"Roanoke Island (N.C.)" . . "1861 - 1865" . . . . "United States" . . "North Carolina" . . "New Bern (N.C.)" . . . . . . . . . . "History" . "Diary, Jan. 1, 1862-Apr. 12, 1863, concerning Billings' activities as a member of the regimental band, 27th Mass. Vol. Inf., and as hospital nurse after Sept., 1863, during the Burnside expedition to No. Carolina. The brief, daily entries refer to the battles of Roanoke Island & Newbern, military and other music, other regimental bands, his services as a piano tuner and leader of singing groups, Negro church meetings, weather, disease, and army hospitals in Beaufort and Newbern. Also included is a muster roll of the Second No. Carolina Battalion, C.S.A." . "Diary, Jan. 1, 1862-Apr. 12, 1863, concerning Billings' activities as a member of the regimental band, 27th Mass. Vol. Inf., and as hospital nurse after Sept., 1862, during the Burnside expedition to No. Carolina. The brief, daily entries refer to the battles of Roanoke Island & New Bern, military and other music, other regimental bands, his services as a piano tuner and leader of singing groups, Negro church meetings, weather, disease, and army hospitals in Beaufort and Newbern. Also included is a muster roll of the Second No. Carolina Battalion, C.S.A. Accompanied by preservation photocopies." . . . . . . . "Music" . "Personal narratives" . . . . . . "Diaries" . . . .