Of interest to Civil War buffs

The Moravian Music Foundation is the home of the only known complete set of extant Confederate band books from the Civil War. This set belonged to the musicians of the 26th NC regiment band, which was made up of Moravian men from Salem, NC. The MMF has part-books from other bands as well, and researcher Philip Dunnigan is working to identify which bands are represented by these books. Some books are believed to be from the 21st and 33rd NC regiment bands.

Generous donations to the MMF have allowed us, over the last few years, to have replica Civil War horns made by Robb Stewart. Robb creates and restores vintage brass instruments in his California workshop. So far the MMF's replica Civil War Horn collection includes:

• 2 Eb Cornets
• 2 Bb Cornets
• 2 Eb Alto Horns
• 1 Bb Tenor Horn
• 1 Eb Bass Horn

We'd like to have an additional Bb Tenor Horn (approx. $4000) and an additional Eb Bass horn (approx. $8000) to round out our band of instruments. We'd also like to have a replica Civil War era drum (approx. $1500). Our hopes are to have musicians regularly perform music from the 26th band on these instruments.

Here are some links of civil war music interest:

Book Review of Johnny Reb Band from Salem by Winston-Salem Journal writer Tom Dillon
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_RelishArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192886607&path=!entertainment!general!&s=1037645508970

Liner notes from "Storm in the Land"
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:lLmfl67fCeEJ:www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80608.pdf+nola+knouse&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=23&gl=us&client=firefox-a


Recreated 26th NC Regimental Band
http://www.jvmusic.net/26thNCRegimentBandrecreated.html

26th NC Regiment (no mention of the band, only the fife and drum corp)
http://www.26nc.org/index.html

Civil War Bands
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/music/bands.html

Description of the Lineback papers in the collections at UNC Chapel Hill
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/l/Lineback,J.A.

Vermont in the Civil War (mentions the 26th NC regiment band)
http://vermontcivilwar.org/museum/music/music.php

Civil War Art Print - Maryland, My Maryland (mentions the 26th NC regiment band)
http://www.allenscreations.com/mkmmm.html

North Carolina History Project's entry about the Salem Brass Band
http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/139/entry