James A. Davis is a professor of musicology at the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is the author of Bully for the Band! The Civil War Letters and Diary of Four Brothers in the 10th Vermont Infantry Band and his articles have been published in numerous journals including Journal of Military History, American Music, and Nineteenth Century Studies.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Civil War Music and Community1. Winter Quarters in Virginia, 1863–18642. Music and the Community of Soldiers3. Music and the Military Community4. Military Balls and the Officers’ Community5. Soldiers, Music, and the Civilian Community6. Music and the Religious Community7. Brass Bands and the Intersection of Musical CommunitiesConclusion: The Impact of Winter QuartersNotesBibliographyIndex

"Music Along the Rapidan provides a model for how we might consider music in this difficult period of American history—one that looks beyond who published what where and seeks rather to understand how, when, why, and under what circumstances Americans experienced music."—Civil War Book Review"Music Along the Rapidan is an engaging addition to this area of Civil War scholarship."-Catherine Bateson, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "Delightfully readable. A complete study of the Civil War where it meets music and national life."—Randal Allred, professor of English at Brigham Young University–Hawaii

James A. Davis is a professor of musicology at the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is the author of Bully for the Band! The Civil War Letters and Diary of Four Brothers in the 10th Vermont Infantry Band and his articles have been published in numerous journals including Journal of Military History, American Music, and Nineteenth Century Studies.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Civil War Music and Community1. Winter Quarters in Virginia, 1863–18642. Music and the Community of Soldiers3. Music and the Military Community4. Military Balls and the Officers’ Community5. Soldiers, Music, and the Civilian Community6. Music and the Religious Community7. Brass Bands and the Intersection of Musical CommunitiesConclusion: The Impact of Winter QuartersNotesBibliographyIndex

"Music Along the Rapidan provides a model for how we might consider music in this difficult period of American history—one that looks beyond who published what where and seeks rather to understand how, when, why, and under what circumstances Americans experienced music."—Civil War Book Review"Music Along the Rapidan is an engaging addition to this area of Civil War scholarship."-Catherine Bateson, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "Delightfully readable. A complete study of the Civil War where it meets music and national life."—Randal Allred, professor of English at Brigham Young University–Hawaii

James A. Davis is a professor of musicology at the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is the author of Bully for the Band! The Civil War Letters and Diary of Four Brothers in the 10th Vermont Infantry Band and his articles have been published in numerous journals including Journal of Military History, American Music, and Nineteenth Century Studies.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Civil War Music and Community1. Winter Quarters in Virginia, 1863–18642. Music and the Community of Soldiers3. Music and the Military Community4. Military Balls and the Officers’ Community5. Soldiers, Music, and the Civilian Community6. Music and the Religious Community7. Brass Bands and the Intersection of Musical CommunitiesConclusion: The Impact of Winter QuartersNotesBibliographyIndex

"Music Along the Rapidan provides a model for how we might consider music in this difficult period of American history—one that looks beyond who published what where and seeks rather to understand how, when, why, and under what circumstances Americans experienced music."—Civil War Book Review"Music Along the Rapidan is an engaging addition to this area of Civil War scholarship."-Catherine Bateson, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "Delightfully readable. A complete study of the Civil War where it meets music and national life."—Randal Allred, professor of English at Brigham Young University–Hawaii