. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . the enterprise wasstarted. It is probable that the period of incubation must havebeen at least a month, for it was April (3th, 1863, that the firstpublic appearance was made, and then the chick may be saidto have had its first peep. It was not fully fledged until it hadreceived a deal of instruction and had filled the neighboringgroves full of melody in practicing. Though Belle Brandon was an early favor
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . the enterprise wasstarted. It is probable that the period of incubation must havebeen at least a month, for it was April (3th, 1863, that the firstpublic appearance was made, and then the chick may be saidto have had its first peep. It was not fully fledged until it hadreceived a deal of instruction and had filled the neighboringgroves full of melody in practicing. Though Belle Brandon was an early favorite, the repertoireof the band gradually grew to include all the popular musicof the day. The story is told that one of the field-officers ondress-parade in the infantile period of the bands existence sentword wanting to know if they could not give him some othertune than Belle Brandon. which, though beautiful, had growna trifle stair. Borne survivors never hear the tune to this daywithout recalling the incident. The nucleus of the organization was the old Kose Brass members of which were in Company H. While Lieuten-ant Harmon may not have been an active wind-blower, he was. REGIMENTAL BAND. W. F. Hickok. A. B. Harmon. E. H. Pond. F. Smocker. Jacob Sager. Alvah Lowe. D. Marshall. E. B. Wing. J. J. Seelye. P. T. Shorkley. MISCELLANEOUS. 291 of course friendly to the project, and his brothers were Sager of Clyde, the leader, had played with the Rosemembers if he had not belonged to their body. As we remember them and their music, the impression re-mains that they could play as well as any similar organizationin the defenses. They helped out all state occasions amazingly,and the power of music to charm, etc., was generally acknowl-edged. Shakespeare could have found in the ranks of the Ninthvery few if any men with no music in their souls, hence nonewho were fit for treasons. As a reward for the melody that they gave us, they wereexcused from carrying guns
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