Civil War Regimental Bands in the Susquehanna Valley

Civil War Regimental Bands were partly military ceremony and morale, and partly practical wartime service. Civil War bands played for recruiting, marches, dress parades, inspections, funerals, patriotic occasions, religious services, and camp entertainment.

July 09, 2026 by Terry Diener | Additional Credits: Credits: RepazBand.org; Pa-Roots - 45th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Regimental Band Muster Roll; History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865, Grit Publishing Co. (1912); Civil War Military Bands, American Battlefield Trust; Photo Credit: RepazBand.org