Commander in Chief & Great Emancipator

Photograph

The "Wigwam" Grand March, dedicated to the Republican presidential candidate, Hon. Abrm. Lincoln. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., 1860.

 Photograph

Inauguration Grand March, dedicated to the President of the United States. Hon. Abrm. Lincoln. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., [1861].

Before and After the Beard
In 1860, Oliver Ditson and Company, one of the leading American music publishing houses of the mid- to late-19th century, issued the The "Wigwam" Grand March during Lincoln’s campaign for the presidency.  After Lincoln was elected, Ditson and Company published a grand march to mark the inauguration using the same image of Lincoln from the 1860 piece, but adding the beard that the president-elect had grown since his election.

Lincoln Collection   Source unknown.