Southern States Secede
Secession
fever hit the South after Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The
South considered Lincoln's Republican party victory in the 1860
presidential election as a sign that the North was now going to end the
"peculiar institution" of slavery. For the South, the time of talk and
compromise had ended. In December, 1860 South Carolina became the first
state to secede from the Union. Secession of the rest of the states that
would make up the Confederate States of America occurred in two waves.
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| Barnes&Noble: Music of the Civil War Era Music of the Civil War Era |
Also known as Paul Vane, a sequel To Lorena. Lorena was a very popular love song of the Civil War. For the background of the song Lorena, please see this post: Lorena.
Here is Lorena’s Reply, it was also written by Reverend H. D. L. Webster and was published in 1863, six years after Lorena. This rendition is by Tom Roush. |
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"Lorena’s Reply," Tom Roush. |
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