"Rebel" Drummers and Fifers at Elmira Prison

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"Rebel" Drummers and Fifers at Elmira Prison

04-29-2009, 08:16 AM

"Among the amusements of the rebels is music. They have obtained some drums and fifes, and when drawn up in line for roll-call are permitted to use these instruments for their own amusement. It is perhaps, needless to add that they do not play rebel tunes. There is, it is understood, no order against such a proceeding; but the prisoners know that to make secession music would not be proper; there-fore, they play negro melodies. These furnish most of the music, but our national airs, almost without exception, are given by the rebel performers."

The Press. Vol. 8--No. 29. Philadelphia, Friday, September 2, 1864.
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04-29-2009, 08:26 PM

Re: "Rebel" Drummers and Fifers at Elmira Prison

They make it sound like such a charming place.

[FONT="Book Antiqua"]Carl Anderton[/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="2"]"A very good idea of the old style of playing may be formed by referring to the [I]Briggs Banjo Instructor."[/I][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT="Palatino Linotype"][B]Albert Baur, Sgt., Co. A, 102nd Regiment, NY Volunteer Infantry.[/B][/FONT]
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