Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.12984 Composed by Bernard Covert. Portraits--Ulysses S. Grant, Events--campaigns & battles, Civil War, Presidential elections. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.12984). Grant, Our Great Commander. Song and Chorus. Music By Bernard Covert; Words By Maj. J. Barton. Published 1868 by W.W. Whitney, Palace of Music, 173 Summit St. in Toledo,O. Composition of strophic with SATB chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits--Ulysses S. Grant, Events--campaigns & battles, Civil War, Presidential elections. First line reads Fling wide the Banner, Boys, Fling wide the Banner.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.