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Military Music of the Civil War


The Music of the Civil War - Dancing Priest

Songs really sung or music played during the Civil War include “Southern Soldier,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862), “Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862)

Ten Great American Civil War Songs - The Imaginative Conservative

Ten Great American Civil War Songs · 1. “John Brown's Body” (words by various authors; music from the hymn “Say Brothers Will You Meet Us on ...

Civil War Music Instruments - YouTube

Explore Civil War Brass Band instruments with Jeff Stockham, one of the historical music consultants on Spielberg's film Lincoln.

Civil War Music

The most famous Confederate ensemble was the Stonewall Brigade Band, attached to General Jackson's First Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah. In late 1862, below ...

Civil War - Digital History

Music was an inextricable part of the soldiers' lives. Few companies were without a fiddler or banjo player, and the soldiers sang songs that described the ...

Strike Up the Band: Music in the American Civil War ... - Air University

During the American Civil War, instruments like the fife, drum, and bugle were used for drill, troop movement, battlefield communications, and ...

Music During the American Civil War - Smithsonian Magazine

The musicians of the Union and Confederate armies provided strong memories of the homes left behind for the battlefield.

Brass Bands of the Civil War - JV Music

The Boston Brass Band, American Brass Band, Dodworth Saxhorn Band and Salem Brass Band are a few of the brass bands that were formed. By 1850 these bands were ...

Music, Civil War - Encyclopedia.com

MUSIC, CIVIL WARMusic played a major role in the Civil War, making it perhaps the most musical of all U.S. military conflicts. More songs were written, ...

Did army musicians marching with soldiers in the American Civil ...

Music bands in the union armies provided morale-boosting music to the troops during battles, encouraging the soldiers to stay focused and ...

Songs of the Civil War | The George Washington University

During the Civil War, music was a constant companion for soldiers and civilians alike. Both Union and Confederate armies employed professional bands, and ...

20 minutes of American Civil War Music compilation [Union] - YouTube

A compilation of union musics of the American Civil War... Please note that some music was included in this compilation of northern music ...

Songs of the North: Music in the Civil War

Songs of the North: Battle Cry of Freedom, May God Save the Union, John Brown's Body, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Marching through Georgia, First Gun is ...

The Civil War in Music Videos

No other music group or solo artist has had a bigger impact on bringing American Civil War material culture into pop music and pop culture in the twenty-first ...

Civil War Sheet Music Collection - SHSMO digital collections

Civil War Sheet Music Collection · Richmond Is A Hard Road To Travel · Washington Artillery Polka March · Beauregard's Grand March · Beauregard : A Southern Song ...

30 minutes of American Civil War music [Confederacy] - YouTube

Please note that this video has no political purpose. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest war in XIX Century. To all the men (soldiers or ...

Soldiers Versions of Popular Songs | Music & Songs of the 1860's

When Sherman's soldiers marched toward Columbia, SC they supposedly sang "Hail Columbia, happy land. If I don't burn you, I'll be damned". This ...

civil war era songs : r/CIVILWAR - Reddit

Johnny Horton and he's an excellent source, my personal favorite is Johnny Reb. Battle of Bull Run is another.

Battle Hymn of the Republic / Patriotic Anthem / American Civil War ...

Recommended based on this song ; The Caisson SongUS Army Chorus ; The Star-Spangled BannerThe Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra ; Anchors AweighUS Navy Band ; The ...

Military Music in American and European Traditions | Essay

By the time of the Civil War, each company had its own field musicians, one fifer and one drummer, to provide the daily signals telling the soldiers to wake up, ...