Nadine Turchin was a Russian immigrant and the wife of Civil War General John Basil Turchin. The Turchins came to the United States in 1856 and would eventually settle in Mattoon, Illinois. Nadine traveled with her husband during his Civil War…
Illustrated three verse song and chorus about the death of Lieutenant Franklin Butler Crosby. The sheet gives an incorrect date for Crosby's death. He died in battle on May 3, 1863, not May 2. Sheet note: "The last words of Lieut. Crosby who was…