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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 6 0 Browse Search
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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 4 0 Browse Search
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death. 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
serenade or reveille whenever he chooses from several bands of Mississippians and others here, who will let him hear the music of their rifles and the roar of their artillery as soon or late as he is ready for the racket. In this connection, let me say that the music I heard at the last performance by the "Barksdale Thesptans and Europeans." at which Prof. Nutting's Band and the Glee Club of the Richmond Howitzers, led by Prof. Crouch, performed, was as exquisite as any I ever listened to. I did not hear at all, but one piece reminded me of Tennyson's. "Music, that gentler on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes." And another was soul-stirring, as Comus says. "to create a soul under the ribs of death. " The army and the audience appreciate the high standard they have introduced in their entertainments. The afterpiece.--"The Recruit"--I did not hear, but understand that Briley and his fellow actors "brought down" the curtain as well as "the house."