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1st Brigade Band Rebuilds Civil War Music Heritage
Milwaukee group keying a Civil War era revival with 40 musicians and 300 instruments. The band preserves authentic period gear valued around 80 thousand dollars and plans museum space plus battlefield recordings to fund its mission.
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1St Brigade Band
Peter B. Seymour
Associated Press
Milwaukee
1St Brigade
Wisconsin
Fred Benkovic
Alabama
Gettsburg
Benkovic
Jeb Stuart
Heritage Military Music Foundation Inc
Gordon Odegard
Foundation
Color Guard
Gettysburg
Petersburg
Richmond
Fredricksburg
Manassas
Atlanta
Library of Congress
New Hampshire
New York
Brodhead
Shullsburg
15Th Army Corps
Sherman
Georgia
Judith Plant
Brookfield
Waukegan, Ill
Mike Buday
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Benkovich
Odegard