Divided and United: The Songs of the Civil War is a Del McCoury Band album released on ATO Records 88429, part of a broader multi-artist project examining the music of the American Civil War era in the context of the conflict's sesquicentennial. Del McCoury leads on guitar and vocals, Ronnie McCoury plays mandolin, Rob McCoury drives on banjo, Jason Carter bows fiddle, and Alan Bartram anchors on bass. The band approaches the historical material with the same unassuming authority they bring to all their recordings — the McCoury ensemble's extraordinary internal tightness and Del's voice, still burnished and precise in his seventh decade, give both the Northern and Southern repertoire a quality of felt historical weight rather than academic reconstruction.
Tracklist
- 1 Take your gun and go, John 3:30
- 2 Lorena Source Recording 4:07
- 3 Wildwood Flower alt version 4:26
- 4 Hell's broke loose in Georgia 3:27
- 5 The Two Soldiers alt version 4:34
- 6 Marching through Georgia 4:07
- 7 Dear old flag 3:57
- 8 Farewell, Mother
- 9 Just before the battle, Mother 3:55
- 10 The fall of Charleston 3:10
- 11 Tenting on the old campground 5:27
- 12 Day of liberty 4:32
- 13 Richmond is a hard road to travel 4:24
- 14 Two brothers 2:56
- 15 The faded coat of blue 3:19
- 16 Listen to the mockingbird 4:05
- 17 Kingdom come 2:52
- 18 Rebel soldier 4:53
- 19 Legend of the Rebel Soldier alt version 2:56
- 20 The mermaid song 3:50
- 21 Dixie 4:39
- 22 The vacant chair 3:52
- 23 Hard Times alt version 2:47
- 24 Down by the riverside 3:34
- 25 Girl I Left Behind Me alt version 2:43
- 26 Old folks at home 5:07
- 27 Secesh 3:26
- 28 The Battle of Antietam 6:28
- 29 Pretty Saro 2:55
- 30 Aura Lee 3:37
- 31 Johnny has gone for a soldier 4:03
- 32 When Johnny comes marching home 3:15
- 33 Battle cry of freedom 4:27
- 34 Beautiful dreamer 3:24
