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Music portal. v. t. e. 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.
Song. Published. 1862. Songwriter (s) George Frederick Root. The " Battle Cry of Freedom ", also known as " Rally 'Round the Flag ", is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820–1895) during the American Civil War. A patriotic song advocating the causes of Unionism and abolitionism, it became so popular that ...
Kingdom Coming. The original 1862 sheet music cover by Root & Cady. The composer Henry Clay Work in a W. S. B. Matthews engraving. " Kingdom Coming ", or " The Year of Jubilo ", is an American Civil War -era song written and composed by Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) in 1861. It was published by Root & Cady in 1862 and first advertised in April ...
Both Union and Confederate composers produced war versions of the song during the American Civil War. These variants standardized the spelling and made the song more militant, replacing the slave scenario with specific references to the conflict or to Northern or Southern pride. This Confederate verse by Albert Pike is representative:
The " Battle Hymn of the Republic " is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song "John Brown's Body" in November 1861, and sold it for $4 to The Atlantic Monthly [1] in February 1862.
Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoner's Hope) " was one of the most popular songs of the American Civil War. George F. Root wrote both the words and music and published it in 1864 to give hope to the Union prisoners of war. [1] The song is written from the prisoner's point of view.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home. " When Johnny Comes Marching Home " (Roud 6637), sometimes " When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again ", is a song from the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.
Marching Song of the First Arkansas. Marching Through Georgia. Maryland, My Maryland. The Mermaid (ballad) The Minstrel Boy. My Old Kentucky Home.