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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.
P. P. Werlein (1812–1885) was an American music publisher, piano dealer, and musical instrument retailer based in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 19th century. Among other Civil War songs, he published the sheet music for "Dixie".
The Palmetto State Song" is a song, composed by George O. Robinson and published in 1860, that became the first of several major Confederate anthems of the American Civil War. [1] It was the first published Confederate sheet music. [2] Robinson dedicated the song to the signers of South Carolina's act of secession.
Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Vol. I: Resonances, 1836–1849. University of Chicago Press. Silber, Irwin (1960). Songs of the Civil War. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications Incorporated. Tubb, Benjamin Robert. "The Music of John Hill Hewitt". Public Domain Music.
The regiment was organized in New York City and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on April 23, 1861. [7] It was nicknamed "The Steuben Rangers". Early in its training, it was so poorly equipped that a civilian who visited the troops wrote a letter to the editor of The New York Times (published May 16, 1861) complaining that tailors within the regiment had to resew the uniforms and put ...
The 7th Regiment of the New York Militia, aka the "Silk Stocking" regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Also known as the "Blue-Bloods" due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of New York City's social elite, [1] the 7th Militia was a pre-war New York Militia unit that was mustered into federal service for the Civil War.
This regiment was organized at Troy, New York to serve three years. November 18, 1861, it was designated by the State authorities as the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry; by the War Department it was designated 7th N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry, under which designation it was mustered out of service, and was, therefore, so recorded.
Cover Sheet of the 13th Regiment Quick Step (1867). Claudio S. Grafulla (1812–1880) was a composer in the United States during the 19th Century, most noted for martial music for regimental bands during the early days of the American Civil War.