The early 1850s saw the brief flowering of a brilliant style of brass band music that constitutes an important but insufficiently explored part of our musical past.
Military Music in American and European Traditions, Essay, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Music of the Civil War – Americus Brass Band
About the Instruments Used in the Recordings, Articles and Essays, Band Music from the Civil War Era, Digital Collections
Black America, 1895 — The Public Domain Review
Jazz: A History of America's Music: Ward, Geoffrey C., Burns, Ken: 9780679445517: : Books
Music of the Civil War
German, Irish, and Italian Influences, The American Brass Band Movement, Articles and Essays, Band Music from the Civil War Era, Digital Collections
Confederate Brass Bands at Gettysburg
Research Information National Music Museum