The Vacant Chair, or, We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him. (Thanksgiving 1861)
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Composed by George Frederick Root. Civil War--Union, War casualties, Death, Families, Grief, Campaigns & battles, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23064).The Vacant Chair, or, We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him. (Thanksgiving 1861). Words by H.S.W. Music by Geo. F. Root. Published 1861 by Root & Cady, 95 Clark St. in Chicago. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil War--Union, War casualties, Death, Families, Grief, Campaigns & battles, Patriotism. First line reads "We shall meet, but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair.".
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