“When Dear Friends Are Gone” was submitted for copyright deposit on May 7, 1864, by P. A. Wundermann of New York. The copyright claim on the title page is for 1863, but the date has been changed by hand to 1864 on the copyright deposit in the Library of Congress.
“When Old Friends Were Here” was submitted for copyright deposit on January 23, 1864, by Horace Waters of New York. The author of the lyrics is George Cooper, although some of the early editions of the song inaccurately credit Henry Cooper.
“When the Land Was White with Moonlight," a song by Ethelbert Nevin, was published by the Boston Music Co. in 1893 in A Book of Songs, op. 20. Anna Reeve Aldrich wrote the text.
There is no record of copyright entry or deposit for “When This Dreadful War Is Ended,” but the copyright claim on page 3 of the earliest edition is for 1863.
For solo voice and piano. The originally sheet music indicated that the piece was “respectfully dedicated to Dr. Cornell Everette Talley, D. D. Pastor of Central Baptist Church Wylie Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania President of Pennsylvania Baptist State Convention.”
Although the song was not submitted for copyright until December 9, 1895, by publisher George Mercer Jr., it was probably composed in 1847. The song was dedicated to Mary Keller, to whom Foster had previously dedicated “There’s a Good Time Coming.” This song was intended as a tribute shortly after Keller’s death and probably was not intended for publication. The manuscript remained in the Keller family until 1895, when Mrs. J. J. Vandergrift obtained it from Rachel Keller Woods (Mary’s sister) and arranged for publication of the song.
