Port Royal Band Books

[Port Royal Band Books]
Manuscript part books, 1861-65
Music Division

In July 1861, cornetist Gustavus W. Ingals was commissioned to organize selected New Hampshire and Massachusetts musicians to become the band of the 3rd new Hampshire Regiment. It became one of the finest such ensembles and is now best remembered as the Port Royal Band due to an extensive duty tour at Port Royal Island, South Carolina. These items belong to a rare set of part books copied and used by the band during the period 1861-1865.