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The bluegrass album Songs of the Civil War Era, self-published in November 2005 by ShoreGrass, contains a recording of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in which the first and second stanzas of the Marching Song are included. Sweet Honey in the Rock recorded Truth's song in 1993 on their 20th anniversary album, Still on the Journey.
"Marching Through Georgia" [a] is an American Civil War-era marching song written and composed by Henry Clay Work in 1865. It is sung from the perspective of a Union soldier who had participated in Sherman's March to the Sea; he looks back on the momentous triumph after which Georgia became a "thoroughfare for freedom" and the Confederacy was left on its last legs.
"An Overview of Music of the Civil War Era" Bugle Resounding. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8131-2375-5. Lanning, Michael (2007). The Civil War 100. Sourcebooks. ISBN 978-1-4022-1040-2. McWhirter, Christian (2012). Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina ...
"John Brown's Body" (Roud 771), originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The song arose out of the folk hymn tradition of the American camp meeting movement of the late 18th and early 19th century. According to an ...
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album of American Civil War music recorded by various artists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was released on November 5, 2013 through ATO Records . The album was produced with the help of music supervisor Randall Poster , whose credits include work with Boardwalk Empire and Moonrise Kingdom . [ 3 ]
"Marching Song of the First Arkansas" is a Civil War–era song that has a similar lyrical structure to "Battle Hymn of the Republic". It has been described as "a powerful early statement of black pride , militancy, and desire for full equality, revealing the aspirations of black soldiers for Reconstruction as well as anticipating the spirit of ...
"Listen to the Mocking Bird" was one of the most popular ballads of the era and sold more than twenty million copies of sheet music. [4] It was popular during the American Civil War and was used as marching music. Abraham Lincoln was especially fond of it, saying, "It is as sincere as the laughter of a little girl at play." [5]