1861 GENERAL SIGELS GRAND MARCH CIVIL WAR SHEET MUSIC with PORTRAIT LITHO

  

Loyd Davis, began collecting sheet music in the 1960's up until his passing in 2011. Franz Sigel (1824 - 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician.

Sigel served as a Union major general in the American Civil War. His ability to recruit German-speaking immigrants to the Union armies received the approval of President Abraham Lincoln.

Shortly after the start of the war, Sigel was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Missouri Infantry, a commission dating from 4 May 1861. He took part in the capture of Camp Jackson in St.

Gen Nathaniel Lyon on 10 May. In the summer of 1861, President Lincoln actively sought the support of anti-slavery, pro-Unionist immigrants. Sigel, always popular with the German immigrants, was a good candidate to advance this plan.

Consequently, he was promoted by Lincoln to brigadier general on 7 August 1861. The contemporaneous 1861 sheet music piece offered here is to commemorate Sigel's promotion by Lincoln to brigadier general. In June 1861, Sigel led a Federal column to Springfield in southwest Missouri.

He then moved to Carthage, to cut off the retreat of pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard troops previously defeated by Lyon at Boonville. In the subsequent Battle of Carthage on 5 July, Sigel's outnumbered force was driven back by the State Guard. Sigel then joined his troops with the army under Lyon, which marched to Springfield in pursuit of the State Guard. In the Battle of Wilson's Creek, on 10 August, he led a flanking column which attacked the rear of the rebel force, but was routed.

After General Lyon was killed, Sigel assumed command of the army, and conducted the retreat to Rolla, MO. In early 1862, Sigel was given command of two divisions of the Army of the Southwest under Samuel R. The army moved through Springfield into Arkansas, and met Confederate troops under Maj. Earl Van Dorn in the Battle of Pea Ridge on 8-9 March. Sigel's finest performance was in this battle. His troops fought well, and on 9 March he personally directed the Union artillery in the attack which routed the Confederates.

Sigel was promoted to major general on 21 March 1862. He served as a division commander in the Shenandoah Valley and fought unsuccessfully against Maj. "Stonewall" Jackson, who outwitted and defeated the larger Union force in a number of small engagements.

He commanded the I Corps in Maj. John Pope's Army of Virginia at the Second Battle of Bull Run, another Union defeat, where he was wounded in the hand.

This sheet music is about is about 10" x 13" and is in overall excellent condition including the lithograph on the front cover. PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW THE DETAILED HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS TO ASSESS THE QUALITY AND CONDITION OF THIS SHEET MUSIC. PLEASE SEND ME ANY QUESTIONS IF THE CONDITION OF THE ITEM IS DOUBT. This would look great in a frame and is the perfect gift for any civil war enthusiast or historian. I have hundreds of rare, pre-1900 sheet music from my dad's 45+ year collection that I hope to sell as time allows in the next several years.