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General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant 2 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 2 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
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regimental commanders for music as the fighting wore on. They remained with the army to the end, and sounded all the calls. They served under the surgeon. A cheerful bit of music is an inspiring thing to a tired column of soldiers on a long day's march or before a dangerous foe. General Sheridan recognized the value of this stimulus to the men, and General Horace Porter records that as late as March 30, 1865, he encountered one of Sheridan's bands under heavy fire at Five Forks, playing Nellie Bly as cheerfully as if it were furnishing music for a country picnic. The top photograph shows one of the cavalry bands at Auburn, in the fall of 1863. The frayed trousers of the band below show hard service. Evening music at Pleasonton's headquarters, Auburn, 1863 The music that stayed with the soldiers—Talty's fifers and drummers < A band that had seen service, near Fairfax, 1863 must have matured ten years. What sights had they seen, what miles had they marched, what furious