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Civil War: Songs of the North Civil War: Songs of the North collects 15 Union-centric instrumental ballads like  Weeping Sad and Lonely/When This Cruel War Is Over, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, and The Battle Cry of Freedom, all of which are impeccably performed by Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Craig Duncan and a small army of talented session musicians.
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The Civil War Northerners have also called the Civil War the War to Preserve the Union, the War of the Rebellion (War of the Southern Rebellion), and the War to Make Men Free. Southerners may refer to it as the War Between the States or the War of Northern Aggression.he Civil War in the New York Times The New York Times Complete Civil War, 1861-1865 Edited by Harold Holzer and Craig L. Symonds Black Dog & Leventhal Publishing, 2010, $40 It is no stretch to say the New York Times was the nation’s most powerful newspaper during the Civil War.
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- Even after the Northern Unionist forces crushed the Confederacy and ended slavery for good, the iniquities of sharecropping, where poor blacks and impoverished whites worked for a pitiable share of the crops, fuelled the blues lyrics.
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Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812 Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812. The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Quick Facts about the Star-Spangled Banner Flag.
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The American Civil War: Poetry and Music It also marked a key moment in the nation's musical and literary history, with a surprisingly great output of poems and songs coinciding with the war years. Civil War-era letters are largely associated with the writings of a few of America's most highly celebrated poets: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.
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You're a Grand Old Flag In the play itself, the scene with the Civil War soldier was replicated. The soldier's comment was the lead-in to this song. Thus the first version of the chorus began, You're a grand old rag / You're a high-flying flag.
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Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down This video has been removed,so I`m uploading it again for you to enjoy! It`s really something! All offensive comments will be removed! Add &fmt=18 to url to view in HQ. ...one of the best-loved songs ever recorded about the Civil War: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band. The song was first recorded in 1969, and was later covered and/or performed by Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Jerry Garcia, the Black Crowes, Bruce Hornsby, and the Allman Brothers Band, among others...
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Confederate States of America Videos. 1  Play video Sound Smart: Fort Sumter and the Civil War. 2  Play video Sound Smart: Women in the Civil War. 3  Play video America Divided. 4  Play video The History of Confederate Monuments in the U.S. 5  Play video America and the Civil War. 6  Play video Blacks in the Military. 7  Play video The Plot to Kill Jefferson Davis. 8  Play video The Gettysburg Address.
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"""The Army Goes Rolling Along"" The Official Song of The United States Army" The Caisson Song (key of Eb) Verse: First to fight for the right, And to build the Nation’s might, And The Army Goes Rolling Along. Proud of all we have done, Fighting till the battle’s won, And the Army Goes Rolling Along.
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Songs of the Underground Railroad Songs[edit] One reportedly coded song of the Underground Railroad is Follow the Drinkin' Gourd. The song's title is said to refer to the star formation (an asterism) known in America as the Big Dipper and in Europe as The Plough. The pointer stars of the Big Dipper align with the North Star.
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- Abolitionist Songsters. Music was one of the most powerful weapons of the abolitionists. In 1848, William Wells Brown, abolitionist and former slave, published The Anti-Slavery Harp, a collection of songs for anti-slavery meetings, which contains songs and occasional poems.
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Worldâs Worst Songs: âThe Legend of Wooley Swampâ by the Charlie Daniels Band By 1980, a lot of country rock was country only because of the zip code it came from, and not because it sounded country, and “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” is an example of that. It’s a straight-up rock arrangement, and a fairly dull one at that. Daniels’ North Carolina drawl is the most country thing about it—apart from setting the song in a place called Booger Woods, which is awesome. “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” made it to #31 on the Hot 100 in October 1980.
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ArticleSongs of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl Migrants Article Songs of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl Migrants. Poster for the Los Angeles production of Hall Johnnson's Run, Little Chillun. Prints and Photographs Division POS-WPA-CA.01 .R96, no. 1 (H size). Select the link for more information and a larger image.
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Civil War Cartoons The cartoons above all show different sides of the Civil War. The one of the left shows Abraham Lincoln writing a letter on the top of a Union drum. However, the caption states that All seems well with us, meaning the country.
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John Brown's Body The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward HoweHistorical Period: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 The version that we know today came to be when an abolitionist author, Julia Ward Howe, overheard Union troops singing John Brown’s Body and was inspired to write a set of lyrics that dramatized the rightness of the Union cause.
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ArticleThe African American Civil Rights Movement Spirituals, blues, and Gospel music provided the basis for many of the songs created by African Americans themselves, which became part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as well as young people from the north who went to the south to aid the movement.
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- Then consider the songs...Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mary, Give My Regards to Broadway and the most patriotic song I've ever heard, Over There.. That song was written for the troops of WW I, and this film was being made when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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Rallying Songs of the North RALLYING SONGS OF THE NORTH. Battle Cry of Freedom G.F. Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom was introduced at a war rally in Chicago on July 24, 1862. Diaries and newspaper stories are replete with anecdotes about the inspirational effect of this song for the Union Army.
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The Mix: Songs Inspired By The Civil Rights Movement The Freedom Singers make several appearances in our mix of songs inspired by the civil rights movement — a collection that ranges from 1963 to the present day. Joe Alper hide caption.
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Music of the American Civil War Music of the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on both sides of the conflict: Union and Confederate. On the American Civil War 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.
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How Quicksand Works and How to Escape its clutches Quicksand typically has a density of 125 pounds per cubic foot (2 g/cm 3). This means you can float on quicksand more easily than on water. First thing you should do is drop your bags or gear. The less weight you pull, the better. Also, try pulling off your shoes as these create friction when you try to pull out of the quicksand.
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Edwin Starr - War (Original Video - 1969) Originally written under the Motown label, and first performed by The Temptations, War was later re-released as a single with Edwin Starr as vocals.This version is considered a more emotional version and has become the most popular protest song ever.Lyrics:War, huh yeah.riginal video of Edwin Starr singing his famous song: War [Original Music video from 1969].
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"""The Army Goes Rolling Along"" The Official Song of The United States Army" The Official Song of The United States Army. The original lyrics reflect routine activities in a horse-drawn field artillery battery. The current lyrics tell the story of our past, our present, and our future.
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THE USE OF MUSIC IN PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS Dr. Syngman Rhee, the first president (1948-1960) of the Republic of Korea, in appreciation of the 7th Infantry Division's heroic exploits in the Korean War (1950-1953), gave permission to the Division to use the immortal folk song Arirang as it's official march song.
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Narcocorridos: The Balladeers of Mexico's Drug Wars He's wearing a black satin cowboy outfit with flashes of silver lightning embroidered on its sleeves. His narcocorridos — narco ballads — are about the gunfights and beheadings going on south of the border: the word asesino (murderer) figures heavily in his lyrics. Trashed with drugs, he croons in a deceptively sweet voice. Blowing heads off those who cross us..
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- John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. During the 1856 conflict in Kansas, Brown commanded forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie.he song  John Brown's Body  made him a martyr and was a popular Union marching song during the Civil War. Brown's actions prior to the Civil War as an abolitionist, and the tactics he chose, still make him a controversial figure today.