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Band of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry, Arlington, Va. At Fort Corcoran. Nov. 1865
Band, Washington, D.C. Before officers' quarters at Harewood Hospital. April, 1864
Band, Washington, D.C. Before quarters at Camp Stoneman. March, 1865
Band, U.S. Army, standing on steps. Headquarters of Gen. T.W. Sherman, Beaufort, S.C. Between 1861 and 1865.
Band (unknown) seated behind their instruments. Between 1861 and 1865
Band of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry, in front of Petersburg, Va., August, 1864.
Group portrait of 14 men in Zouave uniforms; posed with musical instruments.
Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps,Washington, D.C. In shakoes and frogged jackets, at Washington Circle.
Band of the 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861
Drum Corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C. At leisure. June, 1865
Drum corps, 93d New York Infantry, Bealeton, Va.. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war,
Meade in Virginia, August-November, 1863. Notice that someone has made all of the drummers (first row) laugh.
Drum corps, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861
The post band, Fort Monroe, Va.
United States Naval Academy Band, c 1869. Enlisted US Navy Musicians, not Midshipmen.
Photo taken adjacent to the Severn River in Annapolis, MD, which connects into the Chesapeake Bay.
Notice the ships in the background.
Formed in 1853, the USNA Band is currently the oldest and continuous military band in the United States,
and celebrated its 150th year in 2003.
Photographs: Library of Congress.
Bibliography: Cunningham, James MUCM, US Navy. US Naval Academy Band Website, History of the USNA Band. Music Division, Library of Congress; White, William Carpenter. A History of Military Music in America, New York: Exposition Press (1944); US Army Band website, A History of Army Bands, Civil War.
