Howdy MG,
Every summer here, there are historical reenactments of a variety of historical periods. It would be interesting indeed to hear such a battle of the bands in a live setting. It also wouldn't surprise me at all that perhaps such a meeting of old friends did take place. The war between the states was unfortunately a war that pitted even family members against each other, so such a meeting could conceivably have played out.
I hope you're keeping all the references and notes that you're using to put these pieces together. It is an interesting historical collage that you're weaving together with these pieces of the overall composition, and any good student of history (such as I'm trying to encourage my kids to be
) would thoroughly enjoy perusing the source material you're using while listening to the entire work
Looking forward to the remaining compositions!
ttfn,
Sherry