Note: Please see Day 3 (October 11) of the sale that features rare material relating to the Gettysburg Address.

Benjamin H. Grierson. Campaign Song. Printed songsheet. [Meredosia, Illinois]: N.p., [1860?]. 1 page, 8vo. 

A stridently anti-slavery songsheet composed by Benjamin Grierson as a Wide Awake in support of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 Election. At the outbreak of war, Grierson joined the Army and would go on to command a cavalry division, notably leading Grierson's Raid. He continued in the Regular Army after the war, serving as an officer in the 10th U.S. Cavalry, one of the all-Black Buffalo Soldier regiments. 

RARE. OCLC locates only 8 copies and only 3 copies have sold at auction. 

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