Benefit Ball of the Fifty-fourth Regiment, New York State Voluntary Veterans

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Assembly Rooms

Price: $1

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Mar 1864, Evening

Program Details

Benefit for the Regiment’s invalids.

Announcement only provides "Social Reformer," which could indicate either the Liedertafel or the Gesangverein.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Glee Club of the German Veterans of the Fifty-fourth Volunteer Regiment;  Liedertafel;  Uhlandbund Gesangverein;  Social Reformer Gesangverein

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 31 March 1864, 6.
2)
Announcement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 31 March 1864, 8.
3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 02 April 1864, 8.

“The valiant 54th Regiment N.Y. V. hosted a magnificent ball on Thursday evening at the Union Assembly Rooms on Grand Street. The unfriendly, raw weather did not deter the worthy soldiers, who are used to such conditions, from attending the event in great numbers. In fact, at close to 10 o’clock, the very spacious venue was completely full. The cheerful and peaceable ball lasted until the next morning.”