by Rob Hodges Jr. During the War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America and in the days following the war, the Lincoln administration and the subsequent administration coerced a significant number of Americans into signing an Oath of Allegiance also known as a Loyalty Oath or the Ironclad Oath.  […]

     By Rob Hodges Jr.         Sometime in the mid-90s I bought a cassette tape titled, Songs of the Civil War which features modern recordings of songs that both Union and Confederate soldiers would have found familiar.  The album’s cover art shows several Union army musicians in the background but the […]