In preparation for the 50th anniversary of the American Legion Post 253’s building, David Williams, a member of the post, was doing some cleaning.

This gorgeous, historic American Empire Period chest of drawers or dresser dates from Civil War era and is made with matched flame mahogany and walnut. Entirely hand made furniture, the drawers are ...

Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield not only earned a Medal of Honor while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, but he also is responsible for the bugle call we know as taps.

Field music will be provided by the Patapsco Patriots Fife and Drum Corps, and Civil War bugle demonstrations will be given by Jari Villanueva, who formed the band last year with Mark Elrod.

According to family lore, Ernst Meyer’s bugle was shot from his hand during the Civil War battle at Bull Run. Though that tale may be apocryphal, it’s fact that the German immigrant settled in ...

Kelley and Snell, scholars respectively of music and of the Civil War, and seven of their colleagues have contributed essays to this volume, which examines the role and state of music in ...