Printed lyrics for the Song of the First of Arkansas: Museum Object and Cultural History
Printed lyrics for the Song of the First of Arkansas: Date: 1864. Attributed to: Lindley Miller, American, 1834 - 1864. Printed by: Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, 1863 - 1865.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet of paper contains printed lyrics for "Song of the First of Arkansas." The song is set to the tune of the Methodist hymn "Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us." The lyrics were printed by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments. The reverse of the paper is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1864
- Attributed to: Lindley Miller, American, 1834 - 1864
- Printed by: Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, 1863 - 1865
- Subject of: 1st Arkansas Regiment Volunteer Infantry (African Descent), 1863 - 1866
- Type: songs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 7 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (19.1 × 10.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Emancipation
- Topic: Military
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Slavery
- Topic: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Object number: 2014.174.12
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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