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Music of the Civil War
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Usage
• Played to issue marching orders• Played in down time to boost morale or pass
time• Opposing bands would sometimes square off
before an impending battle
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• In 1861 it was approved that every regiment of infantry could have a 24 member brass band.
• As the war became more violent many of those spots reserved for band members were swapped out for riflemen, but music remained a large part of the war.
• Music would often be played while a battle or march was in progress.
• It served as cues for when to march forward or fall back.
• Drums were used for soldiers to keep track of the daily schedule and to keep them in line while marching.
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Significance
• At Battle of Williamsburg musicians were ordered to start playing. Once they began to play Union forces were rallied and forced the Confederates to withdraw.
• Music was the equivalent of "a thousand men" on one's side.
• "I don't think we could have an army without music.“ – General Robert E. Lee
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Songs
• The First Gun is Fired– One of the first original songs for the Civil War– Produced 3 days after the Battle of Fort Sumter
• Nearer, My God, to Thee– Religious, morale booster– The survivors of the disastrous Pickett's Charge
returned under the tune Nearer My God to Thee• John Brown’s Body– Union marching song
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Songs• Battle Hymn of the Republic– Patriotic, Union song– Well known song to this day
• I Wish I Was in Dixie– De facto anthem of the Confederacy
• We Are Coming from the Cotton Fields– Southern morale song