The Civil War took place about 30
years before the invention of devices to record sound.
Nevertheless, it continued to impact America's popular
culture well into the 20th Century, as reflected here.
This section contains excerpts of Civil War music
recorded in the early 1900s (many of which were intended
to instill patriotism on the eve of America's entrance
into World War I in 1917), several recordings made
by Civil War veterans and eyewitnesses at the 50th
(1913) and 75th (1938) anniversaries of the Battle
of Gettysburg, and several examples of the Civil War
in Old-Time Radio shows from the 1940s.
