Portrait of Union Sailor Minstrels Posing on the Deck of the USS Wabash During the Civil War (1860's)

Portrait of Union sailor minstrels posing on the deck of the USS Wabash during the Civil War, c. 1860's. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Portrait of a Group of Musicians and Others Posing in Front of a House in Pittsfield, New Hampshire (1800's)

Portrait of a group of musicians and others posing in front of a house in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. By Henry W. Osgood. Animated stereoview.

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Photo of Six Union Soldier Musicians of the 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in a Camp Somewhere in Virginia (1862)

Portrait of six Union musicians of the 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in a camp somewhere in Virginia, possibly Camp Griffin in what is now McLean, Virginia, c. 1862. Taken by photographer George Houghton.

Source: Library of Congress.

Union Musicians from the 9th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps Posing With Their Instruments and a Scruffy Dog at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. (1865)

Union musicians from the 9th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps posing with their instruments and a scruffy dog at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C., April 1865.

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Union General William Carlin and His Staff Posing in Front of a Bandstand Occupied by an Unidentified Army Band in Ringgold, Georgia

Union General William P. Carlin and his staff posing in front of a bandstand occupied by an unidentified army band in Ringgold, Georgia, c. 1864. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.