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Field Music
Each regiment had a fife and drum corps that provided the cadence
while on the march. Drums without fifes were used to
communicate the officers' commands, in camp, on the march, and in
battle. Every day dozens of different commands were given by
drum beat, such as assembly, breakfast call, sick call, fatigue
call, drill call, dinner call, retreat, forward, attention, etc.
In all, there were about 30 to 50 different drum beat commands that
the soldier had to learn.
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