Civil+War+mf13

Every source you use is to be listed in your [|bibliography]. Every source you quote is to be cited in your paper or presentation.


 * Topic:** Civil War


 * Focus:** Music


 * What's your point? :** Music played a huge role in bringing people with their "beliefs" of the Civil War together.

Give your thesis the thesis test

What are four various secondary sources you have found before your research? [] [] [] []

battle of the bands

What are two primary sources you have found to help your research? [](Lyrics to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home") [] []

1- there were inspirational marching songs for boosting spirits of soldiers fighting on either side
 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

2- the use of (drums) music served many different purposes

3- music increased the rivalry between the two sides

4-music also involved kids in the civil war period

//there were inspirational marching songs for boosting spirits of soldiers fighting on either side// Union soldiers enjoyed patriotic and sentimental songs. The Battle Cry of Union favorite there were negro spirituals, there were songs that soldiers sang when they were sad and homesick, there were songs that families sang at home when missing their loved ones away at war.
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?**

some of the band brigades would go with their regiment playing patriotic songs to help build a side's confidence

What can you conclude from these facts?

//the use of (drums) music served many different purposes// the most important use of drums was on the battlefield where they used drums to communicate orders from the commanding officers and signal troop movement.
 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?**

//music increased the rivalry between the two sides// -sometimes when a side heard their enemy play a song they liked, they would take the tune and re-write their own lyrics to it. -(why most civil war songs have more than one version) What can you conclude from these facts?
 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?**

//music also involved kids in the civil war period// -kids would have toy drumgs and play familiar war-songs to encourage their ambition towards the war -- without them even really knowing -"Men and boys as young as nine left the comforts of their mid 19th century homes to take up an instrument and join in the swelling war."
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?**


 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**

Ideas on how you are going to present? Involve the class? Be exciting? Interesting? Wow? Huh? Ahhh?

"Not only was it a major source of entertainment, it was also a way to give voice to feelings that words alone often could not express." says [|www.civilwarpoetry.org]. This is completely true. credit