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The Marengo Civil War Band has more than 80 songs in its repertoire, consisting of Civil War Music, patriotic music and music of the late 1800's.  The Marengo Civil War Band performs authentic Civil War Music.  During a performance a brief history of each song is given.  As you can see from the chart below, many of the songs they perform are in "The Top Twenty Songs of the Civil War" according to Frederick Fennell. 

The Top Twenty Songs of the Civil War

**Titles in RED are songs the Marengo Civil War Band performs

 

Title

Date

Words

Music
1 The Last Rose of Summer 1813 Sir Thomas Moore Adapted by Sir Thomas Moore
2 Home, Sweet Home 1823 John Howard Payne Sir Henry Bishop
3 Annie Laurie 1835 William Douglas Alicia Anne Spottiswoode
4 Listen to the Mockingbird 1855 Alice Hawthorne [Septimus Winner] Richard Milburn in 1st Edition; Septimus Winner thereafter
5 Lorena 1857 Rev. H.D.L. Webster Joseph P. Webster
6 Dixie 1860 Daniel D. Emmett Daniel D. Emmett
7 The Bonnie Blue Flag 1861 Harry McCarthy Adapted by Harry McCarthy
8 Glory Hallelujah and John Brown's Body 1861 Anonymous Anonymous
9 God Save the South 1861 Earnest Halpin [George Miles] Charles Ellerbrock
10 Maryland, My Maryland 1861 James Ryder Randall Adapted by Charles Ellerbrock
11 The Battle Cry of Freedom 1862 George F. Root George F. Root
12 The Battle Hymn of the Republic 1862 Julia Ward Howe Anonymous
13 We Are Coming, Father Abraham 1862 James Sloane Gibbons Luther O. Emerson
14 All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight 1863 Ethel Lynn Eliot Beers John Hill Hewitt
15 The Vacant Chair 1863 H.S. Washburn George F. Root
16 Weeping Sad and Lonely, or When This Cruel War is Over 1863 Charles C. Sawyer Henry Tucker
17 Just Before the Battle, Mother 1864 George F. Root George F. Root
18 Somebody's Darling 1864 Marie Ravenel De La Coste John Hill Hewitt
19 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground 1864 Walter Kittredge Walter Kittredge
20 Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! or The Prisoner's Hope 1864 George F. Root George F. Root

As found with the insert for Frederick Fennell's, The Civil War, Fort Sumpter to Gettysburg, Volume I, Eastman Wind Ensemble.

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