A comprehensive and historically significant song collection, this massive volume captures the hopes and tragedy of the Civil War era. Songs are grouped into the following categories: The Union, The Confederacy, Lincoln, Universal Sentiments, Soldiers Songs, Battles, Negro Spirituals and Abolitionist So...
When the war broke out, Hewitt eagerly sided with the Confederacy. He quickly reissued “The Minstrel Return’d from the War” with new words: “A Nation Has Sprung into Life.” Over the course of the war, he composed and published many other songs. The Library of Congress sheet music c...
4. Said to be second only to "Dixie" in popularity in the Confederacy during the Civil War was this song, which can still be heard today. What is the state song of Maryland? Hint Maryland, My Maryland The Cross of the South Bright Sunny South Stonewall Jackson's Way 5. The popular...
The songs in this volume are passports back in time to the noise of battle, the pain of separation and loss, and the shackles of slavery. It includes 25 songs of the union and the confederacy, matching Tom Glazer's recorded album A Treasure Of Civil War Songs, and includes historical not...
Presents information on the creation of the poem, 'My Maryland,' by professor of English literature, James Ryder Randall, while focusing on the fact that it later became the 'Marseillaise' of the Confederacy. Details on Randall's inspiration; Description of the battle between Massachusetts troops...
What It Gets Right: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" places Caine along the "Danville Train," a fundamental supply line to the Confederacy during the Civil War until Union General George Stoneman and his cavalry raided and destroyed large sections of its tracks. Where...
He wrote both the music and lyrics. Much of Pierpont’s other work hasn’t stood the test of time. Among his other songs are a number of Confederate anthems during theCivil War, including “Strike for the South,”“We Conquer, or Die!” and “Our Battle Flag!” ...
Despite winning two Grammy awards, the song received almost no recognition from the country music industry. In 2020 after a 14-year hiatus, The Chicks announced they were dropping the word “Dixie” from their name to remove themselves from the nostalgia of the Confederacy and any connotation ...
Virgil Caine finds himself out of a job after Stoneman’s cavalry tears up the tracks of the “Danville train,” meaning the Richmond & Danville system. Southern railroads were central to the drama of the Civil War. The Confederacy made quite effective use of its internal rail network, but ...
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “John Brown’s Body” gave voice to the Union cause while “Dixie,” conceived and originally performed as part of a minstrel review, soon became the anthem of the Confederacy. The suffering endured during the Depression is remembered through Bing ...