the drummer boys were the ones who gave the emotion during the battle.
North
Yes. In the Union Army, for most of the war, the pay was $12 per month. A drummer (or bugler, or fifer) was a full fledged member of his military unit, entitled to uniform, rations, pay and other benefits.
No. The troops were young men and boys. The boys were drummer boys, but many did fight as well.
25 boys ten or under
ok, drummer boys and buglers were helpful because they made military signals with their instruments.
the drummer boys were the ones who gave the emotion during the battle.
North
Most were poor boys fresh off the farm.
Hi, I am doing a report on civil war drummer boys. I have reserched a lot and have found that during the civil war drummer boys sometimes didn't even have uniforms. Some wore what ever they had. Others, wore left over uniforms that usually did not fit. If you have any questions i would be glad to answer them! For other boys it depended on the side they were fighting for.
James, Edmund, Peter, George
the girls wore dresses and petty coats. the boys wore shirts.
dirty, young boys, loss of limbs and hell on earth
The North had more men, and they consequently lost more.
Drums and bugles were the way that certain types orders were communicated for several generations.
They enlist musicians for military bands, but the Civil War (and earlier) era drummer boys marching in front of the regiment is a thing of the past.
Boys in high school were trying to decide on how to avoid the military draft as they neared graduation.