During the American Civil War, songs united and inspired people on both sides. The North had a well-established music publishing industry when the war broke out

The creation of the Confederate States of America and the subsequent Civil War inspired composers, lyricists, and music publishers in Southern and border states

Subject: Cover image of a firing cannon.

Describes how an aging Charleston desk clerk suffering from epilepsy became an unlikely hero during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania during the Civil War. 40,000

Candace Bailey’s exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave th