The Musical Sweeneys of Appomattox

        

 

        


Joel Walker Sweeney, Popularizer of the BanjoSamuel Sweeney, Minstrel to General J.E.B. StuartRichard Sweeney

       Joel Walker Sweeney 1810 - 1860              Sampson D. Sweeney 1832 - 1864            Richard A. Sweeney 1818 - 1860
       Buried Appomattox C.H. Virginia              Died Jan. 1864 near Orange C.H., Va.      Buried Congressional Cem. Washington, D.C.


 

 

                 

Sam Sweeney playing at Genl. Stuarts' Headquarters, ca. 1862

This drawing by Frank Vizetelly appeared in the "Illustrated London News" in 1862 and depicts Sam Sweeney (seated in tent) playing the banjo at General Stuarts, Headquarters.

       

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* Background music is "Jine the Cavalry" a popular tune among the troops.

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