Folklore: The Battle of Shiloh

Subject: Folklore: The Battle of Shiloh
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 08:23 PM

Paul Curran one of the managers of the Blarney Stone in Shanghai (and a pro singer too) is trying to do some research on the US civil war battle at Shiloh.

Of particular interest to him are the songs that would have been sung by the Yankee's and the Confederate sides and what instruments would have been used to play the songs.

Can anyone help?

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Battle of Shiloh
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 08:53 PM

Civil War Songs here: Civil War
Browse by titles, etc.

At Mudcat, type civil war in the Lyrics and Knowledge Search blank- a lot will come up.

Shiloh: Search
Type Shiloh in the blank.

Here at Mudcat, type shiloh in the Lyrics and Knowledge Search blank.

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Battle of Shiloh
From: Lighter
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 09:04 PM

Though written at some point after the battle, one of the greatest of all genuine Civil War songs is "The Battle of Shiloh's Hill." One text (with a midi) is at

       http://gordonfamilygenealogy.homestead.com/Shiloh.html

Another, rather different (also with a midi)is in the DT.

If you're of a literary turn, Herman melville, author of "Moby Dick," wrote a well-known poem called "Shiloh." It contains the memorable question, "What like a bullet can undeceive?"

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2854.html

Subject: RE: Folklore: The Battle of Shiloh
From: Peace
Date: 23 Dec 04 - 09:34 PM

http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/civilwar.html

Lots of stuff there, too.