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The most likely possibility is he was not buried with medals, but badges of membership The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was formed a year after the war was over, and it provided assistance and comradeship to all Yankee veterans. Each would receive a membership badge, and many regional or national meetings had an attendance badge. Too, many soldiers would purchase their own "ladder badge", stating the name of their unit, their own name, and possibly the battles they attended, on each rung of the ladder.
It would have been possible for a musician to be honored with a medal if he performed some meritable service. At the beginning of the war, most bands were were in the lead in parades, and some marches. The horns were OTS (Over The Shoulder), the bells faced to the rear in order that the marching infantry could hear. Wouldn't surprise me that a leading band might have gotten surprised by the enemy.
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