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"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" (also known as Tenting Tonight) was a popular song during the American Civil War.A particular favorite of enlisted men in the Union army, it was written in 1863 by Walter Kittredge and first performed in that year at Old High Rock, Lynn, Massachusetts.
Kittredge had been drafted into the American Civil War in 1862 but failed his physical; his family paid for a substitute. Soon after he composed his most famous song, Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, also known as "Tenting Tonight", which was sung by both sides of the war and is known throughout the world. Kittredge composed it in a single night ...
The 2nd South Carolina String Band was a band of Civil War re-enactors who recreate American popular music of the 1800s with authentic instruments and in period style. The group claims to "perform Civil War music as authentically as possible . . . as it truly sounded to the soldiers of the Civil War."
Pages in category "Songs of the American Civil War" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. ... Tenting on the Old Camp Ground; Tramp! Tramp!
During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
Columnist David Marcus writes that the GOP's internal debate over H-1B visas is not really a 'civil war,' but a healthy part of the process of reaching consensus inside a big tent.
This timeline of music in the United States covers the period from 1850 to 1879. It encompasses the California Gold Rush, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and touches on topics related to the intersections of music and law, commerce and industry, religion, race, ethnicity, politics, gender, education, historiography and academics.