The 26th North Carolina Regimental Band Civil War Music

[fdgd380]

i'm from Lexington N.C and i was wondering are these ppl from here and if so where are they located bc i need info of southern songs to play my trumpet and info to show ppl that this is a southern state plz comment back thanks

[bixntram]

I was just given the CD, "Storm in the Land" by a group playing the recreated manuscripts. Beautiful music. As a trumpet player myself, I'm impressed. Burning question: Are they playing on the original mouthpieces? Trumpet players today have a lot of options, and are obsessed with cup shapes, back bores, rim sizes, ad infinitum. We're kind of spoiled, to say the least. And what did they do for valve oil back then, i wonder?

[pillmeup]

Had an Ancestor in the 26th NC infantry Company B, the Sandy Run Yellow Jackets. Hearing the music this band plays helps me feel like I have another connection with my distant ancestors.

[keithehlert]

thanks for the playlist,listened to music of the cause while remodeling a job today,was ready to go out and grab my musket and take a bead on the first libral i saw,luckilly i can curb my impulses....

[Mullahgrrl]

What is this song called? Its nice.

[DownPoorTube]

how would i get a hold of these guys if i was doing a film set in the Civil War era and needed them to be in it?

[tapsbugler]

@DownPoorTube Google 26th NC Band

[Sturmmann]

yea go forth and kill those rebel scum! lol

[azdalin1]

Wasn't this song played in 'Cold Mountain'?

[Mrmusicdude101]

I really don't care about the politics of any of this, the music is fantastic. I wish there

was a group like this here up north that I could join. Now, a technical question for tapsbugler, are those old keyed saxhorns the same valve system as a trumpet?

For instance, if I go to play a written Bb, it is first valve, A is first and second, etc.?

[tapsbugler]

@Mrmusicdude101 The 19th century fingering for the saxhorns is the same as today

[mrrezdude1]

long live the CSA

[azwags]

What are the tunes being played in this video?

[azwags]

Ah, I see now that it's a set with Lorena and Bright Smiles. This is a less sentimental rendition of Lorena, so I didn't recognize it at first! Nice job!

[NancyBBrewer]

wonderful! I enjoyed this. Nancy B. Brewer author of Carolina Rain.

[VideoTommie]

Samuel Mickey is in my genealogy.I descend from Moravian Hege family

[hovanti]

What a great band! I hope to hear them live someday...

[trippjt2]

FIrst time I've heard Lorena with brass but good nevertheless.

[BuzzBait007]

Just wonderful! Thanks so much for posting this. I enjoyed it very much.

[hindview]

Mr. Gardner from Tennessee built thousands of beautiful cars from 1919--1932 ..!!"

[batmex1]

Oldscout, the music the cadets are playing in "The Horse Soldiers" is the Bonnie Blue Flag. Hope that helps!

[alexiskisses4u]

ESSE QUAM VERDI YALL

[reb198]

grate job boys keep up the good work .the south for ever

[galoon]

Excellent period rendition of "Lorena!" These fellows have a good 19th century sound.

[hardsarge69]

Hats off to ya Cap'n Jodie Mayes 14th Tn. Inf, Co. A 19th La Inf. Reg't. volunteer from East Ridge Tenn.

[60strumpeter]

A very good band playing a very nice piece of music. As a former brass player myself, I appreciate it. Thank you, guys.

[couleur42country]

The Confederation of Jef Davis was created for conserve popular and politics traditions against the US federal Moloch . In France, with the "Europe" of Bruxelles, actually we have almost the same problem. We demand the Secession ! Hurra for the Confederation !

[reb198]

swain county nc the south for ever dixie in my Hart

[TheTenwheeler]

This is great music, I really like the brass in the band and it is really good for any time to listen to. Thanks for posting this wonderful piece of music. Thank you.

[lizzylovescountry]

well first if all I am not an inbred hillbilly...and most people from the south are not hillbilly's either. and if you have ever been to the south you would realize that it is not a bad place... i also disprove of the language, it is not needed.

[lizzylovescountry]

What possessed you to put this type of comment on an video of music??? What I really want to know is if you dislike the south so much then why did you even watch the video?? I really find this offensive because I know people in that group and am a SBS member of the 26th NCT.

[JamieFunkhouser]

what song is this

[rettassbw]

Great job! Greetings from a Steward of the 8th. NC Statetroops Infantry Rgt / F Company, Germany

[JamieFunkhouser]

the is a grat example of home town heros. Winston-Salem NC

[mullerheinrich]

56Stiffy, You are foremost, Illiterate, secondly ignorant, and thirdly an a-hole.

[HeathIsEvil]

if you're suggesting that only the south has rednecks, you're horribly misinformed. I'm a born and raised Pennsylvanian and actually, I sympathise with the modern southern cause. They have every right to be free if they want. The south feels the same as we did when trying to escape the clutches of england. You just cant have such differences within one government. It never works.

[MotAdvNSW]

Actually Stiffy, the civil war cost over 2 million lives and was not such a simple pushover for the North. It also had the first of what we came to know in later foreign history as 'concentration camps', both sides.

[phterrier01]

as a yorkshire man the music is beautiful, just like a true colliery band

[MosIonTaranul]

Great, Beautiful, Magnificent!

[1972skb]

I was Eb cornet soloist with Saxton's Cornet Band from 1990-2006. We have crossed paths with you guys several times. I've always considered you a class act. Well Done!

[deedlerock]

Fabulous...loved this.

[reb198]

gr8 tune ty

[reb198]

fantastic civil war band

[blessingbone1594]

very lovely. i am a huge civil war band person. i am in the 8th grade and most people think i am crazy because i study civil war brass bands and civil war style horns. i have heard some bad bands but some good ones too.this is probably one of the best.

[sanfranciscobay]

Try this one with this heading:

Brass Bands of the Civil War

posted by: tapsbugler

It's a 4 song compilation of familiar songs.

[cmc10101]

Let no one think that you are crazy for studying the War Between the States in any aspect. It is the great defining moment for the continent upon which you live. Decide on your own the right and wrong of the matter, and remember, always, that freedom one one sort or another was fought for on both sides of the Line.

[peringefilip]

Very nice! Good 19th century sound! (Military music expert) :)

[oldscout379]

A question for Tapsbugler. Sir, do you know which movie had the recording of Dixie featuring a high descant French horn (I believe) part in it? I thought is was in The Horse Soldiers when the cadets went forth to meet the on-coming Federal Calvary, but the ones on You Tube don't have it. Am I halucinating remembering this or I have succumbed to the onset of Old-Timers disease? Any help would be appreciated, Thank You

[tapsbugler]

Sorry, don't know. Maybe someone here can answer that

[cymbali]

GO TAR HEELS !!!!!

[icollectstuffdude]

Very nice...

[jofrad]

Lovely music. Very, very reminiscent of the brass bands in the North of England.

[StibiumAlkabar]

Moving, like most of the Dixie movies here: AND technically VERY slick, especially as some of the instruments must be real antiques needing the revival of old playing techniques!

Thans a lot!

[larkofthemeadow]

Men and Boys, get ready for another round, soon.

[patrickagv]

Thank you for including Lorena in your concert. I just love this song.

[kakip64]

The song is Lorena.

[jenraygue]

what is the name of this song

[StuartMarshall26]

HOLY MESS! In fact, at 3:12, there's my first cousin J. Matt in the red shirt and his sister, Megan!! I was standing right next to Matt!

(this was the New Bern Monument dedication event in 06 I beleive).

[StuartMarshall26]

I am a member of the 26th NC field music. No, not this brass band, but the fifes and drums. I have been to many events with this band and know them well.

They are an absolutely excellent band and never have I heard them mess up. Their CD's are excellent too, I especially like the Dixie arrangement.

[grae707]

wonderful, your band sounds very much like the brass bands from the mining areas of Yorkshire in England

[FENBANK]

Great band and great pictures: long live Dixie!

[georgepickett]

You all can can play anytime for my store! You are superb! Bravo!!!

George Pickett!

[harley19770]

Go to hell you dam yankee stay out of dixie

[dirtyfiddle]

These guys are incredible musicians and do what they do in honor of other incredible musicians who have preceded them. You have to be with them and see for yourself to really appreciate it. It's all about the MUSIC. They're also a great group of individuals and have impeccable credentials--each member a musicologist. Please keep these low-brow comments to videos that are more deserving of of ridicule, intended or otherwise. In other word lay off!!!

[jpstenino]

dirtyfiddle

You are so right!  These are super musicians.

[theXfactor3121]

Go Union!!!! Go Pennsylvania and Gettysburg!!!!!!!! i think i spelled Gettysburg wrong but oh well :)

[theXfactor3121]

Go Union!!!!!!!!!!!

[christainsolider04]

this is a confederate band from north carolina

[jamesranch]

Thank you for the very nice music and pictures

[jupiterfire2]

do you ever attend festivals or perform for schools?

[mtnwizard5]

Thank you for such a wonderful video. It was great to see my ancestor's music come alive. Thanks for devoting your talents to show folks this part of our past- I have done several talks on the subject and many have never heard of the part that regimental bands played during the war between the states - or the 26th band in particular. Thanks again! -steve mickey

[tapsbugler]

Thanks Steve! Sam's contribution to the 26th NC will always be remembered! Please stay in touch with us. Best, The 26th NC Band

[redconfederate]

@mtnwizard5 dido i love it! my grat graet grand dad was c.s.a. presedent Jeferson Finis Davis. rock on confederacy!

[TennesseeShine]

Glad to see the 26th NC Infantry Regiment Band lives on with such splendid talent! The band, and especially their coronet player, was well known and deeply respected by BOTH sides in the War Between the States. A distant cousin of mine, James B. Scaborough, was killed at Gettysburg while serving with the 26th.

[heikelover]

You have a pretty corps, and you make wonderful music. Cordial compliments and greetings from a German bas band brother!!

[BigDogg976]

more drums

[lefemmerachael]

God bless ALL our girls and boys in USA!!!! ...Kiss!

[KINGFISHER300]

CONFEDERATE STATESMEN and FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF THE CONFEDERACY,ALL PATRIOTS OF THE SOUTH and ALL MEN OF HONOR HEAR THIS WE HAVE HOPE and we have YOU THE SOUTH LET US UNITE ONCE AGAIN,LET US SET THE EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW LET US STOP THE BITTERNESS AND HATE and become UNITED CONFEDERATE STATES of AMERICA an EXAMPLE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, the SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN and this time WISER,ARE YOU WITH ME={ the VOICE of THE SOUTHERN WILDERNESS}==KING-FISHER

[Johnvonstraussenburg]

Unfortunatly the South will not rise without bloodshed, something to be avoided at all costs. TO KINGFISHER300

[StreetFightBroadcast]

Im on your side and I would die to see the south to rise again but there isnt realy anything that divides us .......AT THE MOMENT. Long Live the Confederacy in our hearts and soul!

[niuchemist]

If the South was to secede these days, the North would probably just have to recognize the new government, seeing as how the UN would condemn any effort to put down the secession and Lincoln himself did not start the civil war ... he only started the war when Fort Sumter was fired upon. Then again, the US is much more culturally homogeneous than it was 150 years ago that it seems unlikely that any secession bill would pass the state legislatures.

[rebellerose]

Well said, well said..... God Bless the CSA!!!!

[SenatorBRT]

I'm not sure history reflects even one instance of a North American slave owner raping a slave. That doesn't mean it never happened, but you seem to be making an assumption based on ... based on what, exactly? Based on what you'd do to your own slaves if you had them?

[SenatorBRT]

Sorry, that was supposed to be a response to MarkDouglasC below. I'm not sure why it didn't nest under his comment.

[christainsolider04]

there were black confederates

[MarkDouglasC]

ARe you kidding? Slave rape was so common, that it was used as an argument AGAINST slavery, because of the race mixing. Lincoln used this argument in one of the famous Lincoln Douglas debates -- that ending slavery would end the race mixing. The obvious inference was, slave rape.

Out of 4 million slaves in the south, 1.4 million were mixed blood -- the children of rape. Many famous blacks were the children of rape by their masters. Fredrick Douglass, for example.

[christainsolider04]

general granst wife freed her slaves after the war and the south freeded theres during the war there harsh treatment to slaves in the north some hateful

[christainsolider04]

the south were not fighting to maintain slavery the confederate consitution tbanned the slave trade and it was unfair taxes that hurt the southern economy the north was forcing to thing like that and they used force and we were defending our homes

[oldscout379]

Please sir, your naivete is showing, The entire economic well being of the South was predicated upon slave labor The aforementioned prohibition was on the import of additional slaves already abolished by Britain in '38. Virginia banned freed blacks from remaining in Virginia effectively curtailing emancipation.The call for 75,000 volunteers was to restore/maintain the Union after South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter. Facts please, not wishes

[Chainedorlo]

Ask yourself why the Union wanted to be remained.

[knot289]

Preservation of the Union was tantamount to the political views of the REPUBLICAN (Republic=Union) party as well as its founding party the Whigs/Federalists. It harkens back to the days of the Federal banking system vs state banks between Hamilton and Jefferson. The role of the Federal government goes back even further to the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania during Washington's administration and is mirrored in Franklin's Flag of the partioned snake and we hang together or most certainly apart.

[Chainedorlo]

Economics is the leading force behind everything, including your events listed.

[sheepbitter1]

@christainsolider04 your only partly right, the slave trade was banned but the south didn't want to give up the slaves it had because it would ruin their economy, also note that the south instigated the war in the first place and could have avoided it.

[royoung2]

Very good. I had family on both sides of that war. Thanks for the show.

[chevy7ky]

the trumpet sounded BEATIFUL!!

[basscymro]

This great. The cornet is a much better instrument for brass or wind band than the trumpet. US army bands which use the trumpet have a hard, harsh sound. They should start using cornets instead, like British army bands do.

[jeffhegarty]

I love the Lorena bit. Never knew it could be used as a marching tune until-thought it was just a campside ditty. Good work!

[DrKorn5]

Im in the 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry and i wish that we had a brass band like this but our fife and drum corps is pretty dang good.

[9thvirginia]

Great music! How can I get a CD?

[tapsbugler]

Thanks

Just google Federal City Brass and go to the website. Info for ordering the CD is there. Best Regards FCBB

[24michiganironbrigad]

i heard stories bout our units hooking up at gettysburg living history

[tapsbugler]

That would be really cool. I think we met up with you all on July 1st, 1863 :)

We are planning to be at both events next year!

[24michiganironbrigad]

were u guys at september storm by any chance? and well probably be at the mainstream one next year every one in the 24th is a bit dissapointed about that.

[colpooti]

Great to have you along with us at some events and this is one of my favorite songs.

Pvt. S Galloway

26th NC Reactivated

Co. E

[26thncreb]

Hey there! Quite a nice advert you have. It was a pleasure having you guys at New Bern and I look forward to marching with you next year at the 145 Gettysburg. That is...assuming you all will be there.

-Pvt G.Shepard

26thNC Reactivated Troops

CO.A

[garandman114]

Excellent work, thanks for posting this!  Glad to hear that the regimental bands live on.

[HarborGuy]

Who would have thought in '07 we would possibly hear something from the Civil War era. Thank you.

[paulroman13]

What a comfort to our men during the civil war.

[Pipezilla]

great music im going to get a cd

[rmorecook]

how about video rather than slides? good sound!

[tapsbugler]

Thanks! The music is from our CD "Better Than Rations or Medicine" The photos allow more views of the band in different venues rather than just one video.