In this presentation Anne Rubin offers an overview of her new book, Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and American Memory. I am close to finishing it and will write a review for Civil War Book Review.
[Uploaded to YouTube on December 9, 2014]The “Burning Misconceptions” of Sherman’s March
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
“Levin’s study is the first of its kind to blueprint and then debunk the mythology of enslaved African Americans who allegedly served voluntarily in behalf of the Confederacy.”–Journal of Southern History
Here’s a youtube of a 1904 recording of “Marching through Georgia”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6r8FEQ6Rw4
Not much Lost Cause mythology in that. 😉
Tennessee Ernie Ford also made a record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrYlR6RwRCw
Thanks for the links. Great stuff.