Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

...one of the best-loved songs ever recorded about the Civil War: 

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band. 

The song was first recorded in 1969, and was later covered and/or performed by Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Jerry Garcia, the Black Crowes, Bruce Hornsby, and the Allman Brothers Band, among others...