Members of the Moravian Band of Salem, NC, enlisted in the Confederate army, and became the nucleus of the 26 North Carolina band. They played at Gettysburg (joined by the band of the 11th), under their director J. A. Leinbach, their music (polkas and waltzes) noted by the British observer with General Lee.
Their music books and other artifacts are preserved at the Wachovia Museum and in the archives of the Moravian Music Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC.