Do you want the raw stuff? 7 of 11 cuts are Civil War oriented on the Library Of Congress recordings, "Songs And Ballads of American History and of the Assasination of Presidents" (Rounder CD 1509 and originally on LP as Recording Laboratory, Library Of Congress AFS L29).

Joe Ayres, The Amoskeag Players and The Camptown Shakers all perform the Minstrel Show music of the time and Ayres has recordings of the banjo music of the time from Briggs and other music books and collections then current.