Handwritten lyrics by a Union soldier entitled “Richmond is Fallen!,” two pages, 5 x 8, June 1, 1865, attributed to Sydney P. Bates “at Battery Cameron, Dist. Columbia…drummer of Co. D., Regt. N.H. Vols. H. A.” The lyrics, in part: “Genl. Grant and Genl. Meade / Did a very good deed / By taking our army in command / They’ve ‘cleaned’ the leaders out / And caused a general rout / of ev’ry bloody Rebel in the land! / Chorus – Listen, boys, now! / Don’t you hear the shout / Ringing throughout our nightly land / Petersburg is fallen, Richmond is taken / Taken by a sturdy Yankee band… / Justice has conquered / Our country is honored, / And not a guilty stain is now seen! / Our hearts throb with glory / At this noble story / And exults in the Future’s sunny gleam.” In fine condition.
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