1864-02 Battle of Athens January 26, 1864

1864 (Published 08/24/2025)

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My Video Game Let’s Plays:

1. National Park Service – Battle Detail: Athens, Alabama
2. American Battlefield Trust – Athens Overview
3. Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 32 – Reports from Capt. Emil Adams and Lt. Col. Hannon
4. Digital Alabama – Battle of Athens Summary
5. Kennedy, Frances H., The Civil War Battlefield Guide (2nd ed.)
6. Wikipedia – Battle of Athens (1864)

Primary Sources & Government Publications

• U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
• National Park Service (NPS). Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database.
• Library of Congress. Civil War Photographs and Maps Collections.
• United States Army Center of Military History. American Military History, Volume I.

Scholarly & Academic Sources

• Gallagher, Gary W. The American Civil War. The Great Courses (The Teaching Company), 2000.
• McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford University Press, 1988.
• Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War. Vintage, 2009.
• Gallagher, Gary W., and Alan Nolan, eds. The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History. Indiana University Press, 2000.

Battlefield Guide

• Kennedy, Frances H. (ed.). The Civil War Battlefield Guide, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Cultural/Contemporary Source

• Root, George F.; Raymond Dixon; Lambert Murphy; and George F. Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom. 1914. Library of Congress, audio recording.

General Reference

• Wikipedia contributors. American Civil War (and related battle articles). Wikipedia.org.
• Encyclopedia Virginia. American Civil War entries.

MUSIC LICENSING:

Root, George F.; Raymond Dixon; Lambert Murphy; and George F. Root. The Battle Cry of Freedom. 1914. Library of Congress, audio recording. Retrieved from Library of Congress.

THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

Composition: William Steffe; Performance: United States Air Forces in Europe Band, Concert Band; Recording: United States Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Composition:

The author died in 1890, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.

Performance:

This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

Recording:

This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME

Composition: J. Durnal; Performance: USMA Band; Composition Date 1863; Performance Date: 1990;  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Composition:

The author died in 1890, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author’s life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927.

Performance:

This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

Recording:

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