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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08441.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Six hundred thousand more |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Author | Cramer, J. A. S. (fl. 1861) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Song to the tune of "Blow ye Windy Morning." Seven stanzas. Song about coming to the aid of the Union. First stanza says: "We are coming Father Abraham, six hundred thousand more, / From Franklin's winding streams, and from Fulton as before; / We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, / With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; / We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before - / We are coming, Father Abraham - six hundred thousand more." Written by "Col. J. A. S. Cramer, Prop'r, Next Door to Montgomery's Hotel, Chambersburg, PA." Date inferred from content. |
| Subjects | Draft Civil War Military History Union Forces President Patriotism Music |
| Place written | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |