Music of the 1860s

The Civil War Explorer – find information on music, photos, pastimes, education, and daily life of the 1860s
http://www.civilwar.org/cwe/AREA005.asp?9005001000000

States Rights Music - This song, especially popular in the South during the early years of the war, counts out the eleven seceding states one by one.
The Bonnie Blue Flag
http://www.civilwar.org/cwe/audiopages/bonnieblueflag.asp?player=quicktime

Reverend G. Douglass Brewerton wrote the words to this song before the outbreak of war. When southerners pushed for states’ rights, young northerners responded with passion for preservation of the Union. When the first shots of the Civil War were fired, many northerners joined the fight for the Union’s cause.
May God Save the Union
http://www.civilwar.org/cwe/audiopages/maygodsavetheunion.asp?player=quicktime

Kingwood College Library - American Popular Music Before 1900
Scroll down to the 1860-1900 Civil War/Reconstruction Eras.  Find links to popular music just before and during the Civil War.
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-1.html