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Nearly every regiment had a drum and bugle corps that was widely appreciated. Some regiments also had fifes (piccolos), and a few had brass bands. At the beginning of the Civil War, brass bands played at recruitment rallies, troop farewells, and in almost every campaign. Top Ten American Civil War Songs. “I don’t believe we can have an army without music.”
—Robert E. Lee“If we’d had your music, sir, we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart It would be hard to overestimate the ubiquity and importance of music during the American Civil War. In the camps of both North and South, regimental bands regularly inspired, amused, and consoled soldiers, who on a daily basis faced the threat of death, both from the mysterious onslaught of disease, borne by bugs they could not see, and from the bullets and cannon-shot of the enemy, whom they saw all too clearly in the close-quarter combat of the era.
Music of the 1860's. American Civil War Music. Music has always been an important part of American society and it was no different during the Civil War.
Military bands were called upon to play at recruitment rallies and their patriotic marching tunes were sometimes a great incentive to inspire young men to enlist. When volunteer regiments were recruited, a regimental band was usually included as a part of that organization.