Sheet Music, "We Are Coming Father Abraam," 1862
date: label: date made
content: 1862
label: associated date
content: 1862
name: label: referenced
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: Never before had such massive armies confronted each other with such deadly force. Mobilizing and maintaining these large armies became a central focus for both sides.
label: Description
content: In 1862, Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 volunteers prompting James Sloane Gibbons to write a poem, “We are coming, Father Abraam, three hundred thousand more.” It was first published anonymously in the New York Evening Post and was set to music by a number of composers including P.S. Gilmore.
label: Description
content: Gift of King S. Levin, 1980
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Music
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: King S. Levin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0066.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0066
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0066.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
label: Object Type
content: Sheet Music
label: Object Type
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white with black type (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.8775 cm x 27.305 cm