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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791041903321

Autore

Davis James A.

Titolo

Music along the rapidan : civil war soldiers, music, and community during winter quarters, Virginia / / James A. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-6277-9

0-8032-6276-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/83

Soggetti

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Music and the War

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Winter quarters in Virginia, 1863-1864 -- Music and the community of soldiers -- Music and the military community -- Military balls and the officers' community -- Soldiers, music, and the civilian community -- Music and the religious community -- Brass bands and the intersection of musical communities.

Sommario/riassunto

In December 1863, Civil War soldiers took refuge from the dismal conditions of war and weather. They made their winter quarters in the Piedmont region of central Virginia: the Union's Army of the Potomac in Culpeper County and the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia in neighboring Orange County. For the next six months the opposing soldiers eyed each other warily across the Rapidan River. In Music Along the Rapidan James A. Davis examines the role of music in defining the social communities that emerged during this winter encampment. Music was an essential part of each soldie