While sitting in camp, Lieutenant Lot D. Young from Kentucky (CS) heard and enjoyed the sweet tunes of the enimies bands playing in the distance. Enjoy!
"When Union and Confederate troops were camped in proximity of each other, the soldiers of the one army could sometimes hear the music played by the bands of the other army. Writing of his experiences in the Confederate Army, Lieutenant Lot D. Young of Kentucky wrote:" (No specific KY unit was given)
"[From our position] we could see extending for miles his [Sherman's] grand encampment of infantry and artillery...[which presented] the greatest panorama I ever beheld. Softly and sweetly the music from their bands as they played the national airs were wafted up and over the summit of the mountain. Somehow, some way, in some inexplicable and unseen manner, "Hail Columbia," "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" sounded sweeter than I had ever before heard them and filled my soul with feelings that I could not describe or forget. It haunted me for days, but never shook my loyalty to the Stars and Bars..."
I like how Lieutenant Young states: "Sherman's grand encampment of infantry and artillery." ...... "It haunted me for days, but never shook my loyalty to the Stars and Bars." Too cool!
Robert Garofalo & Mark Elrod, A pictorial history of Civil War era Musical Instruments & Military Bands (Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Charleston, West Virginia. 1985) p.57
Cheers,
"When Union and Confederate troops were camped in proximity of each other, the soldiers of the one army could sometimes hear the music played by the bands of the other army. Writing of his experiences in the Confederate Army, Lieutenant Lot D. Young of Kentucky wrote:" (No specific KY unit was given)
"[From our position] we could see extending for miles his [Sherman's] grand encampment of infantry and artillery...[which presented] the greatest panorama I ever beheld. Softly and sweetly the music from their bands as they played the national airs were wafted up and over the summit of the mountain. Somehow, some way, in some inexplicable and unseen manner, "Hail Columbia," "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" sounded sweeter than I had ever before heard them and filled my soul with feelings that I could not describe or forget. It haunted me for days, but never shook my loyalty to the Stars and Bars..."
I like how Lieutenant Young states: "Sherman's grand encampment of infantry and artillery." ...... "It haunted me for days, but never shook my loyalty to the Stars and Bars." Too cool!
Robert Garofalo & Mark Elrod, A pictorial history of Civil War era Musical Instruments & Military Bands (Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Charleston, West Virginia. 1985) p.57
Cheers,
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