Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891; Beane, Fannie; Behman, Louis C., 1855-1902; Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923; Broadsides; Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932; Gilday, Charles; Ingersoll, Robert...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Jumbo!" a parody sung by Fanny [sic] Beane and Charles Gilday. Fannie Beane and Charles Gilday were traveling comedy performers who, after marriage, continued to perform as a team. "Jumbo" was one of the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.); Merryman, John, 1824-1881; ;
Document containing the broadside entitled "John Merryman" sung to the Dan Emmett tune "Old Dan Tucker." This broadside tells the story of John Merryman, a Marylander who during the Civil War was arrested and imprisoned without trial at Fort...
Broadsides; Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hicksie." The language used in this broadside is reminiscent of the caricatured dialect ascribed to slaves of the pre-Civil War South. "Hicksie" is Thomas Holliday Hicks, the Governor of Maryland at the...
Broadsides; Death; Howard, Frank, 1851-1914; Love songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "When the Robins Nest Again," from an 1883 song written by Frank Howard. Born J. F. Martindale (1851-1914), he performed in minstrel shows and became one of the highest paid writers and composers of songs...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Do Not Turn Me From Your Door." An only child is begging for money or food for herself and her widowed, sick mother. The title and all of the verses are displayed within a decorative border. Above the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881; Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Flags; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "In Maryland, My Maryland." This broadside, the Union answer to the Confederate poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, claims Union soldiers are true soldiers just like...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Victory at Last," containing the words of a Christian hymn. The hymn portrays Christians as soldiers in Christ's army ("our Saviour is our Captain"). With the world as their battlefield, the Bible as...
