A local historical group will be hosting a presentation about popular music during the American Civil War, including President Abraham Lincoln’s favorite music.

WINDHAM — The Civil War Music Heritage Gathering and Encampment in Windham came to a close Sunday with a group of musicians performing Civil War-era music on the lawn of the Centre Church on Route 23.

“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” When Nancy Klimek, recreation manager at the Grand Island Veterans Home, gave that quote from President Abraham Lincoln, she tied the past and ...

Part of everyone's meat and drink : popular music and the Civil War -- John Browns and battle cries : the patriotic songs of the union -- Gay deceibers and bonnie blue flags : the anthems of the ...

The star-studded soundtrack to “The Gray House,” the Civil War-era drama series that debuts Thursday on Amazon Prime Video, features four songs co-written by a pair of Arkansas musicians.

From “Yankee Doodle” to iPod playlists, here’s what American troops read and listened to in every war — and how culture became morale equipment.