Stephen Foster lost personal battle; Alcohol triumphed over genius.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR) From: The Washington Times | Date: November 18, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Peter Cliffe, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

It cannot be denied that many of Stephen Collins Foster's songs were very popular throughout the four years of Civil War, but they were his earlier ones and not those that had war themes.

This should come as no surprise to anyone hearing the latter for the first time. "Was my Brother in the Battle?" (1862), to cite just one example, totally lacks that magical touch that Foster had bestowed upon a lyric when...

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