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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2413

Charles T. Abell collection of southern Civil War songs and ballads

Overview

Scrapbook of southern Civil War ballads collected by Charles T. Abell.

Dates

  • Creation: 1861-1925
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.25 linear feet (1 box)

Printed songs and ballads (no musical notation), mounted on pages of a bound scrapbook.With autograph letters, signed, to professors Frank Rickaby of Claremont, Calif. and to George L. Kittredge of Harvard, as well as manuscript notes by Kittredge.

Biographical / Historical

Charles T. Abell resided in Arlington, Virginia and collected Civil War-era songs and ballads in the 1860s.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

No accession number. Gift of Mrs. Percival Merritt; received: 1925 October.

Recatalogued from 25254.12.82.12.

Title index

Numbers refer to pages in item (1).
Acrostic...1
Address to Her Maryland Lover by a Virginia Girl...2
Advance to Richmond by Way of the Junction...3
After the War...4
Alabama College, The...5
Answer to the Poem Entitled 'How They Act in Baltimore, An...6
Appeal for Maryland, An...7
Appeal for Peace, An...8
Are We Free?...9
Attention!...10
Awake in Dixie...11
Battle Hymn of the Virginia Soldier...12
Battle of Manassas, The...13
Beauregard at Manassas...14
Bold Engineer, The...15
Bonnie Blue Flag, The...16
Brokers' 'Stamp Act' Lament, The...17
Bull Run...18
Call, The...19
Call to Arms, A...(See no. 56)
Confederate Flag, The...20
Confederate Form of Prayer...21
Confederare Soldier's Wife, Parting From Her Husband, The...22
Conundrum...23
Country, Home and Liberty...24
Da Vis...25
Dear Liberty...26
Dear Mother, I'll Come Home Again...27
Devil's Visit to Old Abe, The...28
Dix's Manifesto...29
Down-Trodden Maryland...30
Epitaph to the 38th Congress...31
Ethnogenesis (See no. 57)
Exiled Soldier's Adieu, The...32
Flag of Secession, The...33
General Dix's Proclamation...34
God Help Kentucky...35
God Will Repay...36
Graves for the Invaders...37
Guerillas, The...38
Hicksie...39
Hurrah for Jeff Davis...40
Jackson's Requiem...41
John Brown's Entrance into Hell...42
John Merryman...43
Last Race of the Rail-Splitter, The...44
Liberty or Death...45
Lines in the Death of Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson...46
Lines on the Death of Maj. Gen. E. Van Dorn...47
Lines on the Proclamation Issued by the Tyrant Lincoln...48
Louisana, A Patriotic Ode...49
Maryland Martyrs, The...50
Maryland, My Maryland...51
Maryland's Lament for Jackson...52
Mayor Brown...53
My God, What Is All This For?...54
Niggers in Convention...55
North Carolina: A Call to Arms...56
Ode on the Meeting of the Southern Congress...57
Old Lincoln and His Fellows...58
Old Line's Appeal, The...59
On James River...60
Our Hope...61
Our Southern Flag...62
Prayer for Maryland, A...63
Prayer for the Southern Cause...64
Rally Round the Standard, Boys...65
Rally Round the Stars and Bars...66
Rebel Poetry: The Stars and Bars...67
Remeber and Repay...68
Reply (See nos. 1 and 84)
Retreat of the Grand Army from Bull Run, The...69
Serenade of the 300,000 Federal Ghosts, The...70
Song...71
Song of the Privateer...72
South Carolina, A Patriotic Ode...73
Southern Cross, The...74
Southern Flag, The (See no. 20)
Southern Song of Liberty, The (See no. 45)
Southrons Are Coming, The...75
Spirit of 1861, The...76
Tennessee, Fire Away...77
There's Life in the Old Land Yet (Randall)...78
There's Life in the Old Land Yet (Anon.)...79
To Sauerwein...80
To The Baltimore Poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s...81
Two Years Ago...82
Tyrant's Cap, The...83
Volunteer Zouave in Baltimore, The...84
Welcome Jeff to Baltimore...85
Zarvona...86

First-Line index

Adieu, my home, adieu dear Maryland...32
Alabamians at by the chimneyside, The...5
Almighty God, the sovereign disposer of events...21
Are we free, go ask the question...9
Arise, Confederates! hear your country's call...76
As women's champion, forth I stand...84
Awake, and to horse, my brothers...48
Away o'ver the boundless era...72
Black Republican bandits...77
Bold and noble Earle Van Dorn, The...47
Brutal by nature – a coward and knave...1
By blue Patapsco's billowy dash...79
Cold is his brow, and the dew of the evening...46
Come, gentle muse, and touch a strain...42
Despot's heel is on thy shore, The...51
Down-trodden, despised, see brave Maryland lie...30
Each one we meet upon the street...17
Ets a mighty bad way dey's got ole Hicks in...39
Farewell, dear Liberty, farewell for a while...26
Farewell to submission (Reply to no. 2)
Father of earth and heaven, I call Thy name...12
Fly to the South, come fly to me...2
Freedom calls you! Quick, be ready...24
From Lincoln and Hicks...63
From the battlefield afar, where the wounded and the dying...70
Galling chain has fettered now, The...83
Gather round, all friends and neighbors...53
Give us one chance, 'tis all we ask...25
God save our Southern Land...61
Gone from ys — gone from us...52
Graves for the invaders! graves...36
Hath not the morning dawned with added light...57
Hear ye not the sound of battle...27
Hearken, friends and foes, now hearken...10
Here is thy trusty blade...22
I was a glorious Wide-Awake...82
In charms now we slumber, and insults in number...85
In the name of God! Amen!...74
John Merryman, the Marylander...43
Know all men by these presents, that I, John L. Dix (no relation)...34
Land of the Palmetto tree...73
Lord, from thy heavenly throne...35
Louisana, dear Pelican mother, arise...14
Maryland, Maryland...19
Mission of woman has ever been a holy work, con-, The...8
Morning sun a blessing brings, The...86
Mr. Cox, Member of Congress from Ohio, concluded his...31
My heart is in the South, boys, my heart is not here...65
Now Glory to the Lord of Hosts...14
Now proudly lift, oh sunny South...13
O bully George B. has come out of the West...15
O, Lord our heavenly Father high and mighty...64
O say do you see by the dawn's early light...33
Oh, be easy. don't you teaze me...3
Oh! mother dear, those early scenes...27
Oh, my God, what vengeful madness...54
Oh, say do you see now so vauntingly borne...67
Of all the gems that gild the wreath...7
Old Abe was sitting in his chair of state...28
Old Line's foot is on the shore, The...59
On ! On! to the just and glorious strife...45
On the banks of the Potomac there's an army so grand...20
Once on a time in Baltimore...29
Our country now calls, we'll up and away...38
rally round your country's flag...66
Remenber–men of Maryland...68
Say, darkies, hab you seen de massa...60
Says Greeley to Scott, to Richmond why not...18
So Tom has turned a poet, what a dear...54
Southrons are coming, heigho, heigho, The...75
That noted burglar Ellsworth...39
There is no day...36
There's a gallant banner floating o'er the home of Liberty...62
There's life in the old land yet...78
They bore them to a gloomy cell...50
'T was Spring in the South, and the soft zephyrs lingered...4
Union men have felt the floor, The...80
Way down in Virginia...69
We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil...16
We have read the tyrant's order...48
Welcome, my bredren, here you is...55
We've seen the complaint...(Reply to no. 84)
What a precious set...58
What is the difference between...23
When our ladies on the street...6
When Zerxes and when Cyrus led...44
Ye sons of Carolina, Awake from your dreaming...56
You 'Rebels' come along, and listen to my song...71

Persons, places, and events index

A.B. ...19
Abe (For this and all epithets of Lincoln, see Lincoln)
Abolition....37, 34
Abolitionist...58, 71
Administration....58
Aetna....49
African Americans ... 17, 31
Ajalon....13
Alabama....5, 16, 25
Alabamian...5
Alp....49, 57
America....8
Annie of the Vale...85
Antietam....82
Arctic....57
Arkansas...16, 25
Arlington Heights....28
Arnold....42
Atlantic....66
Attila....15
B. ....7, 10, 30
Ball's Bluff....71
Baltimora....52
Baltimore....1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 19, 25, 29, 30, 34, 36, 44, 51, 59, 60, 62, 68, 71, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84
Baltimore Bastille...34
Banks....23, 54, 71, 85
Bates....63
Battle of Manassas....13 (See also Manassas and Bull Run)
Bartow....14
Bastille....(See Baltimore Bastille and Yankee Bastille)
Beauregard....8, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 28, 40, 43, 44, 79, 84, 85
Bee....14
Beecher....54
Belshazzar....14
Bennett....28
Bertrand's Adieu to France...32
Bethel....20, 40
Big Bethel... 84
Great Bethel... 40
Bible....74
Birch, Rev. E. P....28
Bishop Whittingham....63
Black Horsemen....15
Blair....63
Blockade....71
Bonaparte....44
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 71
Border....75
Borrouich....71
Boston Bay....39
Bowling, Tom....30
Brown, John....36, 42, 54
Brown, Mayor....49
Brownwell....41
Buckeye....28
Bull Run....18, 62, 69, 71, 75 (See also Manassas and Battle of Manassas)
Butler....1, 40, 54
Beast Butler, 40
Cabinet....42
Cain....3, 6
Cameron....28, 63
Canaan....71
Capitol....33
Caroline....62, 73
North Carolina...16, 25, 56
State of the Pine...25
South Carolina...16, 73 (See also Palmetto State)
Carroll....51, 78
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny...26
Central Road....44
Cerro Gordo....x
Chase....58
Fortress Chase... 42
Chauncey....78
Chesapeake....51
Chicago Convention....28
Chickahominy....82
Chickahominy Swamp, 71
Cliftan, E. A.....69
Coalition ministry....31
Cola....2
Colonel Hampton....(See Hampton)
Congress....18, 31
Congressmen...18
Southern Congress...16, 73
Constitution....36
Cox....31
Crimean War....31
Crosby....40
C. T. A.....42
Cyrus....44
Davis....8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 43, 45, 59, 68
Jefferson Davis... 39, 40, 71
Jefferson (only)... 30, 71, 84, 85
Old Jeff... 71
J. D., 15
Dearest Mae...29, 41
Dix...63, 84
General Dix... 34
John L. Dix... 29, 34
Dixie....11, 20, 34, 44, 84
Dodge....29, 63
Dodgers... 29
Dorn....(See Van Dorn)
Duryee....84
Dutch courage....15
Eastern Shore....57
Eden....4
Ellsworth....41
Elzey....25, 82, 84
Eutaw....57
Examiner....(See Richmond Examiner)
Exchange....80
Fairfaz....15
Fates....30, 42
Federal Ghosts....70
Flora....4
Florida....16, 25, 66
Fort....28, 84
Fort Lafayette....34, 48
Fort McHenry....43
Fort Sumpter....14
Sumpter...72
Fort Warren....36
Fortress Chase....42
France....32, 86
General Banks....(For all generals see their last names)
Georgia....16, 29, 25, 29, 37, 66
Georgia Volunteers...66
Gladstone....31
Gordon....35
Greeley....18, 20, 28, 54
Grand Army....15, 28, 69
Great Bethel....(See Bethel)
Gubner Hicksie....(See Hicks)
Guerillas....31
Gulf Stream....31
Gum Tree Canoe, The....20
H. ....68
H. Rebel....36
Halleck....58
Hampton, Colonel....14
Happy Land of Canaan, The....71
Harrisburg....x
Harrison, General....58
Helen....84
Helper....54
Hessian, Hessians....3, 6, 15, 24, 59, 67, 71, 75
Hicks, General....25, 39, 53, 63, 84
Hicksie... 39
Gubner Hicksie... 39
Hill....53
Hills....20
Hop....18
Howard....25, 39, 51
H. T. S. ....11
Hun....74
Illinois....28
Ingram....(See Van Ingram)
Jackson, General....13, 20, 41, 52, 71
Lieut. Gen., T. J. Jackson... 46
Stonewall... 46, 71, 83
J. B. ....78
J. D. .... (see Davis)
Johnston, General....3, 8, 13, 14, 15
Junction....26
Kane, George....36, 79
Kentucky....25, 35
Key, [F. S.]....51, 78
K. G. S. ....(See Mephistopheles, K. G. S.)
Lafayette....9, 86
La Grange, Georgia....28
La Grange Reporter, The....28
Lamb, Robert....66
Le Diable Baiteux....61
Lee, General....3, 8, 20, 71, 85
Legislator, The....39
Lincoln....3, 28, 35, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 68, 77
King Lincoln... 34
Lord Lincoln... 15
Abe... 7, 15, 42, 44, 69, 72, 82, 85
Abe Lincoln... 10, 24, 33, 40, 84
Abe Linkum... 39
Abrum, Lincoln... 3
Old Abe... 28, 71
King Abe... 15
Old Black Abe... 70
Uncle Abe... 18, 71
Father Abr'am... 70
Old Abram...44
Abraham... 42
His Majesty Abraham...I, 34
Rail-Splitter... 34, 44
Longfellow....28
Longstreet, General....85
Lousiana....16, 25, 49
Magruder....20
Manassas....7, 13, 14, 20, 28, 32, 54, 67, 79 (See also Battle of Manassas and Bull Run)
Manifesto....29
Massachusetts....45
Mayor Brown....45
Maryland....2, 7, 8, 8 ,19, 25, 26, 30, 32, 36, 50, 51, 52, 59, 63, 66, 68, 71, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84 (See also Old Land)
Marylander.... 43, 81
Mason and Slidell Affair....20
McClellan, General....15, 17, 69, 71, 84
George B. McClellan.... 15
Mac.... 69, 71
McDonough....78
McDowell, General....18, 69
McHenry....79
McPhail....84
Mephistophenes, K. G. S. ....81
Merrimac....71
Merryman, John....43, 79
M. F. Q. ....2
Mississippi....16, 25
Missouri....25
Morgan....58
Moses....57
M-rr-s, Thomas, H. ....81
Mrs. L. ....26
Munson....15
Muse....84
My Normandy....51
Nellie Gray....79
Nelly....5
Nero....36, 70
New England....48
New York....84
N. G. R. ....59
Nightingale, Florence....2
North Carolina....(see Carolina)
Ohio....31
O. H. S. ....15
Old Dan Tucker....43
Old Dominion....16
Old Land....78, 79
Old Line....7, 19, 25, 30, 59, 84
Old Nick....28
Pacific....66
Palmetto State....22, 25, 40, 71 (See also Carolina)
Petapsco....79, 84
Pelican State....25
Peninsula....71
Pete....80
Peters....21
Pharisaic leaven....57
Philadelphia....44
Phoebe....84
Picayune....20
Pluto....42
Port Tobacco....59
Potomac....2, 20, 51, 59
President....16
Prevatt (Prevette in one copy)....20
Proclamation, The....48
Quien Sabe....25, 72, 84
Raleigh....56
Randall....78
Rebel, Rebels....15, 17, 62, 67
Redgauntlet....79
Red Sea....57
Reporter....(See La Grange Reporter)
Republican....77
Richmond....2, 3, 10, 13, 18, 20, 40, 59, 71
Richmond Examiner....48
Riddle....42
Rio Grande....20
Rome....70
Roman... 36
Rousseau's Dream....54
Russian....57
Satan....42
Sauerwein....84
Savannah, Georgia....37
Schuylkill....48
Scotch....58
Scott, General....18, 28, 36, 39, 40, 63
Lieut. Gen. Scott... 8
Old Granny Scott.... 28
Secession....80
Seward....28, 36, 44, 49, 54, 55, 58, 63
South Carolina....(See Carolina and Palmetto State)
Southcomb, Mrs. Annie....4
Southern Cross....74
Southern Relief Fair, The....4
Spartan, Spartans....52, 67
Speaker....42
Stamp Act....17
Stanton....58
Stars and Bars....66, 67
Stars and Stripes...68
Stripes and Stars.... 83
Star-Spangled Banner, The....33, 56 (as tune, 33)
State of the Pine....(See Carolina)
Stephen....16
Stevens....42
Stewart, General....20, 85
Stirling, Archie....84
Stonewall....(See Jackson)
Sumner....42, 54, 55
Sumpter, Sumter....(See Fort Sumpter)
Susquehanna....75
Sweet Evalina....69
Talley, Susan Archer....13
Taylor, General....58
Tennessee....10, 16, 77
Tennessians.... 77
Texas....13, 16, 25
Thomas....79
Thompson....56
Timrod, Henry....57
Tophet....42
Tory, Tories....41, 67
United States....31
U.S. ... 80
Utopian....31
Van Dorn, General E. ....21
Van Ingram....84
Vandalls....11
Virgin....19, 84
Virginia....2, 12, 13, 14, 16, 25, 40, 62, 69
Virginians... 12, 15, 18
Wait for the Wagon....18
Wallis, S. T. ....48
Washington D.C. ....3, 15, 44, 58
Washington City.... 28, 30
Washington, George ....6, 44, 49, 76
Weed....28
Welles....58
Western....13
White House....28, 69, 70
Wide-Awake....82
William-Come-Trimble-Toe....28
Winchester....27
Xerxes....(See Zerxes)
Yankee Run....18
Zarvona....86
Zerxes [sic]....44
Zouave, Zouaves....13, 41, 81, 84
Zou Zou....84
Title
Abell, Charles T., compiler. Charles T. Abell collection of southern Civil War songs and ballads, circa 1861-1925 (MS Am 2413): Guide
Status
completed
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01852

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