The Civil War

The Civil War uses letters, diaries, historical documents and Walt Whitman's poetry to explore a defining time in American history. The show fallows events from the beginnings of the war at Fort Sumpter all the way to its bloody conclusion. Issues dealt with in the musical include national unity, the abolition of slavery and the impact of war on individual families.

Act 1

• A House Divided – The Citizens
• Freedom's Child – Frederick Douglass and Abolitionists
• By The Sword / Sons of Dixie – The Armies
• Tell My Father – Private Sam Taylor
• The Peculiar Institution – The Enslaved
• If Prayin' Were Horses – Clayton Toler and Bessie Toler
• Greenback – Autolycus Fell, Mabel and Violet
• Missing You (My Bill) – Sarah McEwen
• Judgment Day – Captain Billy Pierce, Captain Emmett Lochran, Private Sam Taylor and The Armies
• Father, How Long? – Clayton Toler
• Someday – Harriet Jackson, Bessie Toler and Others
• I'll Never Pass This Way Again – Corporal Henry Stewart
• How Many Devils? – The Armies

Act 2

• Virginia – Captain Billy Pierce
• Candle in the Window – Harriet Jackson
• Oh! Be Joyful! – Autolycus Fell, Sergeant Byron Richardson, Private Conrad Bock and Private Elmore Hotchkiss
• The Hospital – Mrs. Bixby, Nurse, Union Soldiers and Clayton Toler
• If Prayin' Were Horses (Reprise) – Clayton Toler and Bessie Toler
• River Jordan – Benjamin Reynolds and Others
• Sarah – Corporal William McEwen
• The Honor of Your Name – Sarah McEwen
• Greenback (Reprise) – Autolycus Fell and Violet
• Northbound Train – Captain Emmett Lochran
• Last Waltz for Dixie – Captain Billy Pierce and Confederate Soldiers
• The Glory – Captain Emmett Lochran, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Reynolds and Full Company