Rare Video of Confederate and Union Musicians (The Civil War Diaries S4E12) 

I love these videos! The old fellows singing and dancing and praying is beautiful to see!❤

Thank you Chris for taking the time to do these videos! Enjoy the weekend Chris!

Thanks for sharing 👍

Enjoyed it !

My great great grandfather was the Drum Major for the 54th Virginia infantry regiment which fought in most of the battles in the Western theater up until Johnston's surrender in NC.

Great stuff!

Nice video. I particularly liked the very short clip of the soldier doing a "manual of arms" with his musket as he did when he was a young soldier during the Civil War.

Enjoy watching I just wished you had more Confederate videos

Very cool

" Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay"..😊 Rebel Yell!❤

The dancing is like a jig great

Most around or over 80. And very active by today's standards... what's different about then from now Health-wise????

One thing the South sure dances better too 😉

Is this were Jed Clampett learned to clog?

Governor of Wisconsin @ 7:13, Phillip La Follette. His father, Robert La Follette also served as governor (~1901) as well as in both chambers of Congress. While Republicans both, dad Bob ran for president as the nominee of his newly created Progressive Party, as did Phillip for his second term (separated from his first term) for governor. (Teddy Roosevelt did also -- his was actually the Progressive Party, not the nicknamed Bull Moose Party.) Although you hear the term "progressive" bandied about today when referring to the left, the term was originally attached to Republicans. Progressive politics was the theme of the day and Bob La Follette during his tenure in the Congress was a strong advocate who helped push Roosevelt and Taft to be more progressive in their politics. Very interesting political history of these La Follette men.

interesting

Americans still look like this. I thought they'd skinnier back then.