Sheet Music, "We Are Coming Father Abraam," 1862: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, "We Are Coming Father Abraam," 1862: date made: 1862. associated date: 1862. referenced: Lincoln, Abraham.
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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.
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1862
- associated date: 1862
- referenced: Lincoln, Abraham
- Object Name: sheet music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Object Type: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: white with black type (overall color)
- Measurements: overall: 14 1/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.8775 cm x 27.305 cm
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1980.0066.01
- accession number: 1980.0066
- catalog number: 1980.0066.01
- Credit Line: King S. Levin
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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