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During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
The 2nd South Carolina String Band was a band of Civil War re-enactors who recreate American popular music of the 1800s with authentic instruments and in period style. The group claimed to "perform Civil War music as authentically as possible . . . as it truly sounded to the soldiers of the Civil War."
Mark A. Snell and Bruce C. Kelley, editors, Bugle Resounding: Music and Musicians of the Civil War era, National Conference on Music of the Civil War Era, 2004. Lee Andresen, Battle Notes: Music of the Vietnam War, Savage Press, 2003. John H. Beck, Encyclopedia of Percussion, Routledge Press, 2007.
Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War; Category:Battles of the American Civil War; Some battles have more than one name. For instance, the battles known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively, by the South. This was because ...
According to the Southern Cultures journal, the tradition of reenacting the battle had become "suspect." Resulting in the people of the town trying to "hold on to their 'southernerness'" by defending the practice. In 2005 Christopher Forbes and with Michael G. Hennessy directed and co-wrote The Battle of Aiken, a film about this battle. [9]
The Civil War will also stimulate the production of brass instruments and drums. [ 81 ] The Battle of First Manassas is among a number of early Southern victories that are "confidently celebrated in broadsides and sheet music, no matter how insignificant the outcome".
Civil War battle names [41] Date Southern name Northern name July 21, 1861: First Manassas: First Bull Run: August 10, 1861: Oak Hills: Wilson's Creek: October 21, 1861: Leesburg: Ball's Bluff: January 19, 1862: Mill Springs: Logan's Cross Roads March 7–8, 1862: Elkhorn Tavern: Pea Ridge: April 6–7, 1862: Shiloh: Pittsburg Landing May 31 ...
The Battle of South Mountain, known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps.