---
title: 'M''Clellan campaign songs, no. 1: Forward march for Little Mac; Little Mac and Pendleton; The head of the nation McClellan shall be; Little Mac is on de track'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mcclellan-campaign-songs-pond-1864/
description: Illustrated cover of a four-song Democratic campaign songbook published in New York by Wm. A. Pond & Co. and sold by the American News Company.
section: Collection
---

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# M'Clellan campaign songs, no. 1: Forward march for Little Mac; Little Mac and Pendleton; The head of the nation McClellan shall be; Little Mac is on de track

Illustrated cover of a four-song Democratic campaign songbook published in New York by Wm. A. Pond & Co. and sold by the American News Company. An oval engraved portrait of McClellan sits above the four song titles; a handwritten date on the LOC copy reads 'Oct. 4 1864'.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
M'CLELLAN
Campaign Songs
No. 1. FORWARD MARCH FOR LITTLE MAC.
" 2. LITTLE MAC AND PENDLETON.
" 3. THE HEAD OF THE NATION McCLELLAN SHALL BE.
" 4. LITTLE MAC IS ON DE TRACK.
New-York:
Published by WM. A. POND & CO., 547 Broadway.
SOLD BY
AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY,
121 NASSAU STREET.
1864.
```

Library shelfmark, stamps and pencil annotations are not transcribed.

[← Little Mac's double feat of equitation](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/little-macs-feat-1864/) [McClellan and Pendleton →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mcclellan-pendleton-tickets-1864/)

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