From the recruiting songs that celebrated early war efforts to the "lost cause" songs of the Confederacy's last days, Abel (psychology, Wayne State U., Detroit) chronicles how soldiers and civilians coped with the Civil War through their music. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Scholarly volumes have been written about the causes of the war, presenting plausible reasons for the bloodbath of the 1860s. The arguments are endless and fascinating. Every generation finds new insight into the times. What has largely been ignored is the role of songs in America’s Civil War. This book chronicles the war’s social history in terms of its seldom discussed musical side, and is told from the perspective of the South. Outmanned and outgunned during the War, the South was certainly not musically bested.
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