Favourite Civil War Song

[David Dire]

As the title implies, what's your favourite civil war song? Mine's When Johhny Comes Marching Home, followed by Dixie's Land.

[CjkCJkCjk]

Normal civil war song Would Probably be Kelly's Irish Brigade, Marching is Bonnie Blue flag and Sacred Harp is Antioch

[Maximus Decimus Meridius]

As a german and Badner of course:

We goes to fight with Sigel ;)

[-Mitchell-]

Dixie and Wearin' of the Grey
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/military/confederate.gif

[Mississippi]

Dixieland & Bonny Blue Flag.

[MadWolf]

New York Volunteers, We'll Fight for Uncle Sam, The Dreadful Engagement and When Johnny comes marching home :D

[Hethwill_Khan]

Boys that wore the green and the fighting 69th.

[Landree]

Southern Soldier is my #1.

Others I like are Goober Peas, To Arms in Dixie, and Wearin' of the Gray.

[Henronicus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDI4MXcmSww

Best version of the song I've heard probably, with the war of rights version coming very close(of course, they are two different styles)

[Ry1459]

Although this isn't from the era, I just really love this song:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkQ4FeooLA

This is my favorite rendition of the Union version of Battle Cry of Freedom:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v582kPp43Mg

[Celt]

The night they drove old Dixie down, as sung by The Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69ZVHpjYAk

[Blake Vassar]

My Favorite would be To Arms in Dixie and The Battle Cry of Freedom both in Confederate version

[Soulfly]

next to those patriotic songs, my favorite songs are "Home sweet Home" and "Oh Susanna"

Edit: "The Dreadful Engagement " must not be forgotten

[Lewis Armistead]

Idumea from the movie, Cold Mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIkPyUecsnI

[JaegerCoyote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARnjmEuHUU

[Dead53]

Battle Cry of Freedom and the Battle Hymn of the Republic are my favorites.

(Edit: Dixie and the Bonnie Blue Flag are pretty great too)

[Reznikov12]

bonnie blue flag :)

[Galor]

Humm... Dixie and the Bonnie Blue Flag. It gives me the creeps. :rolleyes:

[JaegerCoyote]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pMRLnSYWbQ&index=9&list=PL19as3G5JCd0nQ01HD3-jgy3BuOMpYbHQ

Another favorite

[Brother_Padre]

This version of 'Paddy on the Handcar' and 'Ed Kellogg's March' is brilliant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN95dTYAjqo&list=PLrbiANAXe-ZgLpaNDNIZ4K_McBEtcyAaK&index=34

[Jäger]

Dixie.

[Andersen Lee]

Dixie / Bonnie Blue Flag

[Jeffrey Miller]

Sweet Home Alabama :)

[A. P. Hill]

The night they drove old Dixie down, as sung by The Band. ...


Sweet Home Alabama :)

;) Guys, I do believe they're talking about songs that were written in the civil war era ... but I understand where both of ya'll are comin from. :D

1988

[Patrick Kurtz]

Battle Cry of Freedom, then Battle Hymn of the Republic, the Dixie

[Jeffrey Miller]

It was a joke Mr. Hill, hence the smiley face.

[aaron1234q]

Cruel War is one of my favorite lesser known songs.

[rebeldestroyer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3IJ05QntXQ&app=desktop

Dixie's land best song from this era no argument.

[Pvt.Scott]

battle cry of freedom

[Sneaky Cheese]

This wasnt a Civil War Song BUT it is Civil War related none the less :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph-oe9bRkdE&index=37&list=PLew6i1JsMbs69mkgMjq8yzcvqSqie-QKD

[Henronicus]

This is undoubtedly my favorite version of battle cry of freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPzb0h9PPV8

The picture's even from the battle of Sharpsburg!

[von-Winkler]

The Yellow Rose of Texas and Stonewall Jacksons Way

[William Bowen]

I like dixieland, Johnny comes marching home, and soldiers joy.

[[RG]Chewie]

My favorite :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nEf2nuH_Xc

[LTC Philip A. Work]

https://youtu.be/kXdR4IweKvw

[Edvard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzRhFH5OyHo

[Colonel P. R. Page]

It's definitely Dixie.

https://youtu.be/o3UUS1kx5oE

I also like it played slowly.

[Colonel P. R. Page]

https://youtu.be/SBIB9cbKmXE

[Brooklyn]

https://youtu.be/q9jxtXAHYZc

https://youtu.be/yq4BPhyj3BU

[Jagdmann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoEzaxkJJjk

Also some more Paddy lamenting :o

It has something about it! Some reenactment scenes might be cool to see too.

[JohnMeow]

Mine would have to be the song from a later time about the civil war "Billy Don't Be a Hero" because why not.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlK9TJvuSk

[Brooklyn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dVMpRfiD0s

[crazychester1247]

My favorite isn't from the civil war, but it is a song from The Civil War. :p

https://youtu.be/UjM6zjwi4R0

[A. P. Hill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BcK3vR6bEc

[crazychester1247]

CSA Soldier 1:
"I'm tired of these friggin goober peas! Every day it's goober peas for breakfast, goober peas for lunch, and some more goober peas for friggin dinner!"

CSA Soldier 2:
"I know what let's right this really sarcastic catchy song about how much we love goober peas, that'll tell the quartermaster get us something else to eat."


Also this is now my favorite CSA civil war song instead of Bonnie Blue Flag.

[Pvt.Scott]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4hOq89Z0BE
I am playing this in my school band and had to get it out there.
I love the song!

[Grant97]

The fighting 69th, Kelly's Irish Brigade and southern soldier! :D

[Brooklyn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnixGHLIqD4

[Duke Of Longtree]

2nd south Carolina sting band ( jackson in the vally )
https://youtu.be/ijB8iDWcy88

[W1Z25]

Dixie Land

[Hatchmo]

My personal favorite is the Southern Battle Hymn closely followed by Dixieland and the Bonnie Blue Flag.

[Willy The Walrus]

Irish volunteer,Dixieland,Frong in the well, and When Johnny comes marching home.

[Bob_Rabbit]

Possibly the best Civil War song ive ever heard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

[Locke1740]

Possibly the best Civil War song ive ever heard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Ahh yes, I believe it was played by some brigades at First Manasses right? Oh I can't remember, only that it was played to the wounded before amputation

[Bob_Rabbit]

Ahh yes, I believe it was played by some brigades at First Manasses right? Oh I can't remember, only that it was played to the wounded before amputation

That it was, one of the civil war classics

[David Dire]

Goddammit, that was brilliant.

[chamberlain]

Away down South in the land of traitors,
Rattlesnakes and alligators,
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
Where cotton's king and men are chattels,
Union boys will win the battles,
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
(Chorus)
Then we'll all go down to Dixie,
Away, away,
Each Dixie boy must understand
That he must mind his Uncle Sam,
Away, away,
And we'll all go down to Dixie.
Away, away,
And we'll all go down to Dixie.
I wish I was in Baltimore,
I'd make Secession traitors roar,
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
We'll put the traitors all to rout.
I'll bet my boots we'll whip them out,
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
(Chorus)
Oh, may our Stars and Stripes still wave
Forever o'er the free and brave,
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
And let our motto ever be --
For Union and for Liberty!"
Right away, come away, right away, come away.
(Chorus) we'll all go down to Dixie,
Away, away,
Each Dixie boy must understand
That he must mind his Uncle Sam,
Away, away,
And we'll all go down to Dixie.
Away, away,
And we'll all go down to Dixie.

[MacMillan]

Favorite CSA song: I Can Whip the Scoundrel by Tennessee Ernie Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrrsvPDSRc

Favorite USA song: Marching Song (Of The First Arkansas Negro Regiment) by Tennessee Ernie Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW7pho53EPE

Favorite Civil War March(es): Southern Medley by the California Consolidated Drum Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6-xFks_mQ

And just because I had to since I am in charge of an Irish Battalion...

Favorite Irish Civil War song: Southern Wagon by David Kincaid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bKiTJcQK5U&nohtml5=False



Hope you all enjoy!!!

[Destroyer_Mutsuki]

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mmFPyDK_8

The Girl I left Behind me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIw8m9ogJKE

And Dixie.

[1SGT Shannon]

My favorites have been mentioned except for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKih6b7IssA I also like "Katy Wells", "Lorena", "Maryland, My Maryland" (Southern version), Mister Here's Your Mule", "Old Abner's Shoes", "Riding a Raid", "Rose of Alabama", "Somebodys Darling", and "The Soldier's Grave."

[Cube210]

Battle cry of freedom.

and if what I was told is true this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywmpMQYojs

[Corporal Stender]

"(The Battle Of) Shiloh's Hill"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CkvSfSoIU

[TheD3rp]

Either "The Battle Cry of Freedom" or this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ra9cXx1-o

[Toastedted]

Rebel Soldier by Jamey Johnson

[Grant97]

Battle cry of freedom
Southern Soldier
The Fighting 69
...and much more :)

[MajorRoberts]

When Johnny comes marching home! - GO YANKEES

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[David Dire]

Resurrection!

Been listening to Boys That Wore The Green (https://youtu.be/jro-tNUYhSg), and it's becoming one of my favourites. One question, though: What exactly are the "New York Firemen" referenced in the song?

Tried googling it but couldn't find anything. Militiamen, I'm assuming?

[Pvt.Scott]

Resurrection!

Been listening to Boys That Wore The Green (https://youtu.be/jro-tNUYhSg), and it's becoming one of my favourites. One question, though: What exactly are the "New York Firemen" referenced in the song?

Tried googling it but couldn't find anything. Militiamen, I'm assuming?

Actually The 11th New York Apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_New_York_Infantry
Btw I have been getting into Irish Civil War Songs.

[Diversey]

Macklemore - Thrift Shop

[Saris]

Southern Soldier

Bonnie Blue Flag

Stonewall Jackson's way

Dixie's Land

[The Fearless Hussar]

i'll go for a sea song First: Roll Alabama Roll!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYIbQfhSlic
And the North Carolina War Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxYugyYLFLM
And of course the Southern Soldier and The Southern Wagon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLMU90Aa2Oo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5GNbG14f4
And a Union song: Marching through Georgia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJuWszf4g_s