Call To War

This may possibly be the last from this event - well for now I'm off to Silverstone on Friday (Renault World Series) for the weekend, hoping to get something a bit different! Anyway thanks for your support on this series.

Music has always been an important part of American society and it was no different during the Civil War. Military bands were called upon to play at recruitment rallies and their patriotic marching tunes were sometimes a great incentive to inspire young men to enlist. Each company in an infantry regiment had a musician who was usually a drummer. They were relied upon to play drum beats to call the soldiers into formation and for other events. Drums got the soldiers up in the morning, signaled them to report for morning roll call, sick call, and guard duty. Drummers also played at night to signal lights out or "taps". The most important use of drums was on the battlefield where they were used to communicate orders from the commanding officers and signal troop movement. Civil War drums were made of wood that had been cut into thin layers, steamed, and formed into a round shell. The outside of a Union drum was often painted and featured a large eagle displaying its wings with the stars and stripes flowing around it. Confederate drums were not quite as fancy, many just having a plain wood finish. The heads of the drum were made from calfskin and stretched tight by ropes.

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Title:	Call To War
Username:	Sezz
Uploaded:	13 Sep 2010 - 1:56 PM
Tags:	American civil war, Detling, Drum, Drummer, General, Kent, Military odyssey
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