The early 1850s saw the brief flowering of a brilliant style of brass band music that constitutes an important but insufficiently explored part of our musical past.
Music of the Civil War – Americus Brass Band
Historic Instruments from Civil War Brass Bands
English Influence, The American Brass Band Movement, Articles and Essays, Band Music from the Civil War Era, Digital Collections
Song-of-the-Month Club: Good Music For You, Panorama Jazz Band and Panorama Brass Band plus special guests
Music 345: Race, Identity, and Representation in American Music
Research Information National Music Museum
Benevolent Societies / Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs - New Orleans Music Map
Jazz Bibliolore
About the Instruments Used in the Recordings, Articles and Essays, Band Music from the Civil War Era, Digital Collections
A History of the Wind Band: The Nineteenth-Century American Wind Band
Black America, 1895 — The Public Domain Review
The Yankee Brass Band – New World Records