Foreword [by John Hope Franklin]
There were so many unique features of the Civil War that one is tempted to conclude that few if any events in the history of the United States have been so replete with the unusual, the remarkable, and even the bizarre.

Introduction
The songs and hymns that Billy Yank and Johnny Red sang in camp, on the march and in battle, and the ones their folks sang at home stemmed from the same roots of American music.