The music history of the United States during the Civil War was an important period in the development of American music. During the Civil War, when soldiers from across the country commingled, the multifarious strands of American music began to crossfertilize each other, a process that was aided by the burgeoning railroad industry and other technological developments that made travel and communication easier. Army units included individuals from across the country, and they rapidly traded tunes, instruments and techniques. The songs that arose from this fusion were "the first American folk music with discernible features that can be considered uniqe to America" ^[1]. The war was an impetus for the creation of many songs that became and remained wildly popular; the songs were aroused by "all the varied passions (that the Civil War inspired)" and "echoed and re-echoed" every aspect of the war. 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Popular songs

The most popular songs included "Dixie", written by Daniel Decatur Emmett, who went on to become one of the most famous American composers of the 19th century. The song, originally titled "Dixie's Land", was made for a minstrel show, and specifically for the closing; it spread to New Orleans, first, where it was published and became "one of the great song successes of the pre-Civil War period" ^[4]. Other popular songs from this era include "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", which is now more closely associated with the Spanish-American War. "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" was one of many songs popularized by a concert group called the Hutchinson Family, and was written by George F. Root; Root was, along with Henry Clay Work, the "most prolific composers in writing Civil War songs" ^[5]. Sheet music, c. ... Daniel Decatur Dan Emmett (1815-1904), was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio. ... 1906 postcard advertising a minstrel show The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an indigenous form of American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, usually performed by white people in blackface. ... The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe for the United States during the American Civil War as a variation for the words to the marching song John Browns Body. It was first published on the front page of The Atlantic Monthly... When Johnny Comes Marching Home (sometimes When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) is a song of the American Civil War that expressed peoples longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war. ... Combatants United States Spain Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 2,446 combat dead or wounded 5,500 combat dead or wounded {{Campaignbox {{{campaign}}}}} The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in... George Frederick Root (1820 – 1895) was a popular American songwriter during the Civil War. ... Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer. ...

References

• Abel, E. Lawrence (2000). Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861 - 1865, First Edition, Mechanicsburg, Pennsyvlania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811702286.
• Clarke, Donald (1995). The Rise and Fall of Popular Music, St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312115733.
• Ewen, David (1957). Panorama of American Popular Music, Prentice Hall.
• Band Music From the Civil War Era. Library of Congress. URL accessed on June 13, 2005.
• Struble, John Warthen (1995). The History of American Classical Music, Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 081602927.

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Notes

1. ^  Struble, pg. xvii
2. ^  Howard, John Tasker, cited in Ewen, pg. 19 (no specific source given)
3. ^  Library of Congress: Band Music from the Civil War Era
4. ^  Ewen, pg. 21
5. ^  Ewen, pg. 25
6. ^  Clarke, pg. 21
7. ^  Clarke, pg. 23