Soldiers in both armies had their own favorite songs to sing and listen to. Sometimes they sang while marching to keep up their spirits. Union soldiers liked patriotic and sentimental songs. The Battle Cry of Freedom was a Union favorite. Some other popular tunes were...
Field music was the backbone of the armies during the Civil War. Field music was made up of fifers, drummers, and buglers and their job was to use their instruments to communicate orders to the troops. Their job was to regulate a soldier’s life both...
The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history and was fought in over 10,000 locations. Approximately 620,000 people, or 2% of the population at the time, lost their lives as a result of the battle. The Civil War claimed more American lives than all...
The American Civil War was the bloodiest struggle in American history and the estimated 620,000 deaths of soldiers between 1861 and 1865 are roughly equivalent to the combined American casualties in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish American...
Even though embalming has been a common practice since the time of ancient Egypt, it did not become popular in the United States until the Civil War. There was a need to preserve their remains for the voyage because so many troops died distant from their homes...
