This comprehensive and historically significant collection captures the hope and tragedy of the Civil War era with period photographs and lithographs. Includes guitar/vocal and guitar solo arrangements of 38 favorite songs of the period. Songs are classified by subject matter: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldier's songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, and post-bellum. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Forty-one favorites: songs to rally the troops, ballads of sorrow, even some of hope and humor. Includes Marching Through Georgia, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Go Down, Moses, many others. Each song printed as a guitar solo and also as a "lead sheet" with accompaniment and complete lyrics.

During the Civil War, songs were written & sung by both sides on every aspect of the war: stirring marching songs, sentimental ballads, descriptions of battles & their aftermath, election campaign songs, songs with a political message or social conscience, minstrel songs, & satirical & humorous ditties. The musical arrangements in this book have been kept technically simple -- within the grasp of amateur guitarists. The songs are grouped by categories: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldiers' songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, & Post Bellum. In singing & playing them, a precious legacy of American history will come alive.

A comprehensive and historically significant song collection, this massive volume captures the hopes and tragedy of the Civil War era. Songs are grouped into the following categories: The Union, The Confederacy, Lincoln, Universal Sentiments, Soldiers Songs, Battles, Negro Spirituals & Abolitionist Songs, The Lighter Side, and Post Bellum. A special feature of this text is the inclusion of authentic formal and informal portraits, plus depicting military encampment of the aftermath of the battle. Arranged for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords.

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1960.

This collection presents 22 lyrical American tunes including traditional 19th century songs, melodies from the WWII era, and modern-day pieces by William Bay, president of Mel Bay Publications. Whether it’s a Civil War ballad or a jazz inspired tone poem, Raymond Gonzalez has a gift for creating unique settings that occasionally blend harmonics with normally fretted notes and open strings. The end result is a flowing melody/chord/bass arrangement that is challenging but accessible to the intermediate guitarist. All of the notation and tab settings in this book appear in standard or dropped-D tuning and are suitable for both steel and nylon-string guitar performance. To keep page clutter to a minimum, the reader is referred to the tablature for string, fret, and harmonic locations. Includes access to online audio of every tune recorded by the author.