BLOODY HOPES
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All the Ballads, By Era

The full Bloody Hopes catalog, organized by historical era. Every song links to its YouTube video; six songs also have a dedicated deep-dive page with full historical context.

American Civil War (1861–1865)

The Elephant | Civil War Song of Manassas

First Battle of Manassas / Bull Run
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

He Raised His Hands | A Gettysburg War Ballad

Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

There Will Be Mourning in Farmington

Civil War folk ballad
Watch on YouTube ↗

Surrender, Swim, or Fight

Battle of Shiloh
Watch on YouTube ↗

What Mercy Had To Do — Tim and Jones

American Civil War
Watch on YouTube ↗

Rum, Alabama, Rum!

A comic naval ballad for the CSS Alabama
Watch on YouTube ↗

Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

That Austerlitz Sun

Battle of Austerlitz, 1805
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

The Smile Inside the Square | Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Watch on YouTube ↗

For a Better World — The Leipzig Watch

Battle of Leipzig, 1813
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

18th Century & Colonial Wars

Blessed Is the Man Who Smiles — The Montréal Smile

Capitulation of Montréal, 1760
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

Cheers to Fritz, and to Hell with Fritz

Prussia, 18th century
Watch on YouTube ↗

The Lancaster's Brigade Ribbon

British military ballad
Watch on YouTube ↗

Four Days, Four Nights | The Hungry Winter of 1780

American Revolutionary War
Watch on YouTube ↗

Forgotten Wars & Colonial Conflicts

Not a Drop of Water | Old Ironsides

War of 1812, USS Constitution
Deep dive → · Watch on YouTube ↗

Into the Guns — The Light Brigade

Crimean War, Battle of Balaclava 1854
Watch on YouTube ↗

Blood for Blood, Scar for Scar

The jungle war in Suriname
Watch on YouTube ↗

Italy Will Be Made!

Italian Unification / Risorgimento
Watch on YouTube ↗

Send the Italian | Magellan, Custer & the Red Tent

A doomed-messenger ballad across eras
Watch on YouTube ↗

Bloody Hopes also publishes short-form companion pieces and behind-the-song notes on its Shorts tab and Community posts. The full, always up-to-date catalog is available on the Bloody Hopes YouTube channel.