(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Group of five (5) Civil War Song sheet

Sale 2342 - Lot 427

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Group of five (5) Civil War Song sheets with African American themes, four of them, hand-colored: Kingdom Coming * Old Folks at Home * Kitty Wells * Gentle Maggie * Who Can Find Us Now. Various sizes (5 x 8 and larger); condition varies. should be seen Vp, circa 1861-1865

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The Civil War saw the advent of the patriotic and humorous postal cover. But it also brought with it, the song sheet. Just as the postal covers came in numerous designs, so it was to a great degree with the song sheet. In fact the same stationer that printed the postal covers, more often than not printed the song sheet. The song sheets very often carried lines on the reverse so one could write a letter as well as send a song. Two of these sheets were printed by Magnus, a New York stationer noted for the use of color.