to Irish

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(CIVIL WAR--MUSIC.) Group of 13 song sheets relating to Irish troops and the 69th New York Infantry. Letterpress handbills, many illustrated, most around 9 x 6 inches; most with only minor wear. Vp, circa 1861-65

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4 hand-colored illustrated song sheets published by Charles Magnus of New York: "Who Will Care for Micky Now?," "Paddy Burke," "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (showing the camp of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry in Suffolk, VA), and "Young America and Ould Ireland" 5 song sheets with illustrated borders by DeMarsan of New York, 2 of them hand-colored: "Col. Corcoran and the Prince of Wales," "Return of the 69th," "Bummers Come and Meet Us," Tony Pastor's "The Irish Volunteer," and "The Jolly 69th" 2 song sheets published by Horace Partridge of Boston: W. Dexter Smith's "Molly's Welcome, to Pat Molloy," and "The Great Police Fight!" "Irishman's Shanty," published by J.H. Johnson of Philadelphia and "New War Song of the 69th Regiment" with illustrated border, published by J. Wrigley of New York, torn and mounted. with--a partial unused 69th New York cover.