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Music of theUnited States. 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.
The main articles for this category are Music of the American Civil War and Music history of the United States during the Civil War era. This category is for songs and music associated with the American Civil War.
Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album, released in 1991 by Columbia, that presents an assortment of contemporary performers recording period pieces and traditional songs, most of which date back to the American Civil War.
Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1][2] collection of spirituals to be published.
The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War.
" God Save the South " is a poem-turned-song considered by some to have been the unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of America. [1] The words were written in 1861 by George Henry Miles, under the pen name Earnest Halphin. [1] It was most commonly performed to a tune by Charles Wolfgang Amadeus Ellerbrock, although a second version was also published with a tune by C. T. De ...
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 American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...