A comprehensive and historically significant song collection, this massive volume captures the hopes and tragedy of the Civil War era. Songs are grouped into the following categories: The Union, The Confederacy, Lincoln, Universal Sentiments, Soldiers Songs, Battles, Negro Spirituals & Abolitionist Songs, The Lighter Side, and Post Bellum. A special feature of this text is the inclusion of authentic formal and informal portraits, plus depictingmilitary encampment of the aftermath of the battle. Arranged for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords.
We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before , Shouting the battle cry of freedom , And we'll fill the vacant ranks with a ... Chorus The Battle Cry of Freedom , II ( Battle Song ) Words and music by George F. Root 1.
Forty-one favorites: songs to rally the troops, ballads of sorrow, even some of hope and humor.
The musical arrangements in this book have been kept technically simple -- within the grasp of amateur guitarists.
(Music Sales America). The Civil War, that great fratricidal conflict which played such a decisive role in shaping our history and our national consciousness, exists no longer in the first-hand memories of living men.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
In the preparation of these volumes there has been no attempt at completeness. The literature from which the materials are drawn is much too vast to be compressed into two...
Escott, Paul D. After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Evans, Augusta J., and Rebecca Grant Sexton. A Southern Woman of Letters: The ...
A beautiful collection from the Civil War
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