https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project en-us 2017-02-24 22:30:11 UTC 2026-04-18 09:04:00 UTC hello@padlet.com http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FqncXqrgA6U/S4xtruowMmI/AAAAAAAAAB4/8ivx1TnyOFU/s320/Drummer_300_web.jpg ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156156357 Most musicians in the army served as drummer boys. Most of these boys were in their teens. They would lie to recruiters about their age.  ]]> 2017-02-24 22:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156156357 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156156792 2017-02-24 22:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156156792 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261187 The Union and Confederate armies would call on these musicians to entertain troops,  position troops in battle, and stir up moral. ]]> 2017-02-26 18:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261187 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261518 In 1861 it was approved that every regiment could have a brass band consisting of 24 members. ]]> 2017-02-26 18:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261518 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261835 A survey done in October of 1861 showed that 75% of Union regiments had a band. ]]> 2017-02-26 18:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261835 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261943 Buglers had to learn over 49 different military call signals.]]> 2017-02-26 18:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156261943 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156262133 A lot of music was played in camps by soldiers in the war.  Both sides would play patriotic tunes related to their side of the war. ]]> 2017-02-26 18:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156262133 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156262842 Many of they songs sung by African Americans during the war changed. They stopped signing about wanted to be free from plantations to more of a message of their upcoming freedom. Black soldiers in the war wanted to change the white soldiers perceptions of African American culture. ]]> 2017-02-26 18:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156262842 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156312120 Musicians by 1862 could be found in almost every regiment of the Union and Confederate armies. ]]> 2017-02-27 04:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156312120 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156312372 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_American_Civil_War]]> 2017-02-27 04:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156312372 ryan_paxton https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156424192 Drummer Boys were used to keep the army in line and lead them during the course of a battle.]]> 2017-02-27 14:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ryan_paxton/Civil_War_Project/wish/156424192