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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.
More of the music of the era has endured than from any other period in our history.. References â¢ Bernard, Kenneth A., Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1966. â¢ Currie, Stephen, Music in the Civil War, Betterway Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992.usic of the 1860's. Patriotic Songs of the Era. The 93rd New York Infantry drum corps in Bealeton, Virginia, August 1863 (Library of Congress) And fair the form of music shines, That bright, celestial creature, Who still, 'mid war's embattled lines, Gave this one touch of Nature.