To replace discharged regimental bands, brigade bands were formed to serve the entire brigade of a division.
In 1862, the Department ordered the dismissal of all brass ensembles that belonged to volunteer regiments. So many bands and the need for more disciplined organizations made officials in the Union War Department reconsider the regulations. In the Union army, each artillery or infantry regiment could have one 24-member band and the cavalry was limited to a 16 member band. Union and Confederate armies both authorized regimental bands. The bands were needed to play for parades, formations, dress parades and evening concerts.
When volunteer regiments were recruited, a regimental band was usually included as a part of that organization. Military bands were called upon to play at recruitment rallies and their patriotic marching tunes were sometimes a great incentive to inspire young men to enlist. Music has always been an important part of American society and it was no different during the Civil War.
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