Bands
This is probally a daft question but did bands play songs ON the battlefield? Like in the Napoleonic era?
I remeber once at our redoubt (Scenario is the French prisoners escape which actually happend and try and overun the garrison but we counter attack in a bloody hand to hand battle lasting 6 mins haha)
We had a lad playing the fife and two drummers who played some stirling tunes as the redcoats marched up the causeway under french fire.
"War solves all problems, no man, no problem"
Tim,
Please try doing your own research before posting a question.
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Whos Tim?
Advie noted
"War solves all problems, no man, no problem"
I think Mr. Shifflet was assuming your name is Tim, as that's the name in your automatic signature file, and most folks do tend to sign a name on this particular forum (as it's nice to know with whom we're conversing.)
If you'll head for the library, ask at the circulation desk for a reference or research librarian. They can be very helpful in locating volumes of soldier's letters, diaries, reminisces, and official records that will give you a lot of detail information regarding the experiences of soldiers, both on campaign and in stable camps between campaigns. It's fascinating reading, and I think you'll enjoy getting a sense of context for future events and impressions. You can also ask their help in finding books to read about science, literature, politics, farming, mining, education, world exploration--all the "what's going on in the wide, wide world" stuff that will add depth to any impression, and also give you a handle on what a soldier might be missing out on while serving.
Bibliography of books on Civil War Music
Here is a bibliography of books on Civil War Music to get you started so you can find a answer to your question on bands.
Shamless plug time!
www.jvmusic.net sells the Hall, Smith and Elrod books
Battisti, Frank L. “American Diary.” Winds (Autumn 1999): 6.
Bernard, Kenneth A. Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War. Coldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1966.
Billings, John D. Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life. Boston: George Smith and Co., 1887. Reprinted by Nebraska Press, 1993.
Brice, Marshall M. The Stonewall Brigade Band. Verona, VA: McClure Printing, 1967.
Bruce, George B. and Emmett, Daniel D. The Drummer's and Fifer's Guide: A Self-Instructor. New York: Wm. A. Pond, 1865.
Bryant, Carolyn. And the Band Played On: 1776-1976. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975.
Downey, Fairfax. Fyfe, Drum and Bugle. Ft. Collins, Co.: The Old Army Press, 1971.
Fennell, Frederick. “The History of American Bands.” The Instrumentalist (October 2000): 66-68.
Felts, Jack "Some Aspects of the Rise and Development of the Wind Band during the Civil War," Journal of Band Research III/2 (Spring 1967)
Goldman, Richard Franko. The Wind Band: Its Literature and Technique. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1961.
Garofalo, Robert and Elrod, Mark. A Pictorial History of Civil War Era Musical Instruments and Military Bands. Charleston, WV: Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1985.
Hall, Harry H. A Johnny Reb Band from Salem: The Pride of Tarheelia. Raleigh, NC: The North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, 1963.
Hill, Lois ed. Poems and songs of the Civil War. New York: The Fairfax Press 1990.
Hazen, Margaret Hindle and Hazen, Robert M. The Music Men: An Illustrated History of Brass Bands in America, 1800-1920. Washington D.C., London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987.
Lord, Francis A. and Wise, Arthur. Bands and Drummer Boys of the Civil War. South Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes, 1966.
Olson, Kenneth E. Music and Musket, Bands and Bandsmen of the American Civil War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981.
Rauscher, Frank Music on the March 1862-'65 with the Army of the Potomac (Philadelphia: Press of William F. Fell, 1892.
Smith, Brian. Bandstands to Battlefields. (With an introduction by Jari Villanueva). Gansevoort, NY: Corner House Historical Publications, 2004.
Schwartz, H. W. Bands of America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957.
White, William C. A History of Military Music in America. New York: Exposition Press, 1944. Reprinted by Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1975.
Whitwell, David. A Concise History of the Wind Band. Northridge, CA: Winds, 1985.
Jari Villanueva
oh yeah.
Sorry my signature is an old Irish song based on the tune of bonnie blue flag, its called Irish volunteer
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