1. ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC A 00:02:52 A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER, JOHN HILL HEWITT, CREATED THE MELODY IN 1863 TO A POPULAR CIVIL WAR POEM, WHICH RECOLLECTS A SENTRY'S YEARNINGS FOR HOME AS HE STANDS GUARD. MANDOLIN, HAMMERED DULCIMER, ACCORDION AND GUITAR. 47 BPM (GMAJ)

3. WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME A 00:01:48 THIS FAMOUS CIVIL WAR MELODY WAS WIDELY PLAYED IN THE NORTH, BUT ALSO GAINED POPULARITY IN THE SOUTH DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SHEET MUSIC. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1863 BY HENRY TOLMAN. FIFE AND DRUMS, GUITAR, OCTAVE MANDOLIN AND BANJO. 110 BPM (GMIN)

6. JOHNSON BOYS A 00:02:09 SOUTHERN TUNE BASED ON THE 'TALL TALE' OF TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE REBEL SCOUTS. MANDOLIN, HARMONICA, BANJO AND GUITAR; 125 BPM (GMAJ)

8. MINSTREL BOY A 00:02:28 IRISH PATRIOTIC SONG WRITTEN BY THOMAS MOORE AND PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 1800S GAINED WIDESPREAD POPULARITY AS IT CIRCULATED AMONGST THE MANY IRISHMEN WHO FOUGHT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. ACCORDION, HAMMERED DULCIMER AND GUITAR. 89 BPM (DMAJ)

10. JENNY ON THE RAILROAD A 00:02:09 FIDDLE TUNE ORIGINATING IN WESTERN APPALACHIA, IT WAS DERIVED FROM THE OLDER TUNE 'COLONEL CROCKETT', WHICH APPEARS IN GEORGE KNAUFF'S COLLECTION OF VIRGINIA REELS PUBLISHED IN 1839. FIDDLE, MANDOLIN, BANJO, GUITAR AND PERCUSSION. 100 BPM (AMAJ)

12. TRAMP TRAMP TRAMP A 00:02:27 GEORGE F. ROOT, A FAMOUS AND POPULAR SONGWRITER OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA WROTE THE WORDS AND MUSIC TO GIVE HOPE TO UNION PRISONERS OF WAR. PUBLISHED IN 1864. FIFE AND DRUMS. 106 BPM

14. OH SHENANDOAH A 00:02:18 AMERICAN CLASSIC, SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED AS A SHANTY AMONG THE MISSOURI FLATBOAT MEN IN THE EARLY 1800S. BY THE CIVIL WAR ERA, ITS POPULARITY WAS WIDESPREAD. HARMONICA, GUITAR, FOLK HARP AND SMALL DRUM. 69 BPM (CMAJ)

17. PATERROLLER A 00:02:53 TUNE FROM THE MOUNTAINOUS NORTH/SOUTH BORDERLANDS NAMED AFTER THE PATROLLERS (KNOWN AS 'PATTERROLLERS') WHO SEARCHED FOR RUNAWAY SLAVES IN THE YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. FIDDLE, BANJO AND PERCUSSION. 118 BPM (GMAJ)

19. FROG IN THE WELL A 00:02:34 WELL-KNOWN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FIDDLE TUNE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH, WHERE IT BECAME A STANDARD PART OF THE FIFE AND DRUM REPERTOIRE OF THE CIVIL WAR. FIDDLES, FIFE AND DRUMS. 103 BPM

21. NELLY BLY A 00:01:49 STEPHEN FOSTER SONG PUBLISHED IN 1850, FASHIONED IN THE STYLE OF A MINSTREL STAGE PORTRAYING THE DOMESTIC BLISS OF AN AFRO-AMERICAN MAN AND WIFE. BANJO GROUP. 113 BPM (GMAJ)

23. MONEY MUSK A 00:01:43 LONGSTANDING AMERICAN CONTRADANCE TUNE ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN THE NORTH, AND FIRST ASSOCIATED WITH LATE 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH FIDDLER DANIEL DOW. ACCORDION, MANDOLIN, GUITAR AND PERCUSSION. 154 BPM (AMAJ)

25. MARCHING TO GEORGIA A 00:01:55 MARCHING SONG WRITTEN BY HENRY CLAY WORK IN 1865, CELEBRATED BY THE UNIONISTS, AND REFERRING TO GENERAL SHERMAN'S RELENTLESS MARCH FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA IN 1864. FIDDLES, FIFE AND DRUMS. 104 BPM

27. GO DOWN MOSES A 00:02:38 ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND ENDURING NEGRO SPIRITUALS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA. L.C. LOCKWOOD'S CHORAL GROUP 'THE CONTRABANDS' FIRST POPULARIZED THE SONG, WHICH ORIGINATED IN VIRGINIA IN THE 1850S. FIDDLE, GUITAR, BANJO AND PERCUSSION. 80 BPM (GMIN)

29. COLORED ARISTOCRACY A 00:02:26 TUNE FROM THE VIRGINIAS WHICH EVOLVED FROM MINSTREL SHOWS IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, BECAME INCORPORATED INTO LATER VAUDEVILLE ACTS AND WAS PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 1900S. MANDOLINS AND BANJO. 115 BPM (AMAJ)

31. WHUP JAMBOREE A 00:01:58 19TH CENTURY SEA SHANTY FIRST CIRCULATED BY IRISH SHIPMATES WHO WOULD ABANDON THEIR WESTERN PACKET SHIPS IN THE WINTER MONTHS TO WORK IN THE COTTON STOWING PORTS OF SOUTHERN U.S. THE SONG WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE STANDARD FIFE AND DRUM REPERTOIRE BY THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR. FIFE AND DRUMS. 98 BPM (GMIN)

33. HARD TIMES COME AROUND NO MORE A 00:02:47 ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING POPULAR SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR, WRITTEN BY STEPHEN FOSTER AND PUBLISHED IN 1855. VIOLIN, CELLO, MANDOLIN AND GUITAR. 75 BPM (GMAJ)

35. YEAR OF JUBILO A 00:02:42 POPULAR SONG IN THE NORTH WRITTEN BY HENRY CLAY WORK, AN ACTIVE ABOLITIONIST, WHO IN THE SONG HARKENS THE ADVANCE OF THE UNION ARMY AND THE ANTICIPATION OF FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES. MANDOLIN AND BANJO. 101 BPM (DMAJ)

37. BONNIE BLUE FLAG A 00:01:46 THIS POPULAR ANTHEM OF THE CONFEDERACY, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1861 BY A.E. BLACKMAR, REFERS TO THE FIRST TEXAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, AND CELEBRATES EACH SOUTHERN STATE AS IT JOINED THE CONFEDERACY WITH TEXAS IN THE LEAD. FIFE AND DRUMS. 111 BPM (EBMAJ)

39. PRIMA DONNA WALTZ A 00:02:20 CENTURIES-OLD WALTZ WHICH WAS A STANDARD BALLROOM FAVORITE IN COLONIAL AMERICA UP TO THE CIVIL WAR. MANDOLIN, HAMMERED DULCIMER AND ACCORDION. 58 BPM (CMAJ)