A saxophonist should routinely clean the mouthpiece to keep it sanitary and unobstructed. The neck and body of the saxophone should be regularly wiped with a swab to remove moisture, and the outside of the instrument should be polished a few times a year to remove the watermarks and grime.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. For the next two weeks, the two armies slugged it out in some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War.
Chickamauga was a major victory for the army of the Confederate general Braxton Bragg and a major disaster for the Union general of the Army of the Cumberland, William Rosecrans.hattanooga was the centre of a major rail network and was therefore a very important city to hold. Bragg desired to recapture it. Skirmishes occurred from September 17th on but fighting for Chattanooga started in earnest on September 19th. Rosecrans had an army of 60,000 men while Bragg could call on 65,000.