Taps History

The poem “ The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” symbolizes loss of innocence, death, and gain from the civil war. On April 6, 1862 The Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War started. In the two days of fighting over 23,000 soldiers died. At the time it was the bloodiest battle in American history. In this battle the Drummer Boy represents youth and the heart beat. The general represents the father and experience. The drum represents a useless toy. The peach tree represents life and death. Shiloh represents the loss and gain. Owl Creek represents the dead and the loss of innocence.

“ P-38 can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wristwatches…” (O'Brien) . The structure of this story comes from a list. It shows protests by explaining all of the things soldiers had to carry when in war. In the poem “Back” by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, rhyme scheme is used in his writing to protest war. Gibson states “ with my head and hands/ killed men in foreign lands.” (7-8). This protests war because the author is reflects on killing someone with his bare hands, which he objects doing. Rhyme scheme is also used in the poem “Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon states “ They leave their trenches, going over the top/ Flounders in mud, O Jesus, make it stop!” (10/13). This protests war because the soldiers are begging Jesus to make the war stop, because it is

A lot of men see the differences in generations within the military, but few can see that early military formed everything in to the way the military is today. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the Marine infantryman’s basic weapons of the 1940s and today, to include the rifle, machine guns and anti-tank weapons.

Carefully maintained bends of force harmonies that reproduced hints of bombs dropping, mounted guns discharging, and maybe the indicated shouts of passing on people amidst an ethereal assault, Hendrix recounts a direct story about the overwhelming occasions happening abroad in Vietnam through his interpretation of the U.S. national anthem.

     The most popular marching song of the Union troops was “John Brown’s Body Lies a Mould’ ring in the Grave.” written by Thomas Bishop. Abolitionist, Julia Ward Howe, who wrote words to the tune and made it into “The Battle Hymn of The Republic”, heard this song. The song has become one of the most well known of patriotic songs.

Music has always been an important part of American society and it was no different during the Civil War. Instruments such as bugles, drums, and fifes were used for marching orders, signals,to tell the soldiers to wake up, eat meals, and perform camp chores.Music was also a way to communicate at long distances. A tune called "Cease Fire" that fifers and drummers would play to tell the soldiers to stop firing at the end of a battle while a tune called "Parley" was used to signal to the enemy that a surrender or peace talk was desired. Drummers would play beatings and say turn right or turn left as well as to load and fire their muskets. Unfortunately, it was difficult for a soldier to hold a fife because it required two hands. Instead, cavalry

from an eager band. “A band began playing “That Bonny Blue Flag” in Lee’s honor.”

During “Reveille” and “Retreat” soldiers are to snap to attention, face the flag, and salute while in uniform. In a formation or group, the senior soldier that is present will call everyone to the position of attention and then parade rest, when the first note of “Retreat” is played. That senior soldier will then call the group to attention and say “present, arms” when “To The Colors” starts playing, and “order, arms” at the conclusion of “To The Colors”. Saluting during reveille in the morning (raising the flag), and retreat in the evening (lowering the flag), shows pride and honor in the flag and what it represents. “The flag of the United States is the symbol of our nation” (FM 7-21.13

Due to the high morality rate of soldiers during the Civil War, the government began a system to identify the bodies of the deceased for their families. To better ensure that their bodies would be identified, soldiers began wearing their names and positions pinned to their uniforms, which foreshadowed the use of dog tags in future wars. Other rituals that began to form around this time were the use of black crape “mourning” dresses, which is where the tradition of wearing black to funerals began, and the practice of embalming bodies to better preserve them until they were in the possessions of their families, which gave birth to the modern funeral

"HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR...HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR..." What do a bunch of grunts calling out raunchy marching cadences have to do with pop culture? There's more to the cadence then just keeping soldiers in step, there is a deep sense of pride, patriotism, unity, motivation, and nostalgia, which can be found within these songs. The Military cadence is used to motivate, inspire, and foster company cohesiveness while keeping soldiers steps in time and hands down the rich oral traditions of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air force. The cadence is a song sung when marching or running and the songs require a caller, who normally sets the pace and leads the formation. Like robots, the

Throughout the history of warfare, there have been countless attempts to professionalize the world’s militaries. Examining the United States “Profession of Arms” is often service driven after major wars/campaigns as the force faced reductions in size, change of mission, or change of force structure such as post-WWII, Vietnam, the end of the draft, end of the cold war, and end of OIF/OEF. As an example, Charles C. Moskos examined the profession in 1977 with respect to the establishment of the all-volunteer force and whether it was deviating from a calling and transforming into an occupational model. Moskos’ primary concern was the occupationalization of a calling and the methods in which the military could adapt and re-invigorate the calling

BOOM ! BOOM ! BOOOM ! Was The Noise Of The Army Being Held IN The Peachfield . The Drummer Job Was To Be In Control Of The Soldiers When The General Is Not There , Or Maybe Considered The Heart Of The Army . Some Of The Connections The Drummer Had With The Soldiers Was , However The Drummers Beats The Drums Determines How The Soldier Man . In Reference , Whenever Or Whatever The Drummers Conduct Then The Army Does

In 1775, during the American Revolution the Continental Army used Fifers and drummers to signals in battle (Raines, 1996). In 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben instituted the first standardized signals (Raines, 1996) (Millett, Maslowski, & Feis, 2012). According to Raines (1996) “the US Army's signaling methods remained virtually unchanged until the invention of the electric telegraph in the 1840s” (p. 4). The system was unreliable and according to Raines telegraphy was not employed during the Mexican War of 1846-1848 (Raines, 1996).

“So daily, at eight o’clock, precisely at eight o’clock, [the enemy] targeted us [with mortar and artillery fire], and we would raise the flag. We had good, deep holes right beside the flagpole, and it took about twenty-five seconds [to raise the flag] because we knew the time of flight for the [artillery] round was about twenty-five seconds… We had a bugler, a

We run the play The shot goes up… The buzzer sings… Cadets for the