| Importance of Buglers in the Civil War |
| Hi I’m Private Marsh of the 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery. The following site is about the importance of musicians in the Civil War. I hope you enjoy my site. If you have any questions feel free to email me at priv_marsh@yahoo.com |
| Last Updated 6/6/01 |
| Background Behind Musicians in Wars |
| During the Civil War like any other war the sounds of the guns going off was so loud that a soldier couldn’t even talk to the man next to him. That’s when they developed the system of using musicians in the war. With the help of their instrument they could amplify the orders of there commanders. During the civil war they used a bugle, which is basically a no valve trumpet, but until the civil war they used fife and drum to amplify the orders. The problem with this method is that a drum sounds a lot like a musket going off. So they devised what is known as the bugle. |
| The Bugles Problems |
| The method of using a bugle had a few downfalls. The main was that during the civil war there were so many calls for the bugle. So it was extremely hard to learn to play the bugle and to learn the calls themselves. It also posed a problem on the battlefield. You see it was very hard for a soldier to know which call was meant for him. In some battles have the regiment would charge while the other half would retreat. So then some generals or musicians would come up with there own call that would signify the next call being there order. The most famous of these calls was the one created by Union Gen. Dan Butterfield. |
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| This site is dedicated in loving memory to my Grandfather F.E.Mike Marsh Also to my brother Dan Marsh who showed me that history can be fun |
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