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Songs of the American Civil War - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 171 times
- The average score is 3 of 10
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett, this song was considered by some as an "anthem" for the Confederate States, though ironically the songwriter was a unionist, and found its popularity in the south repulsive | I Wish I was in Dixie's Land | 96%
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| Written by Harry McCarthy, this song borrows its title from the nickname of the Confederacy's first flag. It also goes by the title "We are a Band of Brothers" | Bonnie Blue Flag | 55%
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| With contributions from several writers, this Ballad of the man responsible for the Harper's Ferry Raid would get some lyrical changes and become "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in later years | John Brown's Body | 54%
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| Written by George Frederick Root, this song exploded in popularity after the Union's victory at Antietam | Battle Cry of Freedom | 30%
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| Written by James Ryder Randall, despite this song's anti-union theme, it ironically became the official state song of Maryland in 1939 | Maryland, My Maryland | 25%
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| Written by Reverend Henry Webster this mournful love song proved to popular with both armies | Lorena | 19%
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| Credited to John Howard Payne and Henry Bishop, this song was actually banned in the camps, because the officers feared it would inspire thoughts of desertion | Home, Sweet Home | 13%
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| Written by James Sloan Gibbons, this unionist song was written in response to Lincoln's call for another 300,000 soldiers to fight in the war. | We are Coming, Father Abraham | 12%
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| Written by Walter Kittredge, this song was popular as a lament for the union enlisted soldiers | Tenting on the Old Camp Ground | 8%
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| This song was originally written as the poem "The Picket-Guard" | All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight | 6%
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