To Garry Owen in Glory

After the 13 Colonies rebelled against King George III, fife, drums and trumpets kept field commands attune to men in the heat of combat or on the march. So it was that military music became part of the national heritage. Indeed, U.S. Army bands would serve in the War of 1812, the 1846-48 clash between Mexico and the U.S., and most notably during the Civil War from 1861-65. At the beginning of the duel between North and South, few military bands existed beyond those regiments posted to t