Nearly a thousand pieces published in the North and about five hundred published in the South (including a few from Baltimore) are contained in this section. A number of the pieces have decorative title pages, with pictures of generals and battles--on land and sea--to highlight the sentimental material. Of even more importance are the first editions of "Dixie", "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" ("Glory Hallelujah") and "Maryland, My Maryland" referred to previously under Baltimore Publishers.

A number of songs from this section are still well remembered: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", "Tenting On the Old Camp Ground", "Marching Through Georgia"--to cite a few.

Chicago songwriters and publishers came into their own during this period and Henry Clay Work and George F. Root became tops in their field and are well represented.

The favorite women about whom the soldiers sang were "Aura Lee" and "Lorena" antedating by some fifty years the popular "K-K-K-Katy" of World War I.