Download or read book Ballads & Songs of the Civil War for Guitar written by JERRY SILVERMAN and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and historically significant collection captures the hope and tragedy of the Civil War era with period photographs and lithographs. Includes guitar/vocal and guitar solo arrangements of 38 favorite songs of the period. Songs are classified by subject matter: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldier's songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, and post-bellum. Written in standard notation and tablature.