Click on the links to read the lyrics of two Civil War songs, We Are Coming, Father Abraham and Good Ol’ Rebel Soldier. You may want to read them while listening to them. You can find performances of these songs by doing an Internet search of the titles.

We Are Coming, Father Abraham was written in response to President Lincoln’s call for 300,000 volunteers to join the Union Army. The second song, Good Ol’ Rebel Soldier, also refers to the 300,000 volunteers, but in a more rebellious way. The lyrics reveal the frustrations of an ex-Confederate soldier enduring Reconstruction in the So

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Click on the links to read the lyrics of two Civil War songs, We Are Coming, Father Abraham and Good Ol’ Rebel Soldier. You may want to read them while listening to them. You can find performances of these songs by doing an Internet search of the titles. 

 

We Are Coming, Father Abraham was written in response to President Lincoln’s call for 300,000 volunteers to join the Union Army. The second song, Good Ol’ Rebel Soldier, also refers to the 300,000 volunteers, but in a more rebellious way. The lyrics reveal the frustrations of an ex-Confederate soldier enduring Reconstruction in the So