[Louisville Militia]:

LOUISVILLE CITIZEN GUARDS MARCH | QUICK STEP.

Louisville KY: D.P. Faulds & Co. 539 Main St. [1858]. 5, [1 blank] pp, each page loose. Title page with color lithographic portrait [daguerreotype by Webster & Bro., of Louisville]: two members of the Louisville Guard are depicted, in full uniform, with camp and tents in background. In full color. Light foxing outside the image. Good+.

The music, beginning on page 3, is titled: CITIZEN GUARDS MARCH. TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE LOUISVILLE CITIZEN GUARDS BY CARL O. EDELMAN.
"Tanner's 1859-60 Louisville Directory lists Simon B. Buckner as Captain of the Louisville Citizen Guards, organized May 23, 1857. There were 12 officers and petty officers, and 67 men of the rank and file. Their armory was on the north side of Jefferson Street, between 6th and 7th" [online Martin F. Schmidt Collection at Kentucky Historical Society site]. Buckner subsequently became a prominent Confederate General.
160 Eberstadt 305. Item #39139

Price: $450.00