Talk:Thomas Brigham Bishop

Shoo Fly

• 1869 - Reeves/Campbell sheet music [1]; Rollin Howard (1869) [2]. C.A. White v? [3]
• NY Sun (Dec 13, 1869), advertisement[4]: "Bryant's Minstrels - Shoo Fly. THE HIT OF THE SEASON. SHOO FLY, DON'T BODDER ME. ..."
• [5] (Historical Magazine, February 1870) - reports about alleged origin in Charleston, SC.
• [6] (Univ. of Virginia Spectator, Nov. 1869, referencing the song and lyrics)
• [7] (New York Musical Gazette, August 1870) (saying origin of the song is not known, it is published by White, Smith & Perry of Boston)
• [8] (Cosmopolitan magazine, October 1901) (different origin story, from Panama)--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 16:41, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
• [9] (March 23, 1870, Nigara Falls Gazette - reprint from Rochester Chonicle of Story in NY Sun) - Says minstrel performer Frank Gerard heard in in Norfolk, Virginia, from Company G members of 1st regiment colored infantry. Says others say comes from Bahamas.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 17:35, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
• [10]- see botttom - Pennsylvania origin story?
• Question: Can anyone find Bishop's civil war service records? In this day of the internet, I think we should be able to figure out if he really commanded a company of black soldiers.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 17:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
• see https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/42nd_Regiment,_United_States_Colored_Infantry - "42nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry" - "Organized at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Nashville, Tennessee, April 20, 1864 - July 6, 1865. Mustered out January 31, 1866" ,it had a Company G. - note, there are other reports that put Bishop in Chattanooga in 1864, starting a minstrel show on April 25, 1864[11].--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 18:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
• Would like access: [12] (LA Times, 1902): ("Shoo Fly Dont Bodder Me which was once credited to T Brigham Bishop the old minstrel was written according to White's diary by Rollin Howard actor and")--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 18:09, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
• 1872: [13] "Rollin Howard author of the famous song Shoo Fly has gone to Europe."

Military career

Article needs to mention Bishop's activities in Civil war.Jeremy (talk) 08:41, 25 March 2013 (UTC)