Good luck with that, John, I will look forward to the results of your efforts. I could find no reference to musician pay among my primary sources (which focus on the Gettsyburg campaign). I can only say that on the Federal side, War Department General Orders distinguished between field musicians (buglers, fifers and drummers), and the bands, which began at the regiment level but afterwards were authorized at the brigade level. Titles I have seen include musician, chief musician, and drum major (where a drum corps existed). Extant sources suggest the Confederate side was similar in organization, but there, as of mid-1863, regimental bands are mentioned just about as frequently as brigade bands. A rare choir or glee club is spoken of by both sides, but only in camp, not on the march. Some "drummer boys" are famous on the Federal side, but I have seen only two mentioned in the Confederate army at Gettysburg: Private Andrew Butt of Company E, 61st Virginia, and Samuel H. Ogletree with Company F, 8th Georgia. By the way, tunes specifically cited by participants as being played by Army of Northern Virginia bands during the summer of 1863 are:
- Dixie (described as the national air replacing Yankee Doodle), five times;
- Bonnie Blue Flag, three times;
- Sunny South Forever, one time;
- The Gal I Left Behind Me, one time (BGen Benning's favorite);
- Tom March On, one time;
- Maryland, My Maryland, one time;
- Yankee Doodle, one time (I suppose old habits are hard to break).