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Civil War Podcast, Episode 100

MUSIC SPECIAL: Songs of the Civil War

In which we celebrate our one hundreth episode with a music special featuring over twenty songs that were popular during the Civil War.

*Midnight On the Water— Spiritwood Northwoods Ensemble (Superior Solitude)

*Dixie’s Land—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Southern Soldier)

*The Bonnie Blue Flag—2^nd South Carolina String Band (In High Cotton)

*Maryland, My Maryland—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 1)

*Lorena—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)

*Join the Cavalry—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)

*Goober Peas—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)

*Short Rations—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 4)

*Hard Crackers Come Again No More—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Dulcem Melodies)

*Weeping, Sad and Lonely—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 1)

*Just Before the Battle, Mother—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 2)

*All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the CSA, Volume 1)

*When Johnny Comes Marching Home—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)

*Home, Sweet Home—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Strike the Tent)

*Tramp, Tramp, Tramp—Tom Glazer (A Treasury of Civil War Songs Sung by Tom Glazer)

*Tenting on the Old Camp Ground—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)

*Nearer My God to Thee—Chip Mergott (Hymns for the Acoustic Guitar)

*Go Down Moses—Paul Robeson (Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions, 1928-1939)

*Kingdom Coming—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Lightning in a Jar)

*My Country Tis of Thee—United States Air Force Heritage of America Band

*John Brown’s Body—Tom Glazer (A Treasury of Civil War Songs Sung by Tom Glazer)

*The Battle Hymn of the Republic—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 2)

*The Battle Cry of Freedom—2^nd South Carolina String Band (Hard Road)

*We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More—Bobby Horton (Homespun Songs of the Union Army, Volume 1)

*Marching Through Georgia—Hardtack & Harmony (Call to Arms)

*Taps—United States Marine Band

*Midnight On the Water—Spiritwood Northwoods Ensemble (Superior Solitude) 

Our book recommendation for this episode is Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music During the Civil War by Christian McWhirter.

Listen to Episode 100: http://civilwarpodcast.libsyn.com/100-music-special-songs-of-the-civil-war