One Man's Civil War

We tell the story of Gilbert Claflin’s nine months in the Union Army through excerpts of letters, songs of the Civil War, and projected images. Gilbert was Judy’s great-great-grandfather, a Wisconsin farmer, drafted at age 40, and stationed at a fort in Western KY on the Mississippi River. The songs and tunes include both well-known and unfamiliar gems. The themes are timeless: joy and sorrow, humor, courage and love. Each song and tune helps to tell the story. The story is told in the words of the people of the day: the writers of the songs and Gilbert and Esther. The audience is transported to the days of the Civil War in a very personal, eye-witness experience. The letters between Judy's great-great-grandparents are in her book A Quiet Corner of the War (University of Wisconsin Press).

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16 Songs

Title	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Follow The Drinkin' Gourd	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Get Off the Track	Source	Lyrics
Goober Peas	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Grafted Into the Army	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Greencastle Jenny	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Hard Crackers Come Again No More	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Hard Times Come Again No More	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Here's Your Mule	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Lorena	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Monitor & Merrimac	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Ring The Bell Watchman	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Southern Girl's Reply	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Tenting Tonight	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!	Source	Lyrics	Recordings
We Are Coming from the Cottonfields	Source	Lyrics