Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Overall, it's a pretty enjoyable album, especially if you want a better taste of Civil War era life. In High Cotton: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. was penned by Stephen Foster and is sung by the late Kate McGarrigle in a haunting and wistful voice.
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and "Southern Soldier Boy," I would still buy it. That is a minor quibble, however, because this disc rewards repeated listening, and features fine performances by Kathy Mattea, Hoyt Axton, Waylon Jennings, Judy Collins, John Hartford, the McGarrigle sisters, Richie Havens and Ronnie Gilbert.
This is an excellent collection of music.
Ballads & Songs of the Civil War Includes Battle Hymn of the Republic Rhonda Reene; When Johnny Comes Marching Home Simon & Verity Grace, and more.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I wish NatGeo would reissue their whole series of late '60's and early '70's records on CD before the format vanishes...maybe as two LP's on one disc.
There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I gave it to her for a gift. Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. I owned almost every one of them at one time, and wore them out playing them: Hawaii, Cumberland Gap, Songs of the Sea, Songs of the Civil War, In the Good Old Summertime, Barbershop Melodies, John Phillip Sousa marches, and others. They harken back to a different time very nicely. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. If this CD had only two tracks on it, "Was my Brother in the Battle?"
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. It has the necessities, "Dixie" (a banjo rendition) and "Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations These songs are sequenced so as to tell the story of the war, from initial hung-ho optimism to grim reality and ultimate victory/defeat. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
I purchased this album because my nine-year-old son needed background music for his Civil War presentation at our homeschool group's history fair. Like I said, this was supposed to be background music to set a mood only.
I have an interest in how songs reflect the time in which they were written. Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album, released in 1991 by Columbia, that presents an assortment of contemporary performers recording period pieces and traditional songs, most of which date back to the American Civil War.
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I got this of the back of hearing the radio 2 programme on the music of the civil war.
I have played this CD several times over the last couple of months, and I enjoy it each time I hear it. Dulcem Melodies: Favorite Campfire Songs of the Civil War Era Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Overall, it is much more satisfying than the instrumental disc.
It was easy to listen to and I play it frequently. Our goal was to promote learning and this music definitely contributed to our goal's success!