, Ala. - Darkness settled over the battlefield and as soldiers bedded down for the night the familiar lyrics rose - music and voices blending from both Union and Confederate camps. On more than one ...
One hundred thirty-eight years ago today, the legendary fiddler who made the first country recordings was born in Arkansas.
NEW HAMPSHIRE CIVIL WAR MONUMENT. WHAT IS IT ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SONGS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR? KEVIN BURNS GREAT DOCUMENTARY NOTED THAT THE MOST POPULAR SONG ON BOTH UNION AND CONFEDERATE SIDES WAS A ...
Horton said music was especially important during the Civil War when other forms of entertainment that offered relief from the battle were not available. “Music historians have estimated that about ...
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Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...