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Band of believers to perform Civil War sounds
Concert to commemorate 150th anniversary of war's end
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Richard Petty directs the Believers Concert Band during a practice at Gainesville First United Methodist Church. The band will have its annual Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the church off Thompson Bridge Road. The concert will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. - photo by Erin O. Smith
While the Civil War divided the United States into North and South, the music from the era seemed to bond the two sides. In fact, it seemed the music could not be separated by battle lines. According to “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln,” the president expressed a love for the song “Dixie” during a speech April 10, 1865.