Music and the Civil War Music and Politics Music Education Music History by da jack hayford - March 19, 2023March 19, 20230 "The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a major war between the United States (the "Union") and eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of