"The Civil War Drummer" Topic
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Tango01  | 22 Aug 2018 2:37 p.m. PST |
Of possible interest? link
Hope you enjoy!.
Amicalement
Armand
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| vicmagpa1 | 22 Aug 2018 5:23 p.m. PST |
never thought of it. A little job goes a long way in a regiment. Thanks. |
 COL Scott ret | 22 Aug 2018 8:37 p.m. PST |
My Great Great Grandfather enlisted twice for different NY Volunteer Regiments, the second time he was his Regiments Chief Musician. He was not a boy however he had some rather nice looking facial hair in the only picture of him that I know about. |
| Tango01 | 23 Aug 2018 9:56 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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 John the Greater | 23 Aug 2018 11:25 a.m. PST |
The drummers were paid as NCOs (ie, more than the privates) because they possessed a valuable skill. And they weren't all little kids, plenty of adults were musicians. |
| Extrabio1947 | 23 Aug 2018 12:50 p.m. PST |
Before there a song by the name, the drummer on duty would signal lights out by tapping his sticks together three times…"the taps." My drumsticks are made of rosewood, and produce a nice, loud pop when struck together. Then in the morning, the drummers were among the first awake, playing the reveille sequence starting with "The Three Camps." For you reenactors, this is the one that starts you cussing after partying a bit too long the night before… So many times, drummers were the last to bed, and the first to rise. |
| Tango01 | 24 Aug 2018 10:02 a.m. PST |
Thanks!.
Amicalement
Armand
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