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Introduction
The Civil War is known for many things but the one thing that everyone overlooks when going back to the Civil War is its music. Music in the Civil War played a major part in many things such as enlistment of solders, giving hope to the troops, and for its part on the battlefield. Civil War music can be divided broadly into three categories: Military (marches, quicksteps, patriotic airs, dance (polkas, waltzes, schottisches, and gallops) and popular (sentimental ballads, operatic airs). Music had a folk sound to it if it was not for any purpose. ... There were many songs sung in the Civil War and some were so popular that we still sing them today.
Role Music Played
The songs sung during the war can be split up as follows: Inspirational marching songs were written to boost the moral of soldiers. ... Songs that family sang at home to remind them of their loved ones fighting the war.
Approximate Word count = 720
Approximate Pages = 2.9
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