Musicians

[Musician Hector]

Hello, I am a musician with the 3rd Vt. Infantry, and am wondering if there are any books on the subject of musicians. I have a talk in January, and research resources have been scant.

 

[CMWinkler]

Welcome.

 

[LoriAnn]

Welcome!

 

[ole]

Hey, Hector. I was a musician many years ago but not Civil War related. "Was" meaning that my chops are gone and the voice croaks, but I still have the ear.

The only thing I remember reading about bands is that one regiment (I don't remember which, but it was fairly prominent.) were kinda proud that their band was the worst in the entire US army.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

You may find these articles helpful:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/civ...ican-brass-band-movement/the-civil-war-bands/

 

[Legion Para]

Welcome to the forum Hector.

Perhaps these will be of help.

 

[Legion Para]

 

[Patrick H]

Hi, Hector. I'll do my part to keep your inquiry bumped up until an expert sees it and responds. In the meantime, welcome from Missouri!

 

[Rebforever]

The Stonewall Brigade Band is still active in Staunton, Va.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Hello, I am a musician with the 3rd Vt. Infantry, and am wondering if there are any books on the subject of musicians. I have a talk in January, and research resources have been scant.

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/confederate-fifer-37th-nc.98746/#post-858908

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Hello, I am a musician with the 3rd Vt. Infantry, and am wondering if there are any books on the subject of musicians. I have a talk in January, and research resources have been scant.

James Rhea
Bugler Union 1st TN Cavalry Company K.
Enlisted on 7/12/1862 as a Private
On 11/1/1862 he mustered into "K" Co, 20 years old.
He was Mustered Out on 6/14/1865 at Nashville, TN
- Report of Adjutant General State of Tennessee

 

[Tom Elmore]

Short History of the 26th North Carolina Regimental Band:
http://www.jvmusic.net/short-history-of-the-26th-north-carolina-regimental-band/

The Story of Our Regiment, A History of the 148th PA, pp. 310-321:
http://www.mocavo.com/The-Story-of-...nia-Vols-Written-by-the-Comrades-4/793146/347

Music on the March, by Frank Rauscher, 114th Pennsylvania:
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008729748

 

[Musician Hector]

Thank you all for your enthusiastic response! I may just pull this talk off!

 

[chellers]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

 

[Claude Bauer]

Hello, I am a musician with the 3rd Vt. Infantry, and am wondering if there are any books on the subject of musicians. I have a talk in January, and research resources have been scant.

Here you go--the first chapter of his book is at this site:

http://www.nationalcivilwarfieldmusicschool.com/meyers.html

Ten Years in the Ranks
U.S. Army
by
Augustus Meyers, 1914

Augustus Meyers, ca. 1856

Augustus Meyers was a typical immigrant boy living in New York City, when he enlisted in the Army in 1854 as a fifer. Meyers would then be sent to Governors Island to the Army "School of Practice" for incoming field musicians. You can read more about some history of Governors Island here. In 1914 Meyers would write about his experiences at Governors Island in the first chapter of his book, "Ten Years in the Ranks U.S. Army." We have included that first chapter here for your enjoyment. We encourage you, however, to read the rest of his book as well to learn what life was like as a young musician in the U.S. Army on the western frontier (before the Civil War), as well as life for a Regular Army soldier during the Civil War.